University of Plymouth Academic Partnerships

University of Plymouth Academic Partnerships is a partnership between the University of Plymouth, local colleges, and universities to deliver a range of higher education courses in the UK, as well as the Channel Islands, and at international institutions.

University of Plymouth Academic Partnerships

Type	Public
Established	2004
Parent institution	University of Plymouth
Location	Plymouth , International
Campus	Various
Website	www.plymouth.ac.uk/business-partners/global-academic-partnerships

History

The University of Plymouth Academic Partnerships began as a network of local colleges in 1989 with the Polytechnic South West. The polytechnic entered into partnership agreements with local FE colleges in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset to extend the provision of HE opportunities.

The initial intake was 450 students. By 1992, the polytechnic had become the University of Plymouth,^[1] and the network was devised as the University of Plymouth Colleges Network (UPC) in 2003.^[2]

In 2004, the UPC was launched as a faculty within the university with its own Dean,^[3][4] and by 2007, student numbers had reached 9,500 students.^[5]

Present day

UPC has expanded international and was subsequently replaced by an international 'Academic Institutions Partnership' scheme ran and managed by the university.^[6]

Students studying at partner colleges in the UK have access to the University of Plymouth's library. All students at partner colleges have limited access to the University of Plymouth's student services, and full access to the online careers and employability system.^[7]

Members

Region		Academic Partner
Europe	Channel Islands	Highlands College in Saviour, Jersey
	Greece	Business College of Athens (BCA) Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC)
	Switzerland	International Institute in Geneva
	United Kingdom	Bridgwater and Taunton College BCNO Group: The British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM), London AND The European School of Osteopathy (ESO), Kent City of Bristol College City College Plymouth Cornwall College in St Austell Dartington Trust, Totnes Exeter College MWS - HMTU, HMS Drake GSM London Institute for Export and International Trade, Peterborough MLA College, Plymouth Petroc in Barnstaple RILA Institute of Health Sciences, London South Devon College in Paignton Strode College in Street Truro and Penwith College Weymouth College
Asia		HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE), Hong Kong National School of Business Management, Sri Lanka Peninsula College Malaysia, Malaysia