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Warnborough College was founded in Oxford in 1973. Originally, it offered study abroad programmes to American students, and over 350 accredited American colleges and universities have accepted its courses for credits. The College was an accredited teaching and examination centre for the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations. It has been an official examination centre for Educational Testing Services (ETS) examinations for over 25 years. It is one of only four institutions in the UK whose graduates are eligible to sit for the US Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).
Further recognition came with IS09001:2000 and 27001:2005 quality certifications in 2004 and 2006, under the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The College is also a certified Investor in People (IiP). As a private College for Adult Education, it is listed in the official reference Handbook on Higher Education in the UK published by the Government Printing Company. It is also listed by the UK Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on its Register of Providers website (www.dfes.gov.uk/registerofproviders/) as a ‘genuine education and training provider’.
WCUK is based in Canterbury, and offers Certificate and Diploma courses, professional development and bespoke training programmes. It does NOT award degrees.
Warnborough College Ireland (WCI) www.warnborough.ie
Warnborough College Ireland (WCI) was founded in the Republic of Ireland as Warnborough University in 1997. In late 2005, it changed its name to Warnborough College Ireland in order to meet accreditation requirements under the Irish National Framework. Operations ceased working under the title of Warnborough University in early 2006.
The Irish accreditation body accredits both designated colleges (official government funded colleges) and independent colleges that educate at the Third level (university level). Colleges falling into this remit are entities teaching courses classified between levels 5 and 10 (measured in terms of knowledge imparted). Level 5 would correspond to a ‘Certificate’ course, level 6 to a ‘Diploma’ course, level 7 a ‘Bachelor’ degree, level 8 a ‘Masteral’ degree, level 9 a Higher qualification, and level 10 a ‘Doctorate’ degree. Warnborough is entitled to award Third Level and Fourth Level post-graduate degrees.
WCI is currently undergoing accreditation through the Higher Education Training and Awards Council (HETAC). Once this is achieved, the College will be officially listed as an accredited institution by the International Education Board of Ireland, the official representative body of the Irish Department of Education, abroad. WCI is an independent Irish Third Level Institution. It is based in Bray, near Dublin, Ireland.