The UK's British Accreditation Council is developing an international English language education accreditation scheme it claims will be “quite unique” in ELT.

The British Accreditation Council is working with the Higher Education Council in Bahrain to deliver the country’s first national institutional accreditation scheme for higher education.

The British Accreditation Council has gained a European accreditation endorsement this month, which new CEO Paul Fear says will help the organisation expand its international projects.

The British Accreditation Council (BAC), one of the UK's leading quality assurance bodies for private higher and further education, has launched an ambitious scheme to accredit non-British providers based outside the UK. Any provider meeting the eligibility criteria may apply, suggesting huge scope for the scheme to expand.