Title, commencement and application

1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2012 and it comes into force on 4 June 2012.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Recognised Bodies

2. The bodies that are specified in the Schedule to this Order are designated as bodies that appear to the Welsh Ministers to be recognised bodies.

Revocations

3. The following are revoked-

(a)The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007(3);

(b)The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009(4).

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Aberystwyth University or Prifysgol Aberystwyth

Anglia Ruskin University

Archbishop of Canterbury, The

Arts University College at Bournemouth, The

Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust (also known as Ashridge)

Aston University

Bath Spa University

Birmingham City University

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln

Bournemouth University

BPP University College of Professional Studies Limited

Brunel University

Buckinghamshire New University

Canterbury Christ Church University

Cardiff Metropolitan University Prifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd

Cardiff University Prifysgol Caerdydd

City University

College of Law, The

Coventry University

Cranfield University

De Montfort University

Edge Hill University

Edinburgh Napier University

Glasgow Caledonian University

Glyndŵ r University / Prifysgol Glyndŵ r

Harper Adams University College

Heriot-Watt University

ifs School of Finance

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (also known as Imperial College, London)

Institute of Education(5)

King's College London(6)

Kingston University

Leeds Metropolitan University

Leeds Trinity University College

Liverpool Hope University

Liverpool John Moores University

London Business School(7)

London Metropolitan University

London School of Economics and

Political Science(8)

London South Bank University

Loughborough University

Manchester Metropolitan University, The

Middlesex University

New College Durham Further Education Corporation

Newcastle College Corporation

Newman University College

Norwich University College of the Arts

Nottingham Trent University

The Open University

Oxford Brookes University

Prifysgol Bangor University

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Queen's University of Belfast, The

Robert Gordon University,

The Roehampton University

Royal Agricultural College

Royal College of Art

Royal College of Music

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD)

Royal Northern College of Music

Sheffield Hallam University

Southampton Solent University

St Mary's University College

Staffordshire University

Swansea Metropolitan University

Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe

Teesside University

University College Birmingham

University College Falmouth

University College London(9)

University College Plymouth, St Mark &

St John

University for the Creative Arts

University of Aberdeen

University of Abertay Dundee

University of Bath

University of Bedfordshire

University of Birmingham

University of Bolton, The

University of Bradford

University of Brighton

University of Bristol

University of Buckingham

University of Cambridge

University of Central Lancashire

University of Chester

University of Chichester

University of Cumbria

University of Derby

University of Dundee

University of Durham

University of East Anglia

University of East London

University of Edinburgh

University of Essex

University of Exeter

University of Glamorgan, Prifysgol Morgannwg

University of Glasgow

University of Gloucestershire

University of Greenwich

University of Hertfordshire

University of the Highlands and Islands (formerly UHI)

University of Huddersfield

University of Hull

University of Keele

University of Kent

University of Lancaster

University of Leeds

University of Leicester

University of Lincoln

University of Liverpool

University of London

University of Manchester

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

University of Northampton, The

University of Northumbria at Newcastle

University of Nottingham

University of Oxford

University of Plymouth

University of Portsmouth

University of Reading

University of Salford

University of Sheffield

University of Southampton

University of St Andrews

University of Stirling

University of Strathclyde

University of Sunderland

University of Surrey

University of Sussex

University of the Arts, London

University of the West of England, Bristol

University of the West of Scotland

University of Ulster

University of Wales Prifysgol Cymru

University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd

University of Wales: Trinity Saint David/Prifysgol Cymru: Y Drindod Dewi Sant

University of Warwick

University of West London, The (formerly Thames Valley University)

University of Westminster

University of Winchester

University of Wolverhampton

University of Worcester

University of York

York St John University

Schools, Colleges and Institutes of the University of London permitted by the University to award University of London degrees

Birkbeck College

Central School of Speech and Drama, The

Courtauld Institute of Art

Goldsmiths College (also known as Goldsmiths, University of London)

Heythrop College

Institute of Cancer Research

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Queen Mary and Westfield College (also known as Queen Mary, University of London)

Royal Academy of Music

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (also known as Royal Holloway, University of London)

Royal Veterinary College

School of Oriental and African Studies

School of Pharmacy

St George's Hospital Medical School (also known as St George's, University of London)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order lists all the bodies appearing to the Welsh Ministers to be recognised bodies within section 214 (2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988. Such bodies are either:

(a)universities, colleges or bodies authorised by Royal Charter or by or under an Act of Parliament to grant degrees; or

(b)bodies which are for the time being permitted by any body falling within paragraph (a) to act on its behalf in the granting of degrees.

The Order updates and replaces the list of bodies contained in the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007 ('the 2007 Order') which was amended by the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009 ('the 2009 Order'). This Order revokes the 2007 Order and the 2009 Order. A number of bodies are omitted from the Order as they no longer have degree awarding powers or have merged with other bodies. A number of new bodies have been inserted as these bodies now appear to the Welsh Ministers to fall within either (a) or (b) above. A number of minor amendments have also been made to take account of name changes since the 2007 Order was amended.

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.