British Council and the University of London Examinations Sign New Deal Deliver the whole world
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(Press Box UK) 10 February 2012
The new agreement formalizing the delivery of tests around the world by the British Council and the University of London International Program has been signed.
University of London International Program has more than 50,000 students around the world to study for the University of London qualification in more than 100 programs.
Under the new contract for three years, the British Council on the delivery of more than 117,000 local tests for students in the International Program to afford. Under the agreement, the British Council will deliver the exam in 75 countries. These include Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and Tunisia. It is important that the move to allow students more choice International Program, where they sit in their tests, and surveys to set characterized by scientists at University College London.
new contract brings extensive experience of both organizations in providing quality education in the UK later in the whole world, the international program since 1858, is now in 190 countries, while the British Council has a strong presence in 110 countries who work in education, English language and literature.
Professor Jonathan Kydd
, dean of International Programs, University of London, welcomed the new contract. He said. “In fact we have our long association with the British Council, which is a major player in many years now in the administration of our investigation at the local level adopted, this makes a real difference for our students who can choose where their exams to sit in their home country. This is in line with our commitment to benefit access to quality university education for those who
Mark Walker, director of the British Council, said: As more students now in the UK, the outside of the UK education that are higher than those who have come through the access to the UK, universities have a safe but user-friendly type of representation of the evaluation around the world. British Council inspections services, which they can access more markets than they would otherwise. University of London has a long history of making education universally available and we look forward to working with them to their skills available throughout the world.
For more information, please contact Mark molding at the British Council Press Office on 0207 389 4889 or mark.moulding @ britishcouncil.org or Binda Rai at the University of London International Programme on 0207 862 8545 or binda.rai @ london. ac uk
Note to editors:
The British Council
UKS international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We provide international opportunities for the people in the UK and other countries around the world and build trust between them. We work in over 100 countries in the arts, education and English language and in 2010/11, we have engaged face to put with the 30 million people, reaching 578 million. We have 6,800 employees worldwide. Our total income in 2010/11? 693 million, of which we are grants from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office? 190 million. The remainder was generated by commercial activities such as teaching English and administering examinations. For each, we invest the money to the taxpayer? 2.65 in additional income. For more information, please visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org
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Every year the British Council at over 2.5 million study of more than 1.9 meters above sea level supply in 92 countries around the world. Through our global network we support UK institutions to market their skills overseas, and provide a secure delivery network for their exams. This leads to direct? 50m in export revenue for UK registration authority for the assessment, including sales not related to the UK in the relevant publications and training. In addition, it promotes the UK as a source of high quality and equitable educational opportunities.
By providing access to schools in the United Kingdom, in the English language and professional qualifications of the British Council, the public outside of the country with access to educational opportunities, networking and cultural exchange, education and achieve their professional goals.
London University International Programs
1? University of London, founded in 1836 and is one of the oldest, largest and most diverse university in the UK. Its founding principles is to provide education for all regardless of race, religion or political persuasion.
2? In 1858, the University of London in the fourth Charter, which paved the way for the founding of the University of London External System, which is known as the University of London International Program on 1 August 2010 has been paved.
3? University of London International Program is the world’s oldest provider of degrees through distance and flexible learning.
4? International programs have established an important role in the formation of British higher education all English and Welsh universities 1849-1949 offered University of London degrees before obtaining a Royal Charter in order to play their own degrees awarded.
5? Today, the University of London International Program is a unique global network of more than 52,000 students in over 190 countries, in the 100 + courses.
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6 Famous former students and alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Professor Ronald Coase: Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, former President Nelson Mandela, co-winner Charles Kao and co-winner Dr. Rolph Payet , now Vice Chancellor of the University of Seychelles.
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7 To learn more about the University of London International Program, please visit our website: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk
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