Higher Access Competitors

Our role is to deliver learning that transforms individuals, companies and cultures. Whether you are exploring for yourself or your organisation, Kaplan can support your journey to success. For over 80 years we’ve been training students to be the very best they can be. We teach over 40,000 students and aspiring professionals every year, guiding them through Accountancy, Tax, Banking, Financial Services, Data, and Technology. We only succeed when our students succeed, so they are at the heart of everything we do. We work with over 3,000 employers every year to support their employees in their learning and support over 10,000 apprentices every year to achieve their career goals. Kaplan exists to make a difference. To transform futures. To develop the talent of tomorrow.

BPP is a leading global education business designed to optimise performance at every stage of learning – empowering people and businesses to progress and perform at their very best. We believe that everyone has extraordinary in them. It’s just waiting to be unlocked. For learners who want to develop, and businesses that strive for growth, we provide a range of qualifications to suit every stage and every level of development. We do it for the biggest names. We do it for specialist businesses. We do it for individual learners turning their career dreams into a reality. Enhancing professional performance is the ethos that runs through all that we do and how we do it. Our breadth of offer includes apprenticeships, short courses, continuous professional development, professional qualifications, and degrees – spanning areas across accountancy, data, healthcare, HR, law, management, marketing, technology, AI and more. What sets us apart? We invest in relationships and are committed to harnessing the latest technologies to drive growth and create a world where progress is possible. Your performance is our business. Part of the Lyceum Education Group: https://www.lyceum.education/

The Open University is an expert in flexible higher education that fits around your working life. We don’t make you choose between a degree and a salary – more than 76% of our students are in full or part time work, while 86% FTSE 100 companies have funded staff on OU courses. Employers including IBM, The Metropolitan Police, Unilever and many more recognise the value for money we provide, while students appreciate the range of affordable routes we offer. As a result, we are the largest academic institution in the UK, with nearly 180,000 current undergraduates, postgraduates and students on validated programmes - plus almost 1.8 million who have studied with us since our foundation in 1969. When you join the OU, you gain a vast international network of support from university staff, alumni and fellow students (including more than 15,000 overseas) with a truly global reach. Wherever you are based, we offer flexible study with structure and support and we have been rated in the top ten UK universities for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey since its foundation in 2005. Our commitment to distance learning and access to education enables us to cater for the widest range of students - not only those who are in paid work but also the retired, those returning to education, registered carers, single parents and more disabled people than any other UK-based university. Flexible, affordable, respected and connected. Don’t take our word for it: Listen to what our students say at www.youtube.com/user/OUlife or click on the ‘Recommendations’ tab at the top of this page.