Higher education accreditation in the United Kingdom

Higher education accreditation in the United Kingdom become very important in UK, the British Government approved few accreditation bodies to inspect colleges and universities since 2007.

Recognised accreditation bodies

The following bodies are approved accreditation bodies by the British Government

• Accreditation Body for Language Services
• Accreditation Service for International Colleges ASIC UK
• Accreditation UK - British Council
• Bridge Schools Inspectorate
• British Accreditation Council BAC
• Education and Training Inspectorate (in Northern Ireland)
• Estyn (in Wales)
• HM Inspectorate of Education (in Scotland)
• Independent Schools Inspectorate
• Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
• Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
• Schools Inspection Service

Unrecognised accreditation bodies

• Association of MBAs (AMBA) was established by few British leading organizations.
• The Open and Distance Learning Quality Council was established by the British Government, but now is private and Unrecognised.

See also

• National Academic Recognition Information Centre (UK ENIC-NARIC) the national agency responsible for providing information and advice about how qualifications and skills from overseas compare to the UK’s national qualification frameworks.
• British Quality Foundation
• Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation Ofqual
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• List of unrecognized higher education accreditation organizations
• Accreditation mill