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BPP University
BPP University is a private university in the United Kingdom. Running courses in law, accountancy, business, nursing, and technology, the for-profit institution is currently a part of BPP Education Group. Established in 1976 as an accountancy school, the school was granted degree-awarding powers in 2007 and renamed BPP University College of Professional Studies in 2010. It gained full university status in 2013 as BPP University, with a governing board of nine directors. It operates four schools: BPP University Business School, BPP University Law School, BPP University School of Technology, and BPP University School of Nursing.
BPP (Brierley Price Prior) was established in 1976 as an accountancy school. Its three co-founders, Alan Brierley, Richard Price and Charles Prior, used the initials of their surnames for the company name. All three previously worked teaching accountancy for the Financial Training Company. The company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and while initially known as a training college for accountants, it also expanded into legal training. In the mid-2000s, the school began working with a number of UK law firms to rework the Legal Practice Course (LPC) used to train employees. BPP began expanding in the UK, opening study centers in cities such as Leeds and Manchester and seeing an increase in overseas enrollments.
BPP was first granted degree-awarding powers in 2007, becoming the first private-sector company to be given that power in the UK. That year, BPP Law School began offering LLM degrees in legal practice, followed by an LLM in commercial law in 2008. It began offering undergraduate law degrees in 2009 when it set up its Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) programme. On July 30, 2009, American private education company Apollo Global acquired BPP in a deal worth approximately $607 million, and BPP became an Apollo Inc. subsidiary.
In July 2010, BPP was based in London with 14 regional branches. It had 6,500 students taking courses in its law and business schools and 30,000 students taking accountancy qualifications. In 2010, the school was awarded the title of university college by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts, and renamed BPP University College of Professional Studies. It was the first time a private institution had been named a university college in 30 years, following the University of Buckingham. By 2013, under CEO Carl Lygo, BPP University College of Professional Studies offered undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, law, finance, and tax accountancy, charging yearly tuition fees of around £5,000 per year for a three-year degree.
On August 8, 2013, the school was granted the title of university and rebranded BPP University, becoming the second for-profit college in the UK to receive the title. Lygo was named founding vice-chancellor. The granting of university status was criticized by the University and College Union, which objected to for-profit companies becoming universities. Earlier that year, the union had urged UK Business Secretary Vince Cable to suspend BPP's application for university title pending an investigation into its relationship with its parent companies, saying "the interests of BPP students and the international credibility of the UK university title" were at risk. In November 2013, BPP was awarded the Education Investor magazine's "Higher/Professional Education Provider of the Year 2013" title. In 2016 CIS London & Partners partnered with BPP University to offer its MBA (Legal Services) programme in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Apollo Education Group purchased BPP University in 2017. After launching a degree programme in dental and oral sciences in 2016, BPP University shut the programme down in 2017 after it failed to meet General Dental Council standards. This left new students unable to start and existing undergraduate students facing an uncertain future. Subsequently, the law school's undergraduate Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) programme was suspended in May 2018 pending a review of the law school's entire programme portfolio. Enrollment in the LL.B. programme had dropped from 665 in 2014 to 105 students in 2017.[better source needed] As a result of the LL.B. suspension, in July 2018, several staff were fired from the Waterloo campus.[better source needed] Also in 2018 the law school closed its Liverpool campus, telling students to continue their studies at the Manchester campus instead.
In 2018, BPP University had around 15,000 students. It was part of the global BPP Professional Education Group, and a subsidiary of AP VIII Queso Holdings. In November 2018, BPP's apprenticeship provision was given an 'Insufficient' rating by Ofsted, and in February 2019, the Department for Education banned BPP from recruiting certain new apprentices, citing ‘insufficient progress’ among the students. In May 2019, The Lawyer reported that BPP University in London was the most expensive Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) course provider in the country for students in 2019–20, with fees nearly £3,000 higher than the national average. It was reported in June 2019 that Apollo Education Group was looking to sell the university. In December 2019, BPP Law School was taken off the market.
From June to July 2020, it was reported that former employee Employment Law lecturer[better source needed] Elizabeth Aylott has successfully brought a constructive unfair dismissal claim after BPP University failed to reduce her workload despite her mental health struggles. Her concerns, later diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder, were repeatedly raised as issues in reference to her workload, including a period of working over 55 hours per week and having to cancel annual leave in order to meet work demands. The employment tribunal found that Aylott had been unfairly dismissed on the basis that BPP University's conduct had undermined trust and confidence. It was also held that an occupational health referral for Aylott was not arranged in a timely manner, and there had been a rush to secure her departure from the university as a result of stigma arising from her mental health.
