The Department for the Economy has made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Education (Listed Bodies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018” (S.R. 2018 No. 9), which comes into operation on 11th January 2018.

The Rule lists all those bodies which appear to the Department not to be recognised as having degree awarding powers, but which either (a) provide any course which is in preparation for a degree to be granted by a recognised body and is approved by, or on behalf of, the recognised body; or (b) is a constituent college, school or hall or other institution of a university which is a recognised body.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.