Sheffield's international students give £120m boost to local economy by Rebecca Ratcliffe Universities hope the news will prompt the government to rethink its policies on international students. Read more here: Sheffield's international students give £120m boost
Welcome to my second blog of 2013. It’s been a busy time at the British Accreditation Council, with a number of visits and events requiring BAC involvement. Meetings and Events On Tuesday 23 January, I attended the Westminster Higher Education Forum reception at the House of Commons where I was able to network with other [...]
A warm welcome to all the BAC’s accredited colleges and non-accredited providers of private education and training. I note that further and higher education, and in particular student immigration policy, remained high on the media agenda throughout December and into January. In particular, we had the Home Secretary’s announcement on 12 December 2012 that consular [...]
After ten years in the role, Mr Tim Cox is stepping down as Chairman of the British Accreditation Council (BAC). He became a member of the Council in the late 1980s and assumed the role of Chair in 2002. He is being replaced by Mr Peter Williams CBE, former Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance [...]
"I had no plans to change jobs this year and absolutely no intention of moving to a very different part of the sector. I started my career at the University of Exeter and stayed there throughout a period of growth and change, during which it moved firmly towards the top of the league tables. After [...]
Dear colleagues, Post-16 education has been steadily changing over the past few years. The age range of potential students has shifted from recent school-leavers to include young professionals and adults looking to change career. Learning has become more flexible in order to allow these students to fit studying around their working lives. This means that [...]
The British Accreditation Council (BAC), one of the UK’s leading quality assurance bodies for private higher and further education, has launched an ambitious scheme to accredit non-British providers based outside the UK. To be eligible providers must have been operating for at least two years, teach their courses in English and be recognised by a [...]
The evening of Monday 1 October 2012 saw a wide range of education and training providers and other education professionals meet at a classy and modern venue near St Paul’s to celebrate the launch of the British Accreditation Council’s two new accreditation schemes. The new schemes extend BAC’s current operation accrediting private colleges, training organisations [...]
The British Cookery School Awards give schools and colleges a chance to display their achievements and receive recognition for the important role they play in the culinary arts. The judges include BBC Radio 2 food & drink presenter Nigel Barden, and they will be looking for cookery schools which go above and beyond. We are [...]
The government has moved towards granting for-profit higher education firms VAT advantages to put them on "the same footing" as universities - although some firms have already gained that advantage by switching to non-profit status. HM Revenue and Customs published on 12 September its consultation on the government's proposed VAT exemption for higher education provided [...]