Part 2Review of student complaints
I1I221Interpretation of Part 2
F11
In this Part—
“award” means any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic award or distinction;
“designated operator” has the meaning given by section 13(5)(b);
“the effective date” has the meaning given by section 13(5)(a);
F3...
“higher education corporation” has the meaning given by section 90(1) of the 1992 Act;
F4“institution” includes a training provider in England who would not otherwise be regarded as an institution;
“interested parties”, in relation to a scheme for the review of qualifying complaints provided or to be provided by a body corporate, means—
- a
qualifying institutions in England or Wales (as the case may be), and
- b
persons selected by the body corporate from amongst those it considers to represent the interests of students at qualifying institutions in England or Wales (as the case may be);
- a
“qualifying complaint” has the meaning given by section 12;
“qualifying institution” has the meaning given by section 11.
F5“training provider” means a person who provides training for members of the school workforce within the meaning of Part 3 of the Education Act 2005 (see section 100 of that Act).
F22
In this Part “governing body”—
a
in relation to a training provider in England who, but for the definition of “institution” in subsection (1), would not be regarded as an institution, means any persons responsible for the provider's management;
b
in relation to a provider of higher education designated under section 84 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, means any persons responsible for the provider's management;
c
in relation to any other institution, has the meaning given by section 90(1) of the 1992 Act, but subject to any provision made by virtue of section 90(2) of that Act.