| BPP University College | |
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| Established | 2010 |
| President | Baroness Cohen of Pimlico |
| Chief Executive Officer & Principal | Professor Carl Lygo[1] |
| Students | 36,500 |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Former names | BPP Law School; BPP College of Professional Studies |
| Website | http://www.bpp.com/ |
BPP University College is a private university college in England.
The university is owned and run by BPP Holdings, a United Kingdom-based provider of professional and academic education that is part of the American higher education company Apollo Group which owns the University of Phoenix and Western International University in the USA, Universidad Latinoamericana in Mexico and University for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication in Chile.
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BPP was founded by Alan Brierley, Richard Price and Charles Prior in 1976 as Brierley Price Prior to provide exam training to accountancy students.[2]. In 1992 BPP Law School was founded and in 2006 this joined forces with the newly formed BPP Business School under the name BPP College.[2]
In 2007 the Privy Council gave the college degree-awarding powers[3], making BPP the first publicly-owned private company in the UK to obtain degree-awarding powers, after undergoing examination by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. On gaining degree awarding powers, BPP College became BPP University College of Professional Studies.
In 2010 the College was granted university status and from that point was known as BPP University College.[4]. BPP University College now awards a growing number of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Higher Education courses at six city-centre locations in the UK.
BPP University College has study centres in the following cities:
It also offers an LLB (Hons) programme in association with New College Swindon, a further education college.
BPP University College is the second independently funded university in the United Kingdom (following the University of Buckingham). As a private body, it receives no funding from the higher education funding councils and can set tuition fees at the level of its choice. Undergraduate students do however qualify for student loan company loans.[4]
In April 2011, it was announced that BPP's parent company, the Apollo Group, was under investigation by authorities in the United States for its "recruiting, admissions and financial aid practices". The U.S. Higher Learning Commission alleged that Apollo had deceived prospective students during enrolment. The U.S Higher Learning Commission has since concluded that the allegations were not substantiated.
In 2011, BPP University College set its fees for 2012 undergraduate courses at £5,000, a much lower level than most publicly-funded UK universities.
The college offers degree programmes in law,[5] business, accounting and finance. In 2010, it had 6,500 students taking courses in its law and business schools. A further 30,000 took accountancy qualifications with BPP's professional training organisation BPP Professional Education. The college also manages and operates McTimoney College of Chiropractic[6] and through that partnership offers four year Master's degrees in Chiropractic. A school of healthcare is planned and might offer degree courses in areas such as dentistry, nursing, radiography, speech therapy, psychology and physiotherapy.[4]
"Pathway programmes" are non-degree programmes.
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