Higher Education Funding Council for England

(asked on 28th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Further Education Act 1992 gives HEFCE current statutory responsibility for degree standards.


This question was answered on 4th May 2016

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 enables the Privy Council to bestow degree awarding powers on institutions which provide higher education, and foundation degree awarding powers on institutions within the further education sector. The Privy Council bestows these powers upon the advice of the Secretary of State who, in turn, obtains information and advice from HEFCE and the Quality Assurance Agency. HEFCE’s role in this process is explained in government guidance. Guidance for foundation degrees is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foundation-degree-awarding-powers.

Guidance for other degrees can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/taught-and-research-degree-awarding-powers

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