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About University of Essex Online
Kaplan and the University of Essex are working together to offer online Degrees to both UK and international students. This partnership will enable our students to benefit from a flexible approach to study, while maintaining the quality students have come to expect from a top UK university.
University of Essex Online is part of Kaplan, Inc. a leading international provider of education and career services and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Kaplan, Inc., has 31,000 employees in 600 locations worldwide. We reach over one million students around the globe.
University of Essex Online provides university level education, offering both Foundation and Honours Degrees. This model complements Kaplan's other UK university divisions where we work with leading institutions including Glasgow University, the University of Sheffield, the University of Liverpool and Nottingham Trent University.
If you’re working full or part time, our online Foundation Degree courses will provide you with a flexible means of achieving a UK university qualification.
We are delighted to be working with an institution as highly regarded as the University of Essex. We recognise the importance of the quality of the institution to our students, clients and staff.
David Dixon, Academic Director, University of Essex Online
If you choose to participate in a Business degree you will also be offered the opportunity to enrol onto an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualification, a well recognised professional course which can be completed without any additional academic work. Students can also choose to take a professional qualification separately, without having to participate in an online degree.
Whether you're aiming for a promotion or a career change, with University of Essex Online you could soon be making that important step.
Entry to the course is not dependent on A-levels or any equivalent qualifications, as we also take into consideration your previous work experience. All you need is access to the internet.
Financially supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and with expert tutors to help you at every step of the way, we hope our online Foundation Degrees at University of Essex Online can help play an important part in building your future.
University of Essex
The University of Essex is one of the UK´s leading academic institutions, consistently ranking among the top 10 universities in the country for the quality of its research and teaching. The University has 19 departments spanning the humanities, social sciences, law and science and engineering. For more information please visit:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/about/
The University of Essex has final responsibility for all quality assurance matters at the College and issues award certificates to successful students. When you enrol, you become a student of both the University of Essex and University of Essex Online with access to academic online university facilities and the groundbreaking University of Essex Online platform. The University of Essex Online platform leverages the knowledge, expertise and technological capabilities developed at Kaplan learning centres around the world, including the US-based Kaplan University, which serves more than 58,000 online students.
We welcome the opportunity to work with such an internationally successful and experienced provider of online higher education as Kaplan.
Professor Colin Riordan BA, PhD, Vice Chancellor, University of Essex
"The affiliation between Kaplan and the University of Essex represents a significant step forward in making innovative university courses available to those who have the ability and ambition but for reasons of work and family cannot attend university in the conventional way. We welcome the opportunity to work with such an internationally successful and experienced provider of online higher education as Kaplan."
