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.
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,Lee, A., Stone, M., and Rodway-Dyer, S. 2009. The UPC Story - The Continuing Development of University of Plymouth Colleges. Plymouth: UPlaCe, UPC. Available Online at: (visited 12/06/09) and the network was devised as the University of Plymouth Colleges Network (UPC) in 2003.
In 2004, the UPC was launched as a faculty within the university with its own Dean, and by 2007, student numbers had reached 9,500 students.
Present day UPC has expanded international and was subsequently replaced by an international 'Academic Institutions Partnership' scheme ran and managed by the university.
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.
Members +RegionAcademic PartnerEuropeChannel Islands Highlands College in Saviour, JerseyGreeceBusiness College of Athens (BCA) Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC)Switzerland International Institute in GenevaUnited 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 CollegeAsiaHKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE), Hong Kong National School of Business Management, Sri Lanka Peninsula College Malaysia, Malaysia
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