West London College

West London College

West London College (WLC) is one of London's leading independent colleges of further and higher education. It is located in the Mayfair district of Central London and has a student body of 1,500 full time and 500 part time students. The College specialises in the tuition of degree programmes awarded by British Universities. It is part of the British Study Centres Group of Colleges.

Brief History and Location

The College has its roots in correspondence schooling from the 1930s onwards and took its present form in 1977. Since 1997 it has occupied the six-floor building of Parliament House, opposite Selfridges in Oxford Street and in 2004 took over the former training facility of Marks and Spencer in Manchester Street, called Hannah House which the College occupies with it’s sister school, British Study Centres School of English.

Accreditation

West London College is recognised as efficient by the British Accreditation Council for Further and Higher Education (BAC)

Courses

Full time programmes are offered in the following subject areas: Business, Computing, Fashion, Tourism and Hotel Management.

The Foundation Diploma in Fashion Design course leads to a Bachelors (Hons) degree awarded by the University of East London.

The College is an Approved Partner of three British universities and is licensed to deliver tuition for selected degree programmes as follows:

For the Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA), Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and MSc in Marketing the degrees are awarded by Heriot-Watt University.

The Tourism and Hospitality Management programmes lead to a Bachelors (Hons) degree awarded by Bournemouth University.

The Computing programme leads to a Bachelors (Hons) degree awarded by the University of Greenwich.

Part time (Saturday) and summer intensive courses are offered in Fares and Ticketing (in association with Virgin Atlantic Airways) and short summer courses are offered in Business studies.

External links

* College website: www.westlondoncollege.com [http://www.westlondoncollege.com]
* British Study Centres Group website: www.britishstudy.org [http://www.britishstudy.org]


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