Maurits van Rooijen, chief executive of London School of Business and Finance

The London School of Business and Finance has said it will take on around 150 students to ¡°provide students with the academic and English skills needed to progress to a leading university¡±.

These courses offer guaranteed progression to degree courses at 11 institutions, including the universities of Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield.

The Northern Consortium UK (NCUK), one of a number of firms offering foundation courses for international students hoping to study at a UK university, said it plans to open 30 new centres across the world over the next five years.

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Piera Gerrard, marketing director for NCUK, said: ¡°We are very pleased to be working with LSBF in this new partnership. LSBF and NCUK bring together a unique mix of academic rigour and marketing reach that will allow international students to gain a UK education through a world class portfolio of programmes.¡±

LSBF hopes to open NCUK courses at its Toronto and Singapore campuses in the future.

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Maurits van Rooijen, chief executive of LSBF, said that ¡°with NCUK and our network of agents, we aim to fulfil the international demand for British education at the same time as we shape the careers of global professionals.¡±

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