<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="wsi"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2003/3124"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2003/3124"/><FRBRdate date="2003-12-03" name="made"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/government/wales"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-WLS"/><FRBRsubtype value="order"/><FRBRnumber value="3124"/><FRBRnumber value="W. 298"/><FRBRname value="S.I. 2003/3124 (W. 298)"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3124/made"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3124/made"/><FRBRdate date="2003-12-03" name="made"/><FRBRauthor href="#"/><FRBRlanguage language="eng"/></FRBRExpression><FRBRManifestation><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3124/made/data.akn"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3124/made/data.akn"/><FRBRdate date="2026-08-10+01:00" name="transform"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/><FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/></FRBRManifestation></identification><lifecycle source="#"><eventRef refersTo="#made" date="2003-12-03" eId="date-made" source="#"/><eventRef refersTo="#coming-into-force" date="2003-12-31" eId="date-cif-1" source="#"/></lifecycle><analysis source="#"><otherAnalysis source=""/></analysis><references source="#"><TLCEvent eId="made" href="" showAs="Made"/><TLCEvent eId="cif" href="" showAs="ComingIntoForce"/><TLCRole eId="ref-d28e138" href="/ontology/role/uk.The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales" showAs="The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales"/><TLCPerson eId="ref-d28e136" href="/ontology/persons/uk.D.Elis-Thomas" showAs="D. Elis-Thomas"/></references><proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#"><dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3124/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2003</dc:title><dc:subject>Further and higher education</dc:subject><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2012-11-14</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">EDUCATION, WALES</dc:subject><dc:description>This Order lists all those bodies that appear to the National Assembly for Wales to be recognised bodies within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988. These are universities, colleges or other bodies which are authorised by Royal Charter or by or under Act of Parliament to grant degrees and other bodies for the time being permitted by these bodies to act on their behalf in the granting of degrees. An award granted by such a body is not an award of a kind referred to in section 214(1), which makes it an offence to grant, offer to grant, or issue any invitation relating to certain unrecognised degrees and awards.</dc:description><ukm:SecondaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="WelshStatutoryInstrument"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="final"/><ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="order"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2003"/><ukm:Number Value="3124"/><ukm:AlternativeNumber Category="W" Value="298"/><ukm:Made Date="2003-12-03"/><ukm:ComingIntoForce><ukm:DateTime Date="2003-12-31"/></ukm:ComingIntoForce><ukm:ISBN Value="0110908260"/></ukm:SecondaryMetadata><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative Date="2008-11-28" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3124/pdfs/wsi_20033124_mi.pdf" Title="Print Version Mixed Language" TitleWelsh="Fersiwn ddwyieithog wedi ei hargraffu" Size="103011" Language="Mixed"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="5"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="3"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="2"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><preface eId="preface"><block name="banner">Welsh Statutory Instruments</block><block name="number"><docNumber>2003 No. 3124 (W.298)</docNumber></block><container name="subjects"><container name="subject"><block name="subject"><concept refersTo="#">EDUCATION, WALES</concept></block></container></container><block name="title"><docTitle>The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2003</docTitle></block><container name="dates"><block name="madeDate" refersTo="#date-made"><span>Made</span><docDate date="2003-12-03">3rd December 2003</docDate></block><block name="commenceDate" refersTo="#date-cif-1"><span>Coming into force</span><docDate date="2003-12-31">31st December 2003</docDate></block></container></preface><preamble><formula name="enactingText"><p>In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 216(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00001" marker="1"><p><ref eId="c00003" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/40">1988 c. 40</ref>.</p></authorialNote> and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00002" marker="2"><p>The functions of the Secretary of State under this section were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> <ref eId="c00004" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/672">1999/672</ref>).