Editing College (section)

===United Kingdom===
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====Secondary education and further education====
Further education (FE) colleges and [[sixth form college]]s are institutions providing further education to students over 16. Some of these also provide higher education courses (see below).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationuk.org/global/articles/further-education-institutions/|title=Further education – Colleges and other institutions|website=Education UK|publisher=[[British Council]]|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119035610/http://www.educationuk.org/global/articles/further-education-institutions/|archive-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> In the context of secondary education, 'college' is used in the names of some private schools, e.g. [[Eton College]] and [[Winchester College]].

====Higher education====
{{See also|Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom|Residential college|University college#United Kingdom}}

In higher education, a college is normally a provider that does not hold university status, although it can also refer to a constituent part of a [[collegiate university|collegiate or federal university]] or a grouping of academic [[faculty (division)|faculties]] or departments within a university. Traditionally the distinction between colleges and universities was that colleges did not award degrees while universities did, but this is no longer the case with [[Newcastle College#NCG|NCG]] having gained taught degree awarding powers (the same as some universities) on behalf of its colleges,<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcastle education group to become first in the country to award its own degree courses|date=29 June 2016|work=ChronicleLive|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-education-group-become-first-11539127|author=Keiran Southern|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918192508/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-education-group-become-first-11539127|archive-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> and many of the [[colleges of the University of London]] holding full degree awarding powers and being effectively universities. Most colleges, however, do not hold their own degree awarding powers and continue to offer higher education courses that are validated by universities or other institutions that can award degrees.

In England, {{as of|2016|August|lc=y}}, over 60% of the higher education providers directly funded by [[HEFCE]] (208/340) are sixth-form or further education colleges, often termed colleges of further and higher education, along with 17 colleges of the University of London, one [[university college]], 100 universities, and 14 other providers (six of which use 'college' in their name). Overall, this means over two-thirds of state-supported higher education providers in England are colleges of one form or another.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/register/search/Overview|title=Overview|website=Register of HE providers|publisher=[[HEFCE]]|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903141438/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/register/search/Overview|archive-date=3 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/register/getthedata/|title=Get the data|website=Register of HE providers|publisher=[[HEFCE]]|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911010828/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/register/getthedata/|archive-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Many private providers are also called colleges, e.g. the [[New College of the Humanities]] and [[St Patrick's College, London]].

Colleges within universities vary immensely in their responsibilities. The large constituent colleges of the [[University of London]] are effectively universities in their own right; colleges in some universities, including those of the [[University of the Arts London]] and smaller colleges of the [[University of London]], run their own degree courses but do not award degrees; those at the [[University of Roehampton]] provide accommodation and pastoral care as well as delivering the teaching on university courses; those at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] deliver some teaching on university courses as well as providing accommodation and pastoral care; and those in [[Durham University|Durham]], [[University of Kent|Kent]], [[Lancaster University|Lancaster]] and [[University of York|York]] provide accommodation and pastoral care but do not normally participate in formal teaching. The legal status of these colleges also varies widely, with University of London colleges being independent corporations and recognised bodies, Oxbridge colleges, colleges of the [[University of the Highlands and Islands]] (UHI) and some Durham colleges being independent corporations and listed bodies, most Durham colleges being owned by the university but still listed bodies, and those of other collegiate universities not having formal recognition. When applying for undergraduate courses through [[UCAS]], University of London colleges are treated as independent providers, colleges of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and UHI are treated as locations within the universities that can be selected by specifying a 'campus code' in addition to selecting the university, and colleges of other universities are not recognised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ucas.com|title=Search courses|publisher=UCAS|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826142005/http://search.ucas.com/|archive-date=26 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://collegiateway.org/news/2004-durham-colleges|title=The Collegiate System at the University of Durham|author=R. J. O'Hara|publisher=The Collegiate Way|date=20 December 2004|access-date=28 August 2016|archive-date=6 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006082139/http://collegiateway.org/news/2004-durham-colleges|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2993/made|title=The Education (Listed Bodies) (England) Order 2013|date=27 November 2013|website=Legislation.gov.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731221856/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2993/made|archive-date=31 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2992/made|title=The Education (Recognised Bodies) (England) Order 2013|date=27 November 2013|website=Legislation.gov.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831060828/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2992/made|archive-date=31 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucas.com/sites/default/files/institution-and-campus-codes.xls|title=List of institution and campus codes|publisher=UCAS|access-date=28 August 2016|format=XLS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919145239/https://www.ucas.com/sites/default/files/institution-and-campus-codes.xls|archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

The UHI and the [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]] (UWTSD) both include further education colleges. However, while the UHI colleges integrate FE and HE provision, UWTSD maintains a separation between the university campuses (Lampeter, Carmarthen and Swansea) and the two colleges (''Coleg Sir Gâr'' and ''Coleg Ceredigion''; n.b. ''coleg'' is [[Welsh language|Welsh]] for college), which although part of the same group are treated as separate institutions rather than colleges within the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/about-uhi|title=About UHI|publisher=University of the Highlands and Islands|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920174551/https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/about-uhi|archive-date=20 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/about/uwtsd-group/|title=UWTSD Group|publisher=University of Wales Trinity Saint David|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919202104/http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/about/uwtsd-group/|archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

A [[University college#United Kingdom|university college]] is an independent institution with the power to award taught degrees, but which has not been granted university status. University College is a protected title that can only be used with permission, although note that [[University College London]], [[University College, Oxford]] and [[University College, Durham]] are colleges within their respective universities and not university colleges (in the case of UCL holding full degree awarding powers that set it above a university college), while [[University College Birmingham]] is a university in its own right and also not a university college.