Part 1

The Office for Students

Interpretation

Meaning of “English higher education provider” etc
83
1
In this Part—
- “English higher education provider” means a higher education provider whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in England;
- “higher education provider” means an institution which provides higher education;
- “institution” includes any training provider (whether or not the training provider would otherwise be regarded as an institution);
- “higher education” means education provided by means of a higher education course;
- “higher education course” means a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988;
- “training provider” means a person who provides training for members of the school workforce within the meaning of Part 3 of the Education Act 2005 (see section 100 of that Act).
2
In this Part—
a
“English further education provider” means an institution in England within the further education sector, and
b
references to an institution within the further education sector have the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (see section 91(3) of that Act).
3
In this Part references to a higher education course provided in England are to a higher education course which is provided wholly, or principally, in England.
4
In this Part references to an institution in a part of the United Kingdom are to an institution whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in that part.
5
Subsection (1) is subject to express provision to the contrary, see—
a
section 10(9) (mandatory fee limit condition for certain providers),
b
section 25(4) (rating the quality of, and the standards applied to, higher education),
c
section 32(5)(b) (content of an access and participation plan: equality of opportunity), and
d
section 38(5) and (6) (duty to monitor etc the provision of arrangements for student transfers).
S. 83 in force at 1.1.2018 by S.I. 2017/1146, reg. 2(m)