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BPP University
BPP University is a private university in the United Kingdom. Running courses in law, accountancy, business, nursing, and technology, the for-profit institution is currently a part of BPP Education Group. Established in 1976 as an accountancy school, the school was granted degree-awarding powers in 2007 and renamed BPP University College of Professional Studies in 2010. It gained full university status in 2013 as BPP University, with a governing board of nine directors. It operates four schools: BPP University Business School, BPP University Law School, BPP University School of Technology, and BPP University School of Nursing.
BPP (Brierley Price Prior) was established in 1976 as an accountancy school. Its three co-founders, Alan Brierley, Richard Price and Charles Prior, used the initials of their surnames for the company name. All three previously worked teaching accountancy for the Financial Training Company. The company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and while initially known as a training college for accountants, it also expanded into legal training. In the mid-2000s, the school began working with a number of UK law firms to rework the Legal Practice Course (LPC) used to train employees. BPP began expanding in the UK, opening study centers in cities such as Leeds and Manchester and seeing an increase in overseas enrollments.
BPP was first granted degree-awarding powers in 2007, becoming the first private-sector company to be given that power in the UK. That year, BPP Law School began offering LLM degrees in legal practice, followed by an LLM in commercial law in 2008. It began offering undergraduate law degrees in 2009 when it set up its Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) programme. On July 30, 2009, American private education company Apollo Global acquired BPP in a deal worth approximately $607 million, and BPP became an Apollo Inc. subsidiary.
In July 2010, BPP was based in London with 14 regional branches. It had 6,500 students taking courses in its law and business schools and 30,000 students taking accountancy qualifications. In 2010, the school was awarded the title of university college by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts, and renamed BPP University College of Professional Studies. It was the first time a private institution had been named a university college in 30 years, following the University of Buckingham. By 2013, under CEO Carl Lygo, BPP University College of Professional Studies offered undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, law, finance, and tax accountancy, charging yearly tuition fees of around £5,000 per year for a three-year degree.
On August 8, 2013, the school was granted the title of university and rebranded BPP University, becoming the second for-profit college in the UK to receive the title. Lygo was named founding vice-chancellor. The granting of university status was criticized by the University and College Union, which objected to for-profit companies becoming universities. Earlier that year, the union had urged UK Business Secretary Vince Cable to suspend BPP's application for university title pending an investigation into its relationship with its parent companies, saying "the interests of BPP students and the international credibility of the UK university title" were at risk. In November 2013, BPP was awarded the Education Investor magazine's "Higher/Professional Education Provider of the Year 2013" title. In 2016 CIS London & Partners partnered with BPP University to offer its MBA (Legal Services) programme in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Apollo Education Group purchased BPP University in 2017. After launching a degree programme in dental and oral sciences in 2016, BPP University shut the programme down in 2017 after it failed to meet General Dental Council standards. This left new students unable to start and existing undergraduate students facing an uncertain future. Subsequently, the law school's undergraduate Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) programme was suspended in May 2018 pending a review of the law school's entire programme portfolio. Enrollment in the LL.B. programme had dropped from 665 in 2014 to 105 students in 2017.[better source needed] As a result of the LL.B. suspension, in July 2018, several staff were fired from the Waterloo campus.[better source needed] Also in 2018 the law school closed its Liverpool campus, telling students to continue their studies at the Manchester campus instead.
In 2018, BPP University had around 15,000 students. It was part of the global BPP Professional Education Group, and a subsidiary of AP VIII Queso Holdings. In November 2018, BPP's apprenticeship provision was given an 'Insufficient' rating by Ofsted, and in February 2019, the Department for Education banned BPP from recruiting certain new apprentices, citing ‘insufficient progress’ among the students. In May 2019, The Lawyer reported that BPP University in London was the most expensive Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) course provider in the country for students in 2019–20, with fees nearly £3,000 higher than the national average. It was reported in June 2019 that Apollo Education Group was looking to sell the university. In December 2019, BPP Law School was taken off the market.
From June to July 2020, it was reported that former employee Employment Law lecturer[better source needed] Elizabeth Aylott has successfully brought a constructive unfair dismissal claim after BPP University failed to reduce her workload despite her mental health struggles. Her concerns, later diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder, were repeatedly raised as issues in reference to her workload, including a period of working over 55 hours per week and having to cancel annual leave in order to meet work demands. The employment tribunal found that Aylott had been unfairly dismissed on the basis that BPP University's conduct had undermined trust and confidence. It was also held that an occupational health referral for Aylott was not arranged in a timely manner, and there had been a rush to secure her departure from the university as a result of stigma arising from her mental health.