University of Wales

Founded by Royal Charter in 1893, the University of Wales is the degree-awarding body for the majority of higher education students in Wales, as well as for many at other higher education institutions in the United Kingdom and overseas. 

The University’s position enables it to focus not only on its primary functions as a degree-awarding body and provider of services to the Welsh higher education sector but also, as a national institution, on playing an enhanced role in protecting and promoting the economy, culture and language of Wales. 

Annually, it awards around 15,000 initial degrees and more than 4,000 higher degrees, making it the second largest degree-awarding body in the United Kingdom.  The number of students, from all over the world, pursuing University of Wales degrees is around 70,000, and their studies cover a wide range of subjects. The ever-popular MBA from the University of Wales is listed in the Financial Times Top Online MBAs for 2009. 

The University is a major national institution in Wales.  While it is, of course, committed to helping to fulfil the educational and economic needs of Wales and to supporting its linguistic, cultural, and national heritage, the University is also committed to its international role and to enhancing its standing across the UK and overseas.  As well as its validation role and the international projects undertaken by its Global Academy, the University sponsors a number of cultural initiatives, such as the prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize, for young writers, which attracts entries from all over the world.

University of Sunderland*

The University of Sunderland is a dynamic, modern university with a growing reputation for teaching quality and leading-edge-research. Recognised by The Guardian newspaper as England’s best new university in 2001, and rated best new university in the UK for the overall quality, range and quantity of its research. The university is committed to pioneering new, flexible learning programmes, allowing students to study at home or at work.

Sunderland Business School is an international learning community of over 3,000 students and 90 full-time academics offering a comprehensive range of Business, Law and Psychology programmes at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Click here to browse courses.

Anglia Ruskin University 

Anglia Ruskin University was awarded university status in 1992. With a student population of 25,500 and campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford, it is one of the largest universities in the East of England. Anglia Ruskin University also has one of the highest employability rates in the higher education sector; 91% of its graduates go into work or further study

The Department of Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University was rated the UK's top psychology department in a new university for the quality of its research by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008. Psychology is one of nine subjects at Anglia Ruskin University rated 'Excellent' by the Sunday Times University Guide 2008.

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