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United Kingdom - Academic Qualifications (30/03/2015)
Academic Qualifications
The qualifications awarded by the institutions listed below qualify for the points indicated:
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Qualification
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Abbreviation*
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Level in NZ terms
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Points under SMC
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All degrees where any reference is made to:
"external’ study", or
"collaboration" or "collaborated study", or
"validation" or a "validated programme of study"
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Refer to NZQA
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All degrees with QTS, Education or teaching stated on the award certificate
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Refer to NZQA
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Bachelor degrees listed below are all required to be Bachelor (Honours) or Bachelor with Honours degrees.
These Honours degrees must be classified as either:
- First-Class Honours or (1st) or 1st;
- Upper Second-Class Honours or (2:1) or 2:1; or
- Lower Second-Class Honours or (2:2) or 2:2
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Bachelor of Arts (a speciality may be stated)
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BA
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7
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50
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery / Bachelor of Dentistry
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BDS
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Bachelor of Engineering**
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BE
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Bachelor of Laws
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LLB
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Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Medical Science
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BM
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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery / Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae
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MD
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Bachelor of Music
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BMus
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Bachelor of Science (a speciality may be stated)
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BS
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Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
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BVM
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Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
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BVMS
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Bachelor of Veterinary Science
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BVS
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Master of Arts with Honours (in First or Second Class)
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MAH
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7
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50
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Master of Engineering with Honours (in First or Second Class)***
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ME
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8
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50
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Master of Arts
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MA
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9
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60
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Master of Letters
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ML
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9
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60
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Master of Philosophy
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MP
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9
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60
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Master of Research
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MR
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9
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60
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Master of Science
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MS
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9
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60
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Doctor of Philosophy
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PhD
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10
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60
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* Abbreviations used are for the purposes of this list and may not be stated on the award certificates.
** A Bachelor of Engineering with Honours is an initial degree of three or four years full-time duration. Four years duration degrees may include three years of academic study and one year of industrial experience. If the academic study duration is 4 years, the applicant may wish to apply to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
*** Master of Engineering with Honours is an initial degree of four or five years full-time duration. Five year degrees may include one year of industrial experience. Master of Engineering with Honours degrees that have an academic study duration of less than 4 years must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
If an applicant believes their qualification may be higher than the level stated they should apply to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
Note:
- Award certificates must be provided in their original language for all qualifications.
- The University of Glasgow awards their degrees in Latin. Additionally some universities may award their medical and dental degrees in Latin, for these degrees translated copies from the University must also be presented.
- All honorary degrees must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
- If any courses leading to the award of one of the qualifications listed above were studied at any institution outside of the United Kingdom, including any United Kingdom overseas campuses, they should be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
- If any courses have been cross-credited towards the listed qualifications, these qualifications also need to be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
- All qualifications awarded after 2014 should be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
Awarding Institutions
The following institutions may award the qualifications specified from the dates shown.
Institution
Previous names and dates of change, and alternative institution names which may be included on the award certificate are indicated in brackets. Names and dates of institutions have been included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment for immigration purposes only.
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Qualifications awarded from
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Aston University (University of Aston in Birmingham 1979 - 1997)
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BE and ME: 1991
BS, MS and PhD: 1979
MP: 1982
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Brunel University
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BA, BE, LLB and ME: 1992
BS, MA, MS and MPh: 1982
PhD: 1979
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Cardiff University
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BA, BE, LLB, BS, ME and PhD: 2008
BDS and MD: 2011
MA, MP, MR and MS: 2007
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The City University
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BA and LLB: 2000
BE: 1992
BS, MP and PhD: 1979
MA: 1982
ME: 1985
MS: 1979 - 2007
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Cranfield University (Cranfield Institute of Technology 1982 - 1993)
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BS: 1982 - 2006
MS and PhD: 1982
MP: 1991
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Heriot-Watt University
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BA and BS: 1979 - 2013
MP: 1991
MS: 1979 - 2012
PhD: 1979 - 2014
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Imperial College London
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BE, MD, BS, ME, MP, MR, MS and PhD: 2007
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Loughborough University (Loughborough University of Technology 1979 - 1995)
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BAand MP: 1991
BE and ME: 1986
BS: 1979 - 2003
MA, MS and PhD: 1979
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The Open University
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BA, MP and PhD: 1982 - 1993
MA and MS: 1991 - 1993
BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 2000
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The Queen's University of Belfast (Queen’s University Belfast)
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BA, BDS, LLB, MD, BMus, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1988
MP: 2000
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University of Aberdeen
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LLB, MD, BS, MAH, ML, MS and PhD: 1979
MP: 1990
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The University of Bath
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BA: 1982
BE, ME, MA and MP: 1991
BS, MS and PhD: 1979
MR: 2005
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University of Birmingham
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BA, BDS, LLB, MD, MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1991
BS and MS: 1979 - 2010
ML and MP: 1982
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University of Bradford
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BA, MA and PhD: 1979
BE: 1988 - 2011
BS and MS: 1979 - 2011
ME: 1988
MP: 1982
MR: 2000
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University of Bristol
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BA, BDS, LLB, MD, BS, BVS, MA and PhD: 1979
BE, ME and MP: 1992
ML: 1979 - 2009
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University of Cambridge
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BA, MD, BVM, ML, MS and PhD: 1979
MP: 1982
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University of Dundee
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BDS, LLB, MD, BS, MAH, MS and PhD: 1979
MP: 1982
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University of Durham
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BA, BS, MA, ML, MS and PhD: 1979
BE: 2005
LLB and MP: 2000
ME: 1998
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University of East Anglia
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BA, BS, MA and PhD: 1979
BE: 1992 - 2004
LLB and MP: 1982
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The University of Edinburgh
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BDS: 1979 - 1994
MD, LLB, BS, BVMS MAH, MS and PhD: 1979
BMus and MP: 1982
ML: 1979 - 2014
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University of Essex
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BA: 1979 - 2011
MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE: 1986
LLB: 1991
BS and MP: 1982
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University of Exeter
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BA, LLB, BS, MA and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1995
MP: 1991
MS: 1982 - 2011
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University of Glasgow / Vniversitatis Glasgvensis Senatvs
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BDS, LLB, MD, BMus, BS, BVMS, MAH, ML, MP, MS and PhD: 1979
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The University of Hull
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BA, LLB, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE: 2004
ME: 1999
MP: 1982
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University of Keele
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BA: 1979 - 2010
MA, MS and PhD: 1979
LLB and MP: 2000
BS: 1982 - 2011
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University of Kent (The University of Kent at Canterbