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Warnborough College (UK)
Warnborough College (IE)

Type	Private, for-profit
Established	1973, 1997, 2006
Chairman	John Allen
President	Brenden D. Tempest-Mogg
Vice-president	Julian Ng
Location	Canterbury, Kent, UK Dublin, Ireland

The name Warnborough is associated with several related institutions of higher education existing from 1973 to the present. This including Warnborough College (Oxford), Warnborough College (UK), Warnborough University/College (Ireland), and a UK registered charity: Wanborough Foundation (UK) (Bricks & Mortarboards, Bodleian Library, Oxford)

Founders

Warnborough College was began in Oxford, England, in 1973. Founded by Ethyl and Brenden Tempest-Mogg, who was a graduate research at the University of Oxford. Warnborough College Offered recoginised study abroad courses to senior at over 200 us colleges/universities. International Summer School (ISS) were held at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Edinburgh.(ibid)

Founded on Warnborough Road in North Oxford it moved to St. Margaret's Institute in North Oxford 1974 and then to Boars Hill in 1976 occupying the former palace of the Bishop of Oxford and Plater College. The campus provided teaching and administration facilities. The adjoining Yatscombe Hall complex was acquired in 1978. In 1984 the campus extended student accommodation and sporting facilities. (Encylopedia of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Oxford)

Distinguished Founding Sponsors

These were: President, Bradford College (Mass.); Chancellor, Claremont University (Ca.); Chancellor, North Carolina State University; Chaplain, Hertford College, University of Oxford (UK); President, Hobart & William Smith Colleges (New York); President Hampshire College (Mass.); Provost, Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.); President, Duke University (Nth. Carolina). (Bricks & Mortarboards, Bodleian Library, Oxford)

Study Abroad in Australia 1987-1999

In 1987, Warnborough College began the successful Warnborough Studies Programmes for American Study Abroad Students held at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

1997–2005:Dublin London and Canterbury

In 1996, Warnborough moved briefly to Oxford city centre and then to London in 1997 with its administration based in Pall Mall. In 1997 Warnborough University was registered  in Ireland as a limited company by Dr Brenden Tempest-Mogg and Dr Julian Ng a Malaysian national. In Dublin, Irish qualifications in liberal arts, scientific and professional studies were offered online.

In 2001, it chose Canterbury for its International HQ.  Since 2005, Warnborough has been  listed on the UK government Register of Providers (UKRLP 10009515) for its UK qualifications in English Language, Business Studies and ‘A’ Levels. (Bricks & Mortar Boards, Bodleian Library, Oxford)

1997- Distance Learning Begins

Warnborough University (1997-2005) offered online learning from 1997 providing global opportunities for Distance Learning.  It was accredited as a ‘Premier Institution’ by the UK Accredited Service for International Colleges and Universities (ASIC).  Online learning is still offered by Warnborough College, Ireland.

Affiliates

Warnborough has recognised Learning Centres, affiliates and partners around the world.  Warnborough is global in its outreach.

Controversy

In 1997 Saint Theresa’s Medical University (WHO recognized) in St.Kitts had an intended ‘partnership’ with Warnborough that failed to eventuate. Saint Theresa’s closed in 2009.

In 2005 Ireland's Department of Education and Science requested that Warnborough University change its name to Warnborough College.

In the early 2000s, Warnborough’s success in Australia generated some controversy poked by the now defunct ODA in Oregon.

Warnborough leased offices at All Hallows College in Dublin (2006 to 2008). Warnborough moved to the impressive Capel building in central Dublin. All Hallows College closed in controversy in 2014). (www.her.ie/news/dublins-all-hallows-college-to-close-down-140176)

That year Warnborough applied for HETAC accreditation, but it was denied through pressure from the Oregon ODA. A High Court Judicial Review required HETAC to accept a new application from Warnborough, but HETAC increased its application fee, which Warnborough rejected. HETAC then used the Irish media to discredit Warnborough. HETAC no longer exists. (ibid).

In 1995 a handful of American students claimed they were misled, believing Warnborough was affiliated with the University of Oxford. Expelled for drug offenses, these students made many false allegations to gain refunds, and they stirred up the media with lies and exaggerations. Legal action was taken in the USA to no avail. Fake media claimed that the University of Oxford was suing Warnborough, that the college went into liquidation, and that the Tempest-Mogg family returned to Australia were all incorrect. (Bricks & Mortarboards, Bodleian Library, Oxford).

Accreditation

In 1995 Warnborough College UK became an accredited center for the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations. (Encylopedia of Oxford, 1999)

Warnborough College, Ireland, and Warnborough College, UK, are accredited by the worldwide recognized UK Accreditation Service for International Colleges and Universities (ASIC) as ’Premier Institutions’ based on the content and the standards of curriculums, quality of instruction, and the reliability of testing. Other accreditations and recognitions for Warnborough College, UK, have included the British Council, ISO9001, Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, Association of Business Executives (ABE), and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).

In the early 2000s Warnborough University generated controversy in Australia because neither Warnborough nor any of its consortium partners through which it was offering graduate and undergraduate degrees were accredited to do so. The Australian state of New South Wales included Warnborough on a list of five "unrecognized universities".

Warnborough Foundation UK Charity

In 2020 the Warnborough Foundation CIO was based in Canterbury, UK. Focus on vocational, technical, and skills training for youth employment. They support a school for refugees in Koh Tao, Thailand, and an orphan school in Thailand. (Bricks & Mortarboards, Bodleian Library)

Erasmus+ Projects

Warnborough College, Ireland, and Warnborough College, UK, have participated in high-profile Erasmus+ projects supporting education, training, youth and sport with European and other institutions.(www./eurireland.ie/2018/08/14/erasmus-capacity-building-irish-organisations-to-share-nearly-e8m/)

Some Notable People

Sir Christopher White, Bt. (Visitor & Trustee); Lord Pitt of Hamstead, (Academic Advisor); Lord Kilmarnock (Academic Advisor); Brigadier Henchley (Trustee); Rev’d Canon Dr. Richard Martin (VP  for Alumni Relations, and Trustee); Dr John Allen, (Trustee); Dr Juan Salado (Journalist); Dr Mohamed Ashmalee (Minister  of State, Maldives); Wells Orr ( US Trade Representative); Hon. Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland, Australia (Advisor); Jamie Redford (Alumni); Dr. Robert Wilson, Mayor of Parks, NSW, Australia (Alumni); Dr George Udeani, Scientist, (Alumni); Dr Kneeland Youngblood,  Presidential Appointee to Barak Obama (Alumni). (Bricks & Mortarboards, Bodleian Library, Oxford)

Buildings and sites

From 1976 to 1996, Warnborough College Oxford, was located at the former facilities of Plater College (which had relocated to Headington), the Bishop's palace of the Diocese of Oxford, and Yatscombe Hall, on Boar's Hill. The Boars Hill facilities were used for teaching, administration and accommodations After the college was liquidated and the property repossessed, the site was occupied by squatters. The site was subject to planning disputes for over a decade thereafter. Yatscombe Hall was destroyed by fire in December 2003 and all the buildings on the site were demolished. A retirement village was planned for the site, but eventually a development of a four large country homes was built instead by Millgate Homes.

From 2006 to 2008, Warnborough College Ireland rented offices from the former All Hallows College in Drumcondra but All Hallows said it would not renew Warnborough's lease after August 2008. In February 2008, the Irish Independent reported that All Hallows officials were concerned about the college's presence on All Hallows' grounds. At All Hallows' request, Warnborough removed photographs of All Hallows from its website.

Organisation

Warnborough College UK is located in Canterbury, Kent. When it was inspected in May 2012 by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) for Private Further Education, it was reported to have 59 students, of which the vast majority were foreign students on Tier 4 Visas, principally from Asia, of which only four had English as their first language.

Warnborough College UK is designated by the Accreditation Service for International Colleges as an "ASIC Premier College"., which permits its students to obtain short-term study visas in the UK, but such accreditation is not recognized for any other purpose.

Warnborough College Ireland has an office in Dublin.

Warnborough College Ireland is not accredited by any known organization. Warnborough College Ireland courses are not recognised by Ireland's Department of Education, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) or the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI). In February 2008, Sean O'Foghlu, chief executive of NQAI told the Irish Independent that because Warnborough College is not a recognised higher education institution or awarding body the qualifications are "effectively worthless".

In July 2008, HETAC denied the college's application for accreditation. Warnborough sought leave to take judicial review of the denial but withdrew its appeal in November 2008 after HETAC agreed to permit Warnborough to submit a new accreditation application.

The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization named Warnborough in its former list of unaccredited universities, with its then administrator, Alan Contreras, characterising Warnborough College as "a diploma mill that has managed to move back and forth between Britain and Ireland for decades without either government's being able to put an end to it."

See also

• British Council
• Educational accreditation
• Independent Schools Inspectorate
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Accreditation Service for International Colleges

References

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2. "Lawnham, Patrick, "Authorities plan crackdown on Clayton's Degrees", The Australian, Ed 1 p 31 (13 March 2002)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
3. Brown, George, "Protecting Australia’s Higher Education System: A Proactive versus Reactive Approach in Review (1999–2004), Proceedings of the Australian Universities Quality Forum 2004
4. Gilje, Shelby (1 October 1995). "Students find Warnborough is not a part of Oxford". The Seattle Times.
5. "MP bids to break deadlock", Oxford Mail, 7 February 2004
6. "Fire Destroys Former College", BBC News Online, 9 December 2003
7. "Village for elderly planned for Boars Hill", Oxford Times, 23 June 2006
8. Boar's Hill Archived 29 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Millgate Homes, United Kingdom.
9. ^ Phelan, Shane; Walshe, John (26 November 2012), "College charges €18,000 fees for 'useless' degrees", Irish Independent
10. "Warnborough College Inspection May 2012". UK Independent Schools Inspectorate. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
11. "UK Institution Directory". Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
12. "Affiliations and Credentials". Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
13. O'Sullivan, Sarah, "Authorities refuse to recognize web college", The Sunday Times, 18 July 2008
14. Phelan, Shane and Walshe, John; "Legal war looms in college's battle for approval", Irish Independent, 15 September 2008
15. "College Will Fight on for Recognition", Irish Independent, 11 November 2008
16. Contreras, Alan (Winter 2009). "The complexity of international quality control". International Higher Education (54). Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.
17. Contreras, Alan (30 May 2008). "International quality control is no easy task". Chronicle of Higher Education.
18. "Unaccredited colleges". Oregon Student Assistance Commission, Office of Degree Authorization. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

External links

• Warnborough Worldwide
• Warnborough College UK
• Warnborough College Ireland
• Warnborough Worldwide Alumni Association

• Distance education institutions based in the United Kingdom
• Unaccredited institutions of higher learning
• Educational institutions established in 1973
• Distance education institutions based in the Republic of Ireland