“London School of Commerce”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

London School of Commerce is an associate college of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, (UWTSD). London School of Commerce is fully accredited by Accreditation Service for International Colleges (ASIC) and is a member of Education UK. LSC was one of the first hundred colleges in the UK to be granted the Highly Trusted Sponsor status by the UK Border Agency for the Tier 4 student visa . The School was founded with the primary aim of providing cost-effective education leading to internationally recognized British degrees in Business Management and Information Technology. Students also have the opportunity to achieve their educational goals within a condensed time frame of two years for Bachelor studies.

LSC hosts students from more than 130 different nationalities studying at the London Campus. The LSC Group of Colleges has its operations worldwide, with campuses in Malta, Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka, Belgrade and Bangalore.

The LSC is accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education, Association of Independent Higher Education Providers (AIHEP) and the DFE.^[1]^[2]^[3] LSC is also a member of Education UK – British Council, registered with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) on its Register of Education and Training Providers.^[4]

History

The London School of Commerce (LSC) was founded November 1999, with an initial group of 55 students. They studied postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in Business and Computing in collaboration with Charles Sturt University, Australia.^[5] In October 2006, the London School of Commerce was formally awarded the status of an Associate College of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

In 2007, with the widening portfolio of collaborations, another sub-division, the School of Business and Law (SBL) was formed, which conducts more specialised programmes in Accounting and Business. The School of Business and Law is an Associate College of the University of Gloucestershire. Simultaneously the Group started expanding overseas, and opened two campuses; Westminster International College (WIC) in Kuala Lumpur and Asian Centre for Management and Information Technology (ACMIT) in Bangladesh.

Three new colleges were added in 2010-2011. A new division in Sri Lanka was validated on 1 December 2010, and officially opened on 1 February 2011 as the British School of Commerce.^[6]^[7]^[8] Another campus in Belgrade, Serbia was validated on 8 December 2010, and officially opened on 8 February 2011.^[9] The third one is in Bangalore, India.

The LSC Group has formed{{when|date=September 2018}} a Charity Foundation known as COPTE (Combating Poverty Through Education). The Charity is registered in order to sponsor educational projects, primarily in developing countries. The COPTE mission is to assist destitute children in their educational path, through direct and philanthropic grant giving in order that the poverty cycle may be broken. One of the projects to receive support form COPTE in 2009 was Maw Sevana Home for Boys, Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[10]

Programmes

Campuses

United Kingdom

London School of Commerce group of colleges consists of local and overseas campuses. The main LSC campus is located in the vicinity of London Bridge. There are several subsidiary campuses located in Hannibal House, in the Elephant and Castle district of London and nearby Pocock House on Southwark Bridge Road.^[11] Additional classroom facilities are located close to London Bridge Station in Melior Street and Fenning Street. LSC London offers BA, MSc and MBA programmes in Business Management, Finance, Marketing and IT.

Overseas campuses

Floriana, Malta

London School of Commerce Malta is located in Floriana, Malta, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The school offers the opportunity for students to study English and obtain an internationally recognized MBA degree awarded by the University of Bedfordshire.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

The British School of Commerce in Colombo was validated on 1 December 2010. The opening ceremony was held at the campus on 1 February 2011 with traditional Kandyan dancers and a candlelighting ceremony according to traditional Sri Lankan customs. The courses at the campus include Business Administration, Information Technology, International Hospitality Management and International Tourism Management. BSC in Colombo is a regional centre for students from Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Maldives.^[12]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Westminster International College is located in Subang Jaya, Selangor, the premier educational hub in Malaysia. The College is fully recognised as an institution of higher learning by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE) and the National Accreditation Board in Malaysia (MQA).

Dhaka, Bangladesh

The LSC campus in Bangladesh started operating in 2007 and is located in the Banani district of Dhaka, close to the diplomatic enclave and business centres. The most recent campus building in the Gulshan Thana was opened in 2010 to accommodate Degree Foundation students.

Belgrade, Serbia

LSC Belgrade was validated on 8 December 2010. The official opening was held at the school premises and afterwards at a reception at the Hyatt hotel on 8 February 2011 attended by His Excellency the British Ambassador, Michael Davenport, and Lord Tomlinson of Walsall.^[13]^[14] The campus is located in The Blue Centre, New Belgrade, in the financial district of the city.

Yerevan, Armenia

The British School of Business Armenia forms part of the global London School of Commerce (LSC) Group of Colleges since 24 September 2014. BSB Armenia is in association with Anglia Ruskin University and the Armenian State University of Economics and provides students with the opportunity to obtain internationally recognised British master's degrees in Armenia.The Programme is approved and Licensed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia.

See also

References

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