Part 1The Office for Students
Powers to grant degrees etc
I150Validation by authorised providers
1
The OfS may enter into arrangements (“commissioning arrangements”) with an authorised registered higher education provider requiring the provider to offer to enter into validation arrangements in respect of—
a
all the taught awards that the provider is authorised to grant, or
b
such of those taught awards as are specified in the commissioning arrangements or are of a description so specified.
2
Commissioning arrangements may require a provider to offer to enter into validation arrangements subject to conditions specified by the OfS.
3
Commissioning arrangements may not require a provider to offer to enter into validation arrangements that the provider is not authorised to enter into.
4
In this section, “validation arrangements” means arrangements between one registered higher education provider and another registered higher education provider under which the first provider—
a
grants a taught award to a person who is a student at the other provider, or
b
authorises the other provider to grant a taught award on behalf of the first provider.
5
In this section, “authorised”, in relation to a registered higher education provider, means authorised to grant taught awards, and to enter into validation arrangements, by—
a
an authorisation given—
i
under section 42(1),
ii
by or under any other provision of an Act of Parliament, or
iii
by Royal Charter, or
b
an authorisation varied under section 45(1).