Higher Education Act (July 2004)

An Act to make provision about research in the arts and humanities and about complaints by students against institutions providing higher education; to make provision about fees payable by students in higher education; to provide for the appointment of a Director of Fair Access to Higher Education; to make provision about grants and loans to students in higher or further education; to limit the jurisdiction of visitors of institutions providing higher education; and for connected purposes.

The Act was informed in large part by the review conducted for the government by Sir Richard Lambert. Follow the link to the Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration policy article.