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The UK does not operate an accreditation system in the way it is understood in the US, i.e. a university (or other institute of higher education) cannot be "accredited" or "unaccredited". Instead there is a system of quality assurance, with reviews carried out by a government-appointed agency, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education ...
Following Brexit in 2020, the UK government proposed to replace the mark with the UKCA marking, with a deadline for replacement of 31 December 2024 in some product categories. [9] For other product categories CE marking acceptance in Great Britain has been indefinitely extended.
This is a list of colleges in the United Kingdom offering higher education courses. Many of the colleges below are "listed bodies" that are authorised to offer courses leading to a degree from a UK university or other body with degree-awarding powers. [ 1 ]
The UKCA marking (an abbreviation of UK Conformity Assessed) is a conformity mark that indicates conformity with the applicable requirements for products sold within Great Britain. [1] The government intended that it should replace the CE marking for products sold in Great Britain. Both markings continue to be accepted in the UK market.
The government maintains lists of "recognized bodies" that have the right to grant UK degrees, [29] and of "listed bodies" that offer courses validated by a recognized body and leading to degrees of that body. [30] UK institutions offering courses leading to degrees are subject to quality assurance by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). [31]
Universities and other institutions of higher education formerly ran their own entrance exams. Since the introduction of the "new matura" in 2005, and in particular the marking of that exam by independent examiners rather than by teachers at students' own schools, the matura now serves as the admission test for Polish students.
The country's reputed schools admit students to their A/L, depending on the O/L grades. The Sri Lankan University Grants commission determines the cut-off points for the selection of students to the Sri Lankan universities according to the grade points obtained in the A/L examinations based on the standard normal distribution. [4]
Many foreign universities run study-abroad programmes based in London, but these are often restricted to students who spend the majority of their degree studying at the university campus in their own country, and are not independent university campuses. Some of the colleges offering foreign degrees in London are listed below.