Title, commencement and application

1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2016 and it comes into force on 18 March 2016.

(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.

Revocation

3.  The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2012(3) is revoked.

Article 2

SCHEDULE

• Abertay University

• Aberystwyth University or Prifysgol Aberystwyth

• Anglia Ruskin University

• Archbishop of Canterbury, The

• Arden University (formerly known as Resource Development International)

• Arts University Bournemouth

• Ashridge Business School

• Aston University

• Bath Spa University

• Birmingham City University

• Bishop Grosseteste University

• Bournemouth University

• BPP University

• British School of Osteopathy, The

• Brunel University London

• Buckinghamshire New University

• Canterbury Christ Church University

• Cardiff Metropolitan University Prifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd

• Cardiff University Prifysgol Caerdydd

• City University London

• Coventry University

• Cranfield University

• De Montfort University

• Durham University

• Edge Hill University

• Edinburgh Napier University

• Falmouth University

• Glasgow Caledonian University

• Glyndŵr University / Prifysgol Glyndŵr

• Guildhall School of Music and Drama

• Harper Adams University

• Heriot-Watt University

• ifs University College

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

• Keele University

• Kingston University

• Lancaster University

• Leeds Beckett University

• Leeds Trinity University

• Liverpool Hope University

• Liverpool John Moores University

• London Metropolitan University

• London South Bank University

• Loughborough University

• Manchester Metropolitan University

• Middlesex University

• Newcastle University

• Newman University, Birmingham

• Northumbria University Newcastle

• Norwich University of the Arts

• Nottingham Trent University

• The Open University

• Oxford Brookes University

• Plymouth University

• Prifysgol Bangor University

• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

• Queen's University Belfast

• Regent's University London

• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

• Royal Agricultural University

• Royal College of Art

• Royal College of Music

• Royal College of Nursing

• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

• Royal Northern College of Music

• Sheffield Hallam University

• Southampton Solent University

• St Mary's University, Twickenham

• Staffordshire University

• Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe

• Teesside University

• Ulster University

• University Campus Suffolk

• University College Birmingham

• University College of Estate Management

• University for the Creative Arts

• University of Aberdeen

• University of Bath

• University of Bedfordshire

• University of Birmingham

• University of Bolton

• 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 East Anglia

• University of East London

• University of Edinburgh, The

• University of Essex

• University of Exeter

• University of Glasgow

• University of Gloucestershire

• University of Greenwich

• University of Hertfordshire

• University of the Highlands and Islands

• University of Huddersfield

• University of Hull

• University of Kent

• University of Law, The

• University of Leeds

• University of Leicester

• University of Lincoln

• University of Liverpool

• University of London

• University of Manchester

• University of Northampton, The

• University of Nottingham

• University of Oxford

• University of Portsmouth

• University of Reading

• University of Roehampton

• University of Salford

• University of Sheffield

• University of South Wales / Prifysgol De Cymru

• University of Southampton

• University of St Andrews

• University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth

• 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 Wales Prifysgol Cymru

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

• University of Warwick

• University of West London

• University of Westminster

• University of Winchester, The

• University of Wolverhampton

• University of Worcester

• University of York

• Writtle College

• York St John University

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

• Birkbeck, University of London(4)

• Goldsmiths, University of London(5)

• Heythrop College, University of London(6)

• King's College London(7)

• London Business School(8)

• London School of Economics and Political Science, The (LSE)(9)

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine(10)

• Queen Mary University of London(11)

• Royal Academy of Music(12)

• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama(13)

• Royal Holloway, University of London(14)

• Royal Veterinary College, The(15)

• School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London(16)

• St George's, University of London(17)

• University College London(18)

Institutions which may only award foundation degrees

• Grimsby Institute of Higher Education

• Hull College

• New College Durham

• Newcastle College

• Warwickshire College

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 2012 ("the 2012 Order"). This Order revokes the 2012 Order. A number of bodies are omitted from the list 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 paragraph (a) or (b) above. A number of minor amendments have also been made to take account of name changes since the 2012 Order.

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.