Recommendation(s): 64

Recommendation 64: We recommend to the Government that it takes action, either by amending the powers of the Privy Council or by ensuring that conditions can be placed on the flow of public funds, to enable the removal of degree-awarding powers where the Quality Assurance Agency demonstrates that the power to award degrees has been seriously abused.

9.13 The Government has considered this recommendation carefully and agrees that it is important for speedy and effective action to be taken in the circumstances described. It believes, however, that the new arrangements for safeguarding standards should be put in place and tested and hopes that measures short of the withdrawal of the power to award degrees will be sufficient to safeguard standards.

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