Part 1The Office for Students

Powers to grant degrees etc

I147Grant of authorisation: notification of new providers

1

The OfS must, as soon as possible after it has been made, notify the Secretary of State if it makes an order under section 42(1) authorising a provider to grant taught awards, where the provider has not previously operated under validation arrangements.

2

For the purposes of subsection (1), a provider has previously operated under validation arrangements if, at any time before the date when the order is made—

a

a student at the provider has been granted a taught award by another provider or the OfS, under validation arrangements between the provider and the other provider or the OfS, or

b

the provider has granted a taught award on behalf of another provider or the OfS, under validation arrangements between the provider and the other provider or the OfS.

3

In this section “validation arrangements” means—

a

arrangements between one English higher education provider and another English higher education provider under which the first provider—

i

grants a taught award to a person who is a student at the other provider, or

ii

authorises the other provider to grant a taught award on behalf of the first provider, or

b

arrangements between the OfS and a registered higher education provider under which the OfS—

i

grants a taught award to a person who is a student at the provider, or

ii

authorises the provider to grant a taught award on behalf of the OfS.