Part 1The Office for Students

Interpretation

I183Meaning of “English higher education provider” etc

1

In this Part—

  • “English higher education provider” means a higher education provider whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in England;

  • “higher education provider” means an institution which provides higher education;

  • “institution” includes any training provider (whether or not the training provider would otherwise be regarded as an institution);

  • “higher education” means education provided by means of a higher education course;

  • “higher education course” means a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988;

  • “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).

2

In this Part—

a

“English further education provider” means an institution in England within the further education sector, and

b

references to an institution within the further education sector have the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (see section 91(3) of that Act).

3

In this Part references to a higher education course provided in England are to a higher education course which is provided wholly, or principally, in England.

4

In this Part references to an institution in a part of the United Kingdom are to an institution whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in that part.

5

Subsection (1) is subject to express provision to the contrary, see—

a

section 10(9) (mandatory fee limit condition for certain providers),

b

section 25(4) (rating the quality of, and the standards applied to, higher education),

c

section 32(5)(b) (content of an access and participation plan: equality of opportunity), and

d

section 38(5) and (6) (duty to monitor etc the provision of arrangements for student transfers).