The British Accreditation Council has introduced an accreditation scheme for both UK and overseas higher education institutions that joins two previous accreditation paths into one.

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.

Bahrain's multimillion-dollar backed Crown Prince International Scholarship Programme has sent 146 students overseas to date funding all costs incurred during study abroad and paying out up to US$500,000 per student.

Peak body for vocational educational and training in the UK, TVET UK, is to help Bahrain up-skill its workforce after signing an important MOU in the country last week. The agreement is with Tamkeen — a government-backed agency dedicated to developing human capital in the country.