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Our EducationUK website provides you with an easy-to-search database of courses on offer in the UK (including English language, degree and postgraduate courses).

EducationUK Scotland
Everything you need to know aboutScottish Education and Training.

Universities and Colleges offering course leading to recognised UK degrees
Make sure you are getting an officially recognised UK degree by checking out the information on the DfES website.

Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education
Previously known as the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC), the QAA assesses the quality of teaching by subject. The six dimensions of teaching quality are: curriculum design, content and organisation; teaching, learning and assessment; student progression and achievement; student support and guidance; learning resources; quality assurance and enhancement

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
There are no official ranking systems for British institutions. However, two of Britain’s quality systems that are most ikely to be of interest to international students wishing to choose between programmes or departments are the Teaching Quality Assessment (TQA) and the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Both of these systems focus on individual subjects and/or programmes of study and offer judgements on quality in the form of ratings. The assessment method used for both is peer review by specialists of high standing in their subject

English Language Courses in the UK
Find out about the English courses available in the UK.

Association of Recognised English Language Services (ARELS)

British Accreditation Council for Independent Schools
Its role is to define, monitor and improve standards in independent further and higher education institutions

British Association of State English Language Teaching (BASELT)

The Conference for Independent Further Education (CIFE)

Open and Distance Learning Quality Council (ODLQC)
The ODLQC principal accrediting body for a wide variety of providers of open and distance learning in the UK

Home Office
More information on UK Policy on International Students, visa & entry procedures and working in the UK

UKCOSA The Council for International Education

International Centre for Distance Learning

Open University

University of London External Programme

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