Just found a website with information about UK degrees. See http://www.dfes.gov.uk/recognisedukdegrees/wcoukd.shtml for a page with links to info on institutions which are recognised by the UK authorities as having degree awarding powers and institutions which are recognised by the UK authorities as being able to offer courses leading to a degree of a recognised body. There's also a "bogus degrees warning" at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/recognisedukdegrees/bdw.shtml