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Hartpury wins right to award its own degrees

Hartpury College is celebrating after winning the right to award new students their own honours and Masters degrees.

The announcement that is has been granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers by Her Majesty's Privy Council brings them closer towards achieving its vision of creating a joint Hartpury College and Hartpury University side by side on one campus.

It means that from September 2018 new students will be able to study for a taught honours or Masters degree awarded specifically by University Centre Hartpury.

At present, the awarding of degrees is rubber-stamped by the University of Western England in Bristol, which works in partnership with Hartpury, but this will all change from next year.

Principal Russell Marchant said the news was an exciting step towards them achieving their aim of becoming an independent university.

"We are proud to be of the first specialist providers of education that's recognised for its quality in this way," he said.

"Gaining Taught Degree Awarding Powers publicly stamps the integrity of what we do. We've worked hard to get this status and it is credit to all of our staff that we have achieved it."

Vice Principal Rosie Scott-Ward explained: "The ability to validate our own degrees means we can respond quickly to market and student demands.

"As a vocational provider with strong industry partnerships, this is paramount to forging clear progression routes through academic levels and to our students moving into strong careers when they graduate".

The change comes following a period of consultation with current staff and students. Janine Fox, Hartpury students' union manager, said: "Hartpury students' union is delighted with the achievement of taught degree awarding powers.

"With the Hartpury name recognised globally as a first choice specialist provider we welcome the further acknowledgement that this status brings."

The awarding of Taught Degree Powers is timely: the past month has also seen University Centre Hartpury achieve gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, placing it among the top 20 per cent of UK higher education providers for the quality of its teaching.

It is also the only education provider in Gloucestershire to hold a gold TEF award.

Latest figures also reveal that 98.6 per cent of graduates have entered employment and or further study within six months of completing their studies at Hartpury.

Hartpury currently delivers honours and postgraduate degrees in sport, equine, animal and agriculture to more than 1,550 students and has been teaching degrees from its Gloucestershire campus since 1992.

Working alongside Hartpury College, University Centre Hartpury offers further education qualifications including A levels and BTEC diplomas and is the best specialist land-based college in England for student achievement, as highlighted in a recent government report.

University Centre Hartpury is now consulting with stakeholders regarding the name Hartpury University as a future name for the institution.

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