Designated institution

FOIA Schedule I includes:

• 53 - (1) The governing body of—

• (d) a designated institution for the purposes of Part II of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 as defined by section 72(3) of that Act, or

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

• (a) “governing body” is to be interpreted in accordance with subsection (1) of section 90 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 but without regard to subsection (2) of that section,

Section 72(3) of the 1992 Act says:

In this Part of this Act “designated institution” means an institution in relation to which a designation made, or having effect as if made, under section 129 of that Act [the Education Reform Act 1988] has effect.

Designations under section 129 are made by SI. Designations include:

• by SI 1989/282, amended by SI 1989/2055, SI 1990/796, and SI 2008/1643:
  • University of Westminster (as The Polytechnic of Central London)
  • Central School of Speech and Drama (London)
  • London Metropolitan University (as City of London Polytechnic)
  • The Polytechnic of North London
  • Rose Bruford College (as Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (Bexley))
  • London South Bank University (as The Polytechnic of the South Bank (London))
  • University of Greenwich (as Thames Polytechnic (London))
  • Bishop Grosseteste University College (as Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln)
  • University of Gloucestershire (as Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education incorporating the College of St Paul and St Mary)
  • University of Chester (as Chester College of Higher Education)
  • Canterbury Christ Church University (as Christ Church College of Higher Education (Canterbury))
  • York St John University (as College of Ripon and York St John (North Yorkshire))
  • University College Plymouth St Mark & St John (as The College of St Mark and St John Foundation (Plymouth))
  • Harper Adams University College (as Harper Adams Agricultural College (Newport, Shropshire))
  • Homerton College, Cambridge
  • University of Winchester (as King Alfred's College (Winchester))
  • La Sainte Union College of Higher Education (Southampton)
  • Liverpool Hope University (as Liverpool Institute of Higher Education)
  • Newman University College (as Newman College (Birmingham))
  • Roehampton University (as Roehampton Institute of Higher Education)
  • Royal Academy of Music (London)
  • Royal College of Music (London)
  • University of Cumbria (as S Martin's College, Lancaster)
  • St Mary's University College (as St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham))
  • Leeds Trinity University College (as Trinity and All Saints College (Leeds))
  • Trinity Laban (as Trinity College of Music, London)
  • Westhill College (Birmingham)
  • Westminster College (Oxford)
• by SI 1989/2055:
  • Camborne School of Mines
  • Dartington College of Arts (Devon)
  • University of Derby (as Derbyshire College of Higher Education)
  • West London Institute of Higher Education
  • University of Chichester (as West Sussex Institute of Higher Education)
• Trinity University College (as Trinity College, Carmarthen, by SI 1992/2622 and again by SI 2007/2112)
• by SI 1993/404:
  • Cranfield University (as Cranfield Institute of Technology)
  • Royal College of Art
• Royal Agricultural College (by SI 2001/209)
• Conservatoire for Dance and Drama (by SI 2001/2268)
• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (by SI 2006/1674)
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama (by SI 2006/1744)

On WhatDoTheyKnow, designated institutions are filed under university, university_college, and hei.