The London Business College is fully recognised and accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC), the foremost official body with responsibility for ensuring standards and quality for independent academic institutions in the United Kingdom. BAC website

Upon successful completion of the IAM Advanced Diploma, students can progress to the final year of a BA (Hons) Business Management degree, awarded by a top UK University. The IAM has developed this degree with its partner, Management Development Partnership. This College has been granted recognition by the IAM to offer tuition support to students studying for the degree.

For further information, please visit IAM website.

The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) is Europe’s leading management organisation. ILM partners with more than 80,000 individuals and organisations each year to help them fulfil their potential and achieve success through its wide range of flexible leadership and management development solutions.

From industry-leading qualifications and membership services to specialist learning resources, all ILM products and services are built on in-depth research and benchmarked against best practice standards. Supporting a fast-growing community of over 30,000 practising leaders and managers, ILM’s membership services are designed to provide ongoing continuing professional development throughout every stage of a manager’s career.

Backed by an in depth programme of thought leadership research, ILM operates internationally, improving leadership and management skills, knowledge and outputs across all sectors, from corporate finance to the armed forces.

For the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) www.i-l-m.com

The British Computer Society (BCS) is the foremost industry body for IT Professionals and people in the field of information systems. They establish the ethical and technical standards practiced in the profession.

The Organisation for Tourism and Hospitality Management (OTHM) is the fastest growing membership and examination body for Tourism and Hospitality in the UK. OTHM offers a wide range of professional qualifications, and their courses are designed to provide continuous professional development to build the skills and knowledge for a successful career in tourism and hospitality.

The great thing about the OTHM is that if you are OTHM qualified, you can gain clear access route to the London South Bank University to study their BA (Hons) Tourism and Hospitality and their MSc International Tourism Marketing. OTHM website

With over two million learners every year, City and Guilds is the biggest provider of UK vocational education. They also provide training to employees who for some of the biggest companies in the UK, including London Underground, Royal Mail and Tesco. For further details, please see www.cityandguilds.com

EDI is an accredited Awarding Body and leading international education company with a wide range of products and services including vocational and professional qualifications both within the UK and internationally through LCCI, Goal online assessments for schools, approved training programmes for employers, an electronic assessment delivery system, electronic portfolio package and specialist business broadband service. EDI website

The Oxford and Cambridge RSA examination (OCR) is available to everyone and is respected and recognised as one of the UK’s leading awarding bodies. OCR reflects the requirements of business and higher education, and offers a wide range of user friendly qualifications that can help to increase confidence, computer proficiency and career prospects. OCR Website

The London Business College is accredited by the Association of Business Executives (ABE) , a UK-based professional body promoting business and management qualifications.

ABE was founded to deliver respected and recognised UK qualifications in these fields, ideal for students to aspire to a future management position, or helping those already working in industry, commerce and the public service to develop their administration and management skills.

The London Business College prepares students for this qualification, a cost-effective route to improved management performance that can be used to enter University degree and MBA programmes. In addition, many professional bodies give a range of exemptions to holders of an ABE qualification (see below).

If you would like to take advantage of this course, e-mail admin@lbcollege.ac.

Students who have completed the diploma and/or advanced level can be fast tracked to the second and final years of UK-based business degrees at undergraduate or graduate level. There are three levels of qualification:

1. Certificate stage
2. Diploma stage
3. Advance Diploma Stage

ABE offers three major programmes:

1. Business Management
2. Business Information System
3. Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

If you hold a qualification from another professional body or University similar in content and level to the ABE qualification, you may be eligible for an exemption from some of the ABE Diploma examinations.

All students are advised to register with the London Business College firstly (please complete and submit application form) and then with the ABE before the commencement of their studies, thereby receiving any exemptions due. ABE Website

Provides assistance to students and companies that want to go online and maximise their potential.
For further details, please see UK Online

London Business College been accredited with the 2 Tick Disability Symbol which recognises the College’s commitment to good practice in employing people with disabilities.

Investors in People is the national standard which sets a level of good practice for training and development of people to achieve their business goals. This award is a standard of achievement recognized by colleges and universities, as well as business and industry.

The Skills Pledge is a voluntary, public commitment by the leadership of a company or organisation to support all its employees to develop their basic skills,including literacy and numeracy, and work towards relevant, valuable qualifications to at least Level 2 (equivalent to 5 good GCSEs). The purpose is to ensure that all staff are skilled, competent and able to make a full contribution to the success of the company/organisation.

UCAS are the organisation responsible for managing applications to higher education courses in the UK. Not only do they process more than two million applications for full-time undergraduate courses every year, but they help students to find the right course. They try to make things run as smoothly as possible by providing innovative online tools which make it easier for students and higher education institutions (HEIs) to manage applications and offers. Click on the link to find out more. ucas.com

SFEDI Awards is The Awarding Organisation for Enterprise and Entrepreneurs. Their qualifications are built on extensive research and are designed to enable both those who wish to start and grow their own business and the business support professionals who work with them. They recognise that individuals wanting to go into self employment don’t always have the generic business skills such as sales and marketing, managing finance and business planning. Research also shows that those who invest time learning about business knowledge and skills have a significantly increased chance of their business succeeding. SFEDI Awards provide accreditation, products and services based on the SFEDI National Occupational Standards for Business Enterprise and Business Support.