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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2025 No. 1232
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool
and The Fylde College) Order 2025
Made - - - - 24th November 2025
Coming into force - - 12th December 2025
The Office for Students, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(1) and section 43(1) of
the Higher Education and Research Act 2017(1), makes the following Order.
The Office for Students has requested advice from the relevant body regarding the quality of, and
standards applied to, higher education provided by the provider, and has had regard to that advice,
in accordance with section 46(1)(a) and (7) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Power to Award Degrees etc. (Blackpool and The Fylde
College) Order 2025 and comes into force on 12th December 2025.
Authorisation to grant awards
2. Blackpool and The Fylde College is authorised to grant taught awards of the kind mentioned
in section 42(2)(a) of the said Act for taught awards up to and including bachelor’s level.
3. The authorisation in article 2 of this Order is for a fixed term beginning on 12th December
2025 and expiring at the end of the day on 11th December 2028.
4. Blackpool and The Fylde College may authorise other institutions to grant such awards as
specified in article 2 of this Order on its behalf.
Nicholas Holland
Head of Quality and Standards
24th November 2025 Office for Students
(1) 2017 c. 29.Document Generated: 2025-12-12
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order authorises Blackpool and The Fylde College (UKPRN: 10000754) to grant taught awards
up to and including bachelor’s level. The authorisation is for a fixed term beginning on 12th
December 2025 and expiring at the end of the day on 11th December 2028. Blackpool and The Fylde
College’s authorisation also includes the power to authorise other institutions to grant such awards
on its behalf.
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and civil society organisations. The instrument has no impact on the public sector.
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