Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. It became a university in 1992 and currently has over 40,000 students worldwide with campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough and London.

ARU has been named one of the top 350 institutions in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, for the fifth successive year - and one of the top 40 universities in the UK. ARU also listed in the top 10 for social inclusion in The Times Good University Guide 2021. Anglia Ruskin University was also the only UK university to be named a global 'rising star' by Times Higher Education.

Anglia Ruskin University ranked in the top 20 universities for teaching excellence in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide for 2017, with six subjects in the top 10 UK higher education institutions for teaching excellence. As well as this, the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Silver award recognises the quality of courses and high levels of student satisfaction.

De Montfort University

Based in the heart of Leicester, the De Montfort University is a 21st century university that strives to build the type of talented individuals that employers look for: professional and work-ready graduates. DMU offers the best to its students, with UK and overseas placements, targeted training, internships, coaching, research opportunities and lifelong support. DMU was named the fifth best university for overall teaching excellence and the university's lecturer panel has excelled in the National Teaching Fellow awards.

University of Sunderland

The life changing University of Sunderland has 20,000 students based in campuses on the North East coast, in London and Hong Kong and at its global partnerships with learning institutions in 15 countries. We are proud of our long-established commitment to widening participation, our world-leading research, public and private sector collaborations and our track-record for providing quality student experiences that result in graduates who are the tomorrow-makers of our societies and economies.

We are proud to be shortlisted as University of the Year for 2021, the leading category in the annual THE - Times Higher Education - awards. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion was reinforced recently when we were named University of the Year for Social Inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021) and our We Care programme picked up the Widening Access Initiative (Retention and Progression) Award at the 2020 NEON awards.

In March 2018, we were successful in our bid to open a new School of Medicine. With a track-record of excellence in medical education spanning almost 100 years, the University is now well-placed to address the chronic shortage of doctors in the North East.

Pearson

Pearson is the UK's leading provider of Internationally recognised vocational qualifications and examination body founded in 1996 with the merger of the Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC), the country's leading provider of vocational qualifications, and the University of London Examinations & Assessment Council (ULEAC), one of the major exam boards for GCSEs and A-Levels. Pearson now wholly owned by Pearson.

CTH Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality

The Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH) is the UK's leading specialist professional awarding body for qualifications in the growing hospitality and tourism sector.

Over the last 30 years CTH has focused on developing and adding value to careers globally in the industry. It was established in 1982 as a specialist professional awarding body in the UK with a mission to focus on the training needs of new entrants to the hospitality, travel, tourism and culinary sectors. It now has a network of Approved Teaching Centres worldwide delivering sought after CTH qualifications to thousands of new students each year.

CTH provides a ladder of progression in hospitality, travel, tourism and culinary qualifications at Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma level, and qualifications provide appropriate academic preparation for students to apply for entry on to final year Bachelor's Degree programmes and on to Masters top-up programmes. These routes deliver well trained and qualified employees, as well as future leaders for the sector.

CTH ensures its quality through its approved status with Ofqual, the UK government body responsible for oversight of the UK's accredited qualification framework. All qualifications are developed in conjunction with leading employers and sectoral bodies to ensure relevance, value and quality. This approach guarantees that CTH qualifications are valued by employers throughout the world. CTH is also a member of the Federation of Awarding Bodies. In addition, our management qualifications are recognised by over 25 British and international universities.

CTH also has strong links with industry, with relationships and endorsements from organisations such as Virgin Atlantic Airways, GTMC, Star Alliance, Marriot Hotels Caribbean, Radisson Edwardian, Sheraton Hotels, Mantis Collection, Adair Leadership, The Intercontinental Hotels Group and many others.

Cape Breton University Canada

Cape Breton University (CBU) offers a student experience that stretches far beyond the classroom. As students gain skills and build friendships, they also discover a new home on Cape Breton Island in the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Graduates of CTH Level 4 and Level 5 Diploma and Advanced Diploma in either Tourism Management or Hospitality Management will be exempted from the first year of the University's Bachelor of Hospitality & Tourism Management programme. Students will only need to complete the second two years and mandatory two internships in order to complete their degree. After two years on-campus study in Canada, students can qualify for Canada's most attractive post-graduation work permit (PGWP).

Buckinghamshire New University

Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) is a public university in Buckinghamshire, England, with campuses in High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Uxbridge and Great Missenden. Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) has over 8,000 students currently enrolled, and continues to grow in size since gaining university status in 2007.

The majority of undergraduate and postgraduate students are based at the main campus in High Wycombe, while a smaller Uxbridge campus hosts the Medicine and Nursing faculty. Buckinghamshire New University was ranked 12th in the UK by the Huffington Post in a list of creative universities and was also included in a list of the top 14 creative universities in the UK by The Daily Telegraph.