Is Oxford Brookes University accredited?

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by St.Jayne, Apr 20, 2006.

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  1. St.Jayne

    St.Jayne New Member

    I didn't see it listed on the site and am not sure where you would check to see if a UK school is accredited. Here is the link to the school.
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  2. JLV

    JLV Active Member

    It is a legitimate university in the UK.
     
  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    JLV's right, it's real. I can see why you'd ask, though, as it's usually a red flag when a school has a similar name to a different, prestigious school.

    -=Steve=-
     
  4. roy maybery

    roy maybery New Member

    Oxford Brookes University

    It used to be Oxford Polytechnic, which was a degree granting institution up to and including PhD. Its degrees were accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA.) Mrs Thatcher's government made most if not all the polys into universities back in the 90s. Oxford Poly was one of them. It had to choose a name.
    Whilst being in Oxford, it chose not to call itself Oxford University or the University of Oxford because there was already one of these in the city. (I personally hoped it would do just that, but alas it didn't.) It is legitimate. It awards its own degrees. and is listed amongst the association of commonwealth universities.
    Roy Maybery
     
  5. sonata88

    sonata88 New Member

    Highly commercial in its objectives and heard that it had a DBA franchisee out here in South East Asia. One student told me that he had to drop out as he saw no hope in passing, only spending more money.
     
  6. roy maybery

    roy maybery New Member

    commercial

    This dosn't s surprise me at all. It is after all a Thatcher University It seems to be a trend given the proliferation of things like business degrees. The prospect of students having to spend more money perhaps reflects the course administrators remaining true to the the ideal of good business.

    Roy Maybery
     

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