Further and Higher Education Act 1992

Short description: United Kingdom legislation

Further and Higher Education Act 1992Act of Parliament

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
Dates
Royal assent| 6 March 1992
Commencement| 6 May 1992 to 1 August 1996 (see list)

Status: Amended

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

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]

## See also

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

## 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

* Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 (for England and Wales)
* Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (for Scotland)

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