Further and Higher Education Act 1992 explained

Short Title:Further and Higher Education Act 1992
Type:act
Parliament:UK
Long Title:An Act to make new provision about further and higher education.
Year:1992
Citation:1992 c. 13
Introduced Commons:Kenneth Clarke
Introduced Lords:Lord Belstead[1]
Territorial Extent:England and Wales
Royal Assent:6 March 1992
Commencement: (see list)
Status:amended
Use New Uk-Leg:yes
Millbankhansard:Further and Higher Education 1992

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within England and Wales, with consequential effects on associated matters in Scotland which had previously been governed by the same legislation as England and Wales. It was introduced during the First Major ministry.

The most visible result was to allow thirty-five polytechnics to become universities (often referred to as the "new universities" or "post-1992 universities"). A goal of the act was to end the distinction – known as the "binary divide" – between colleges and universities.[2]

In addition, the act created bodies to fund higher education in England—HEFCE—and further education—FEFC. Universities in Scotland and Wales which had previously been funded by the UK-wide Universities Funding Council were the subject of other acts that created higher education funding councils in each country. The act also removed colleges of further education from local government control, and created quality assessment arrangements.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Further And Higher Education Bill Hl - Hansard. hansard.parliament.uk. 2020-04-30.
  2. Web site: Ratcliffe. Mike. 12 April 2017. The end of the binary divide: reflections on 25 years of the 1992 Act. 2021-01-08. Wonkhe. en-GB.
  3. Web site: 1997-12-05. Richards, Huw, "The collision of two worlds", Times Higher Education (December 5, 1997). subscription. 2010-04-26. Timeshighereducation.co.uk.
  4. Further and Higher Education Act 1992. 2021-01-08. Oxford Reference. en.