2018 No. 8
Higher And Further Education
The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018
Made 11th January 2018
Coming into operation- 11th January 2018

The Department for the Economy, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 5(1) of the Education (Unrecognised Degrees) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 , and now vested in it makes the following Order:
S.I. 1988/1989 (N.I. 22)
See S.R. 1999 No. 481, Article 5(b) and Schedule 3 Part II, which transferred the functions from the Department of Education to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, which was renamed the Department for Employment and Learning, “DEL”, by Section 1 of 2001 c. 15 (N.I.). See S.R. 2016 No. 76, Article 6(1)(c) which transferred the functions from DEL to the Department for the Economy.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 11th January 2018.

2 Recognised Bodies
The bodies listed in the Schedule are designated as bodies appearing to the Department to be recognised bodies for the purposes of the Education (Unrecognised Degrees) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.

3 Revocation
The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 is revoked.
S.R. 2005 No. 522
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 11th January 2018
Trevor Cooper A senior officer of the Department for the Economy
SCHEDULE
Article 2

Abertay University
Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth
AECC (Anglo-European College of Chiropractic)
Anglia Ruskin University
Archbishop of Canterbury, The
Arden University (formerly known as Resource Development International)
Arts University Bournemouth
Ashridge Business School
Aston University
Bangor University
Bath Spa University
Birkbeck, University of London
Birmingham City University
Bishop Grosseteste University
Bournemouth University
BPP University Limited
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 of 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
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Harper Adams University
Heriot-Watt University
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine (also known as Imperial College London)
King's College London
Kingston University
Lancaster University
Leeds Arts University
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Trinity University
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool John Moores University
London Business School
London Institute of Banking and Finance, the
London Metropolitan University
London School of Economics and Political Science, the (LSE)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the
London South Bank University
Loughborough University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University
Newcastle University
Newman University, Birmingham
NCG
Norwich University of the Arts
Nottingham Trent University
Oxford Brookes University
Plymouth University
Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Queen Mary University of London
Queen's University Belfast
Regent's University London
Robert Gordon University, The
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Agricultural University
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
Royal College of Art
Royal College of Music
Royal College of Nursing
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Northern College of Music
Royal Veterinary College, University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Sheffield Hallam University
Southampton Solent University
St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Staffordshire University
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
Teesside University
The Open University
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Ulster University
University Campus Suffolk
University College Birmingham
University College London
University College of Estate Management
University College of Osteopathy
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 Huddersfield
University of Hull
University of Keele
University of Kent
University of Lancaster
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 Northumbria at Newcastle
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 Highlands and Islands
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of the West of Scotland
University of Wales / Prifysgol Cymru
University of Wales: Trinity Saint David / Prifysgol Cymru: Y Drndod 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 University College
York St John University
Words in Sch. inserted (23.7.2018) by The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/139), arts. 1, 2

Institutions which may only award foundation degrees:
Blackpool and the Fylde College
Grimsby Institute of Higher Education
Hull College
New College Durham
Newcastle College
Warwickshire College

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and replaces the Education (Recognised Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005. The Order lists all those bodies which appear to the Department for the Economy to be recognised within Article 3(2)(a) or (b) of the Education (Unrecognised Degrees) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. Such bodies are either:-
(a) universities, colleges or other bodies authorised by Royal Charter or 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.
There are omitted from the Schedule to this Order a number of bodies that were listed in the previous Order but which have merged with other bodies. A number of new bodies have been included in the Schedule to this Order, as these bodies now appear to the Department for the Economy to fall within either (a) or (b) above and this includes bodies which may only award foundation degrees. The Schedule also takes account of name changes since the 2005 Order was made.
Article 3(1) of the 1988 Order makes it an offence to grant, offer to grant, or issue any invitation relating to certain unrecognised degrees and awards. That Article does not apply to any award made by a recognised body.