The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of

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and

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within

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, 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

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. The most visible result was to allow thirty-five

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s to become

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(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. In addition, the act created bodies to fund higher education in England—

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—and further education— FEFC. Universities in Scotland and Wales which had previously been funded by the UK-wide

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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.

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Further and Higher Education Act, 1992
(for England and Wales)
Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992
(for Scotland) {{Authority control United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1992 United Kingdom Education Acts Educational administration 1992 in education University-related legislation Higher education law History of higher education in the United Kingdom

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