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Warnborough College, also known as Warnborough Worldwide, is a provider of higher education by means of distance learning, with offices in Canterbury, England, and Dublin, Ireland. The English component was established in the 1970s as Warnborough College Oxford. Warnborough College Ireland was founded in 1997 as Warnborough University and changed its name to Warnborough College in 2006.

Authorization and accreditation status

Neither the former Warnborough University nor Warnborough College are listed on the UNESCO-related worldwide list of universities recognized by national authorities. Warnborough University was not recognised by educational authorities in the United Kingdom and no institution using the name "Warnborough" is listed as a recognised provider of degrees or courses leading to degrees.

The Warnborough College website states that the institution has ISO 9001 (quality management systems) certification through The United Kingdom Accreditation Service, which is an accreditor of UK certification, testing, inspection and calibration services. Also, Warnborough is listed as "recognized" by and a member of the International Accreditation and Recognition Council (IARC), which is not recognised by any governmental body as an educational accreditor.

In October 2000 the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that John Bear described Warnborough as "a one-room office in London with no degree-granting authority," but a Warnborough official responded that the university had other facilities in London and that its degree-granting authority came from its charter, which was issued in Ireland.

On November 26, 2000 the British Broadcasting Corporation aired a news report on degree mills and "degrees for cash" in the United Kingdom. The report summarized the history of Warnborough, which was initially established in the 1970s as Warnborough College Oxford but was closed down after a United States government lawsuit. It was later reopened as Warnborough University under an Irish charter, and was operating under that name in 2000. However, a Warnborough official told a reporter that the school did not then have a physical presence in Ireland.

According to Oregon State Office of Degree Authorization, Warnborough University and Warnborough College is "not an Irish degree-granter. Not a UK degree-granter. Appearance on UK registry of training providers does not confer or represent authorization to issue degrees." The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board states that Warnborough University has operated from Canyon, Texas, Washington, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Washington, DC and "claims to be a consortium of institutions with authority derived from those institutions, though the member institutions have no degree authority and claim theirs from Warnborough."

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References

  1. ^ BBC audio file, November 26, 2000; the discussion of Warnborough begins at about 10 minutes into the broadcast
  2. List of universities, The International Association of Universities (accessed August 21, 2007)
  3. ^ What You Need to Know Before You Work Abroad by Gabriela Montell, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 13, 2000
  4. Recognised UK Degrees, UK Department for Education and Skills (accessed August 21, 2007)
  5. About Accreditation, United Kingdom Accreditation Service website (accessed August 22, 2007)
  6. IARC Directory of members
  7. Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas

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