ACCREDIATION BODIES

British Accreditation Council The British Accreditation Council (BAC) is an independent body, established in 1984 to be the national accrediting body for private post-16 education in the UK. The primary objective of the Council's founding members was “to improve and enhance the standards of independent further and higher educational institutions by the establishment of a system of accreditation”.

EDI is an accredited Awarding Body and leading international education company with a wide range of products and services including vocational and professional qualifications both within the UK and internationally through LCCI IQ, Goal online assessments for schools, approved training programmes for employers, an electronic assessment delivery system, electronic portfolio package and specialist business broadband service.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice. We serve over 70,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally.Our mission as BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (formerly known as British Computer Society), is to enable the information society. We promote wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice.

The Association of Business Executives (ABE) is a professional membership body and an examination board. We develop business and management qualifications at Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma level. ABE qualifications provide progression routes to degree and Masters programmes worldwide.
At ABE we are committed to offering qualifications that are relevant, recognised and respected. Our staff support this commitment at all times.



The Association of Business Practitioners (ABP) is a UK awarding body which possesses expertise in developing and accrediting qualifications of different sizes and levels relevant to a wide range of industry sectors.
ABP enjoys a close relationship with The Association of Business Executives (ABE), an awarding body established in 1973, operating in over 70 countries and fully recognised by the UK regulatory authorities for qualifications.

The Institute is the leading professional body for Commercial and Business Development Managers.
Supporting career and personal development as well as mobility, the Institute’s educational programmes and qualifying examinations provide recognised qualifications for commercial management and business development staff working in the following key industry sectors: Aerospace and Defence, Construction, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Government, Information & Communication Technology, Manufacturing, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, Utilities, Retailing & Distribution.

Study UK is the official membership association for BAC accredited colleges of Further and Higher Education in the UK.Formed on 24th July 2007, we are the voice of the UK independent college sector and work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders worldwide to represent the interests of the sector and our members. 
Study UK works alongside English UK, its natural "sister" membership body for the English language teaching industry. Both organisations share a brand and logo design already associated with "quality UK education" and English UK's Chairman, Tony Millns, is the Secretary of Study UK.