1 in 4 Top 100 UK Universities Recognise NCC Education
According to statistics released by The Times Higher Education Supplement Good University Guide 2006, UK, NCC Education has formal university articulation agreements with one in four of the top 100 universities and over 15% of the top 20 universities accept NCC Education successful graduates.
Of the Universities that formally accept NCC Education graduates almost half received a teaching ranking above the average. These Universities include Bath, Huddersfield, Nottingham, Oxford Brookes, and York. Many of these universities also scored highly in terms of graduates prospects on degree completion, with graduates having 60% or higher success rate.
The University of Huddersfield, who have recently formalised a new partnership with NCC Education to offer the final year of their BSc (Hons) Computing and Internet Systems degree at selected NCC Education Accredited Partner Centres, saw their ranking move up eight places, the third highest increase in the rankings. The University of Huddersfield are also offering NCC Education graduates who are interested in studying at the School of Computing and Engineering a £500 bursary on completion of their studies at the university.
Other universities featured on the list that accepts NCC Education graduates include the RAE 6 Star Research rated Information Systems Institute at the University of Salford and the University of Portsmouth. The University of Portsmouth have worked in collaboration with NCC Education since 2002 to offer the Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Business IT awarded by NCC Education leading to the MSc in Strategic Business IT awarded by the University.
Although NCC Education have formal Advanced Standing with these universities, NCC Education graduates are welcome to apply to any university of their choice. For those interested in studying at any of the other universities on the list, applications via UCAS will be supported by NCC Education in order to help students gain entry.