Awarding Bodies
By UK Law, degrees can only be awarded by a university, preferably a British one. These degrees can be offered through independent colleges like SLCC, as long as they have some kind of arrangement, partnership, accreditation or validation agreement with the university. However certificate and diploma awards do not need to come from a university.
British University Degrees
Bachelor of Divinity (BD) – Awarding Body: University of London External System. South London Christian College is a supporting institution for the University of London External BD programme. We offer support and tuition for the Bachelor of Divinity (BD) for External students. The support and teaching is delivered at our college, but all the examinations are taken at the University of London, and the award will be made to successful students by the University of London.
BTh – We offer tuition for a UK-validated BTh (Hons) degree in Bible and Theology provided in association with Mattersey Hall College. The teaching is delivered at our college, but the award is validated by a major British university.
In addition to enrolling with us, students will also be required to enrol with the university via our affiliation with Mattersey Hall College. We will advise students on the procedure for this.
MA – We recommend some of our students and church leaders to be equipped for mission through the Missional Leadership Course. There is a validated and a non-validated option available. The validated option, an MA in Missional Leadership, is validated and awarded by the University of Wales. It is delivered and assessed using supported distance learning in tutor groups, through Birmingham Christian College. A regional support group meets at South London Christian College.
For more information on UK degrees, see: www.dfes.gov.uk/recognisedukdegrees/
Non-University Awards
CPCAB – Our counselling Certificates (Levels 2 and 3) are awarded by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB). We offer these programmes in partnership with Barnarbas Training International (formerly BTC), the leading provider for Christian counselling training in the UK.
OCN – Our counselling Diploma (Level 4) is likely to be the Open College Network (OCN) award in partnership with Barnabas Training International (formerly BTC). The decision to deliver this programme for the first time as from September 2009 will depend on a number of factors including if we have an adequate enrolment for it.
ACC – Our college is registered with the Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) and all our counselling awards are approved and accredited by ACC.
College Awards – We offer a number of Certificate and Diploma programmes which only have internal college awards. Most of these are specialist Christian ministry courses, and we have not yet found the most suitable external awarding body. They however remain valid on the strength of the quality of the programme and our quality assurance standards.
Please kindly address any queries about awards, awarding bodies and partnership agreements to the Principal, and not to any of our Administrative Staff.