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AWARDS AND PRIZES

Guildhall School of Music & Drama - Granting of Taught Degree-Awarding Powers

Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama

“I am delighted to announce that the Guildhall School of Music & Drama has been granted Taught Degree-Awarding Powers by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Taught Degree-Awarding Powers gives UK higher education providers the right to award bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Until now, the Guildhall School’s degree programmes have been validated by larger institutions and solely by City University London since 2002.

The right to award its own degrees enables the School to take full ownership of the relationship between professional training and higher education, putting it in a prime position to respond rapidly to the developing needs of the performing arts and to drive change in the professions and in society.

David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, commented “The Guildhall School of Music & Drama has a long and prestigious track record in the UK…and it is right that institutions, such as Guildhall [Guildhall School of Music & Drama], that have met the rigorous standards necessary, should be able to award their own degrees.”

This is a major achievement and alongside the opening of Milton Court in 2013 will help to support the launch of an extended range of educational programmes and reflect an exciting new phase in the institution’s development. All those involved deserve our congratulations.

I commend this major accomplishment to the Court.”

 

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama - Granting of Taught Degree-Awarding Powers

 

Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama

 

“I am delighted to announce that the Guildhall School of Music & Drama has been granted Taught Degree-Awarding Powers by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

 

Taught Degree-Awarding Powers gives UK higher education providers the right to award bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Until now, the Guildhall School’s degree programmes have been validated by larger institutions and solely by City University London since 2002.

 

The right to award its own degrees enables the School to take full ownership of the relationship between professional training and higher education, putting it in a prime position to respond rapidly to the developing needs of the performing arts and to drive change in the professions and in society.

 

David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, commented “The Guildhall School of Music & Drama has a long and prestigious track record in the UK…and it is right that institutions, such as Guildhall [Guildhall School of Music & Drama], that have met the rigorous standards necessary, should be able to award their own degrees.”

 

This is a major achievement and alongside the opening of Milton Court in 2013 will help to support the launch of an extended range of educational programmes and reflect an exciting new phase in the institution’s development. All those involved deserve our congratulations.

 

I commend this major accomplishment to the Court.”

 

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Received.