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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 13th December 2023

Laid before Parliament 15th December 2023

Coming into force 29th February 2024

The Secretary of State, on request given by notice by the higher education corporation known as Writtle University Collegef1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 127A of the Education Reform Act 1988f2.

In accordance with section 127A(2) of that Act the higher education corporation known as Anglia Ruskin Universityf3, being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services within the meaning of section 127A(1)(b)(ii) of that Act, has consented to the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the higher education corporation known as Writtle University College.

In accordance with section 127A(5) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Office for Students.

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f1

Established as a higher education corporation known as Writtle Agricultural College under section 122A of the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40) by S.I. 1994/2019. Section 122A was amended by the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), Schedule 8, paragraph 4. The institution changed its name to Writtle University College by order of the Privy Council dated 5th May 2016.

f2

1988 c. 40. Section 127A was inserted by the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, Schedule 8, paragraph 16.

f3

Established as a higher education corporation known as the Essex Institute of Higher Education under section 121 of the Education Reform Act 1988 by S.I. 1988/1799. Section 121 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158 and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Schedule 1(7), paragraph 1. By S.I. 1989/410 the higher education corporation known as Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology was dissolved and its property, rights and liabilities were transferred to the Essex Institute of Higher Education. This institution subsequently changed its name to Anglia Higher Education College, Anglia Polytechnic University and then Anglia Ruskin University.