British Qualifications (paperback)

British Qualifications remains the only fully comprehensive directory of UK qualifications, institutions and accrediting bodies. Fully indexed, it lists over 500 professional institutes, accrediting bodies and universitiy awards, with details of over 200 career fields.  It also includes:

• An overview of current thinking in the higher education system in the UK
• A detailed review of teaching establishments and how they make their awards
• Informative descriptions of the vocational qualifications awarded by professional associations, including an explanation of validating, examining and awarding bodies
• A directory of qualifications awarded by universities in the UK (ordered by university name), including information on admission to degree courses, degree structure and various categories of degree available
• A directory of qualifications awarded by professional associations in the UK, including certificates, diplomas, NVQs and SVQs
• A description of the various bodies involved in the accreditation of colleges in the independent sector of further and higher education
• A list of study associations and learned societies
• A directory of trade and specialist associations