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The British Accreditation Council has provided a comprehensive quality assurance scheme for independent further and higher education in the UK since 1984. Our accreditation is recognised the world over by students, agents and government officials as the clearest mark of educational quality in the private sector. Alongside the British Council, whose Accreditation UK scheme serves as the definitive guide to the country's English language centres, we have overseen the inspection of private post-16 education for more than two decades.
We are committed to both encouraging the highest standards of education offered by independent colleges and providing prospective students with an invaluable guide to quality in an often complex sector.
For students from outside Europe, whether you're coming to the UK for a short course or a full degree programme, choosing a BAC-accredited college for your studies will ensure that the institution is considered to be bona fide by immigration officials. If you plan to study for longer than six months though, your college will need to sponsor you - check the 'Register of Tier 4 sponsors' (on the right under 'UK Border Agency links') to make sure it has the necessary licence.
City & Guilds is the biggest name in UK vocational education, with 2 million learners working towards one of our qualifications every year.
The aim of the CCNSG Safety Passport Scheme is to ensure a basic knowledge of health and safety for all site personnel to enable them, after appropriate site induction, to work on site more safely with lower risk to themselves and others.
IOSH is the Chartered body for health and safety professionals. With more than 39,000 members, we're the world's biggest professional health and safety organisation. We set standards, and support, develop and connect our members with resources, guidance, events and training. We're the voice of the profession, and campaign on issues that affect millions of working people.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health is a professional, awarding and campaigning body at the forefront of nvironmental and public health and safety.
EAL is the specialist, employer-recognised awarding organisation for the engineering, manufacturing, building services and related sectors. We are the only awarding organisation to invest in the industries we serve and the skills of those who work within them. Our commitment to partnering industry and focus on our core sectors gives us unrivalled knowledge and understanding of employer skills needs. This results in qualifications that carry weight and respect with employers and deliver real career benefits for learners.
We are the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board for the construction industry, working with industry, for industry to deliver a safe, professional and fully qualified UK construction workforce.
We work with construction companies to help them improve skills, increase their competitive edge and respond to the many challenges employers face – from the low carbon agenda, through to reducing costs on-site and recruiting the best and rightest talent for their sector.
NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) was formed in 1979 as an independent examining board and awarding body with charitable status. We offer a comprehensive range of globally-recognised, vocationally-related qualifications designed to meet the health, safety, environmental and risk management needs of all places of work in both the private and public sectors.
Courses leading to NEBOSH qualifications attract around 30,000 candidates annually and are offered by over 450 course providers, with exams taken in over 90 countries around the world. Our qualifications are recognised by the relevant professional membership bodies including the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
North East Chamber of Commerce
NECC champions, connects and develops member businesses, and their people, to win more business, become better businesses and enjoy better conditions for business within North East England and around the world.
BIIAB is the wholly-owned awarding body of BII, the professional body for the licensed retail industry. BIIAB’s parent company, BII, is a registered charity whose remit is to raise professional standards across the sector. BII achieves this in a number of ways, including the development and awarding of qualifications specifically for the sector and available through BIIAB.
The British Standards Institute is a leading global provider of standards, management systems, business improvement and regulatory approval information.
FPAL works to identify, qualify, evaluate, and monitor suppliers on behalf of its purchasing members. We build and support buyer-supplier communities in the oil & gas industry, creating an effective Supply Chain network. Our services for professional procurement help create opportunities for business and reduce risk in the supply chain.
NOF Energy is a not for profit membership organisation with over 400 members. We actively work to identify global opportunities within the oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors and then work with our members to help them secure a share of these opportunities.
With over 35 years’ experience supplying to the North Sea oil and gas industry our members have a global reputation for providing innovative products, services and unique solutions to the highest quality standards. It is NOF Energy's mission to promote our members’ capabilities and that of the wider energy supply chain to a worldwide audience.
