Accreditations
Our ability to validate and accredit our own courses means that we can help you to develop qualifications that suit your needs and can also be recognised nationally. Our expertise in this area was recently endorsed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
A large number of our courses are vocational, many leading to a licence to practise a profession. We take pride in the strong partnerships we have developed in both the private and public sectors.
Where a programme is accredited by a Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Body, you can be confident that the content of the course meets the highest standards demanded by the industry or profession, and will be up-to-date and relevant to employers’ requirements. To achieve accreditation, our courses undergo thorough scrutiny and monitoring by the relevant bodies.
In some cases we are the only UK organisation – or one of a select few – to achieve accreditation. Where a course is accredited, you’ll find it marked on the individual entry in the Courses section.
Our current links with Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (by Faculty) are:
- British Psychological Society – BPS accreditation for our BSc (Honours) Psychology course
- Chartered Institute of Housing
- Joint Academic Stage Board (with reps from the SRA and the Bar Standards Board)
- Life Long Learning UK
- OFSTED – grade 1 Outstanding for primary and secondary teaching – one of ten universities in the UK
- Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- Standards Verification UK (SVUK).
Visit the Education, Law and Social Sciences website.
- British Computer Society
- Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
- Chartered Institute of Building
- Chartered Quality Institute – Best Education Centre award for the School of Engineering, Design and Manufacturing Systems
- Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Royal Town Planning Institute.
Visit the Technology, Engineering and the Environment website.
- Apple – Our New Technology Institute (NTI) is one of the busiest Apple-accredited training centres in Europe.
- Broadcast Journalism Training Council
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations
- European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) – Birmingham Conservatoire is the only UK conservatoire to have received institutional accreditation
- National Council for Drama Training
- Media Academy accreditation – Skillset Media Academy – the only one in the West Midlands.
Visit the Performance, Media and English website.
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – (ACCA), Platinum accreditation
- Chartered Management Institute
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – MSc in Accountancy and Finance
- Chartered Institute of Marketing Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations
- Institute of Internal Auditors
- Institute of Risk Management.
Visit the Birmingham City Business School website.
- Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE)
- General Social Care Council (Regulatory)
- Health Professions Council
- National Screening Committee (Statutory Body)
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (Regulatory)
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Society and College of Radiographers.
Visit the Health website.