</p></authorialNote> the National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order:</p></formula></preamble><body><article eId="article-1"><heading>Title, commencement and application</heading><num>1.</num><paragraph eId="article-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Order is called the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2003 and comes into force on 31st December 2003.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This Order applies to Wales only.</p></content></paragraph></article><article eId="article-2"><heading>Recognised Bodies</heading><num>2.</num><content><p>The bodies that are specified in the Schedule to this Order are designated as bodies that appear to the National Assembly for Wales to be recognised bodies.</p></content></article><article eId="article-3"><heading>Revocation</heading><num>3.</num><content><p>The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00003" marker="3"><p><abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> <ref eId="c00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2002/1661">2002/1661 (W.157)</ref>.</p></authorialNote> is revoked.</p></content></article><hcontainer name="signatures"><hcontainer name="signatureBlock"><content><p>Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00004" marker="4"><p><ref eId="c00006" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/38">1998 c. 38</ref>.</p></authorialNote>.</p><block name="signature"><signature refersTo="#">D. Elis-Thomas</signature></block><block name="role"><role refersTo="#">The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales</role></block><block name="date"><date date="2003-12-03">3rd December 2003</date></block></content></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num><b>SCHEDULE</b><authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Article 2</p></authorialNote></num><content><blockList class="unordered none" ukl:Name="UnorderedList" ukl:Decoration="none"><item><p>University of Aberdeen</p></item><item><p>University of Abertay Dundee</p></item><item><p>Anglia Polytechnic University</p></item><item><p>The Archbishop of Canterbury</p></item><item><p>Aston University</p></item><item><p>University of Bath</p></item><item><p>Bath Spa University College</p></item><item><p>University of Birmingham</p></item><item><p>Bolton Institute of Higher Education</p></item><item><p>Bournemouth University</p></item><item><p>University of Bradford</p></item><item><p>University of Brighton</p></item><item><p>University of Bristol</p></item><item><p>Brunel University</p></item><item><p>University of Buckingham</p></item><item><p>Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College</p></item><item><p>University of Cambridge</p></item><item><p>Canterbury Christ Church University College</p></item><item><p>University of Central England in Birmingham</p></item><item><p>University of Central Lancashire</p></item><item><p>University College, Chichester</p></item><item><p>City University</p></item><item><p>Coventry University</p></item><item><p>Cranfield University</p></item><item><p>De Montfort University</p></item><item><p>University of Derby</p></item><item><p>University of Dundee</p></item><item><p>University of Durham</p></item><item><p>University of East Anglia</p></item><item><p>University of East London</p></item><item><p>University of Edinburgh</p></item><item><p>University of Essex</p></item><item><p>University of Exeter</p></item><item><p>University of Glamorgan</p></item><item><p>University of Glasgow</p></item><item><p>Glasgow Caledonian University</p></item><item><p>University of Gloucestershire</p></item><item><p>University of Greenwich</p></item><item><p>Harper Adams University College</p></item><item><p>Henley Management College</p></item><item><p>Heriot-Watt University</p></item><item><p>University of Hertfordshire</p></item><item><p>University of Huddersfield</p></item><item><p>University of Hull</p></item><item><p>University of Keele</p></item><item><p>University of Kent</p></item><item><p>Kingston University</p></item><item><p>University of Lancaster</p></item><item><p>University of Leeds</p></item><item><p>Leeds Metropolitan University</p></item><item><p>University of Leicester</p></item><item><p>University of Lincoln</p></item><item><p>University of Liverpool</p></item><item><p>Liverpool Hope</p></item><item><p>Liverpool John Moores University</p></item><item><p>University of London</p></item><item><p>The London Institute</p></item><item><p>London Metropolitan University</p></item><item><p>London South Bank University</p></item><item><p>Loughborough University</p></item><item><p>University of Luton</p></item><item><p>University of Manchester</p></item><item><p>University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology</p></item><item><p>The Manchester Metropolitan University</p></item><item><p>Middlesex University</p></item><item><p>Napier University, Edinburgh</p></item><item><p>University of Newcastle upon Tyne</p></item><item><p>University of North London</p></item><item><p>University College Northampton</p></item><item><p>University of Northumbria at Newcastle</p></item><item><p>University of Nottingham</p></item><item><p>The Nottingham Trent University</p></item><item><p>Open University</p></item><item><p>University of Oxford</p></item><item><p>Oxford Brookes University</p></item><item><p>University of Paisley</p></item><item><p>University of Plymouth</p></item><item><p>University of Portsmouth</p></item><item><p>Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland</p></item><item><p>Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh</p></item><item><p>The Queen’s University of Belfast</p></item><item><p>University of Reading</p></item><item><p>The Robert Gordon University</p></item><item><p>Royal Agricultural College</p></item><item><p>Royal College of Art</p></item><item><p>Royal College of Music</p></item><item><p>The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow</p></item><item><p>University of Salford</p></item><item><p>University of Sheffield</p></item><item><p>Sheffield Hallam University</p></item><item><p>University of Southampton</p></item><item><p>University of St Andrews</p></item><item><p>Staffordshire University</p></item><item><p>University of Stirling</p></item><item><p>University of Strathclyde</p></item><item><p>University of Sunderland</p></item><item><p>University of Surrey</p></item><item><p>University of Surrey, Roehampton</p></item><item><p>The Surrey Institute of Art &amp; Design, University College</p></item><item><p>University of Sussex</p></item><item><p>University of Teesside</p></item><item><p>Thames Valley University</p></item><item><p>University of Ulster</p></item><item><p>University of Wales</p></item><item><p>University of Warwick</p></item><item><p>University of the West of England, Bristol</p></item><item><p>University of Westminster</p></item><item><p>University of Wolverhampton</p></item><item><p>University College Worcester</p></item><item><p>University of York</p></item></blockList><p><b>Schools, Colleges and Institutes of the University of London permitted by the University to award University of London degrees</b></p><blockList class="unordered none" ukl:Name="UnorderedList" ukl:Decoration="none"><item><p>Birkbeck College</p></item><item><p>Courtauld Institute of Art</p></item><item><p>Goldsmiths College</p></item><item><p>Heythrop College</p></item><item><p>Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine</p></item><item><p>Institute of Education</p></item><item><p>Kings College London</p></item><item><p>London Business School</p></item><item><p>London School of Economics and Political Science</p></item><item><p>London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine</p></item><item><p>Queen Mary and Westfield College</p></item><item><p>Royal Academy of Music</p></item><item><p>Royal Holloway and Bedford New College</p></item><item><p>Royal Veterinary College</p></item><item><p>School of Oriental and African Studies</p></item><item><p>The School of Pharmacy</p></item><item><p>St George’s Hospital Medical School</p></item><item><p>University College London</p></item></blockList></content></hcontainer></hcontainer></body><conclusions><blockContainer class="explanatoryNote"><subheading>(This note is not part of the Order)</subheading><blockContainer ukl:Name="P"><p>This Order lists all those bodies that appear to the National Assembly for Wales to be recognised bodies within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988. These are universities, colleges or other bodies which are authorised by Royal Charter or by or under Act of Parliament to grant degrees and other bodies for the time being permitted by these bodies to act on their behalf in the granting of degrees. An award granted by such a body is not an award of a kind referred to in section 214(1), which makes it an offence to grant, offer to grant, or issue any invitation relating to certain unrecognised degrees and awards.</p></blockContainer><blockContainer ukl:Name="P"><p>This Order updates and replaces the list of bodies contained in the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2002, which is revoked. It includes a number of institutions which have been authorised to award degrees under section 76 of the Further and Higher Education Act <ref eId="c00001" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/13">1992 (c. 13)</ref> and section 48 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act <ref eId="c00002" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/37">1992 (c. 37)</ref>. It also includes an institute of London University that has been permitted by the University to award University of London degrees. It also incorporates a new institution that has been created through the merger of two institutions and name changes of two institutions.</p></blockContainer></blockContainer></conclusions></act></akomaNtoso>