About this Book

""An up-to-date, comprehensive guide to professional and academic qualifications in Britain - the Bible in fact!"" -- Education & Training ""The single best one-volume reference on British Educational awards in print."" -- World Education News and Reviews * Reflects the many developments which have occurred within the changing field of educational, professional, academic, technical and vocational qualifications in Britain. * Takes account of the latest changes in university status, listing degree-awarding colleges of further and higher education in addition to the universities themselves Gives up-to-date information on vocational qualifications including NVQs, GNVQs and SNVQs * Covers national secondary school examinations and more than 200 career fields, detailing their professional and accrediting bodies, levels of membership and qualifications. * Fully indexed, with a further index of designatory letters and abbreviations that, in today's world of the acronym, will prove invaluable