Further and Higher Education Act 1992

Short description: Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Short description: United Kingdom legislation

Further and Higher Education Act 1992[lower-alpha 1]Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to make new provision about further and higher education.
Citation| 1992 c. 13
Introduced by| Kenneth Clarke (Commons)
Lord Belstead[1] (Lords)
Territorial extent|

* England and Wales
* Scotland (in part)
* Northern Ireland (in part)

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Dates
Royal assent| 6 March 1992
Commencement| 6 May 1992 to 1 August 1996[lower-alpha 3]
Other legislation
Amended by|

* Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006

Relates to|

* Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992

Status: Amended

Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Revised text of statute as amended

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that 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]

## Contents

* 1 See also
* 2 Notes
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## See also

* Further education § United Kingdom
* Education Act 1944
* Education Act 1994

## Notes

1. ↑ Section 94(1).
2. ↑ Section 94(4)–(7).
3. ↑ Section 94(2)–(3).

## References

1. ↑ "Further And Higher Education Bill Hl - Hansard". https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1991-11-21/debates/660b1468-c4ae-4fa9-bee5-7f7678f3211d/FurtherAndHigherEducationBillHl?highlight=further higher education bill#contribution-9f996e8c-e134-4c5e-8e56-1ff68028bfda.
2. ↑ Ratcliffe, Mike (12 April 2017). "The end of the binary divide: reflections on 25 years of the 1992 Act" (in en-GB). https://wonkhe.com/blogs/analysis-25-years-on-the-higher-and-further-education-act-1992/.
3. ↑ "Richards, Huw, "The collision of two worlds", Times Higher Education (December 5, 1997)". Timeshighereducation.co.uk. 1997-12-05. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=104836&sectioncode=26.
4. ↑ (in en) Further and Higher Education Act 1992. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095839655. Retrieved 2021-01-08.

## External links

* Text of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
* Text of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
* Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (for Scotland)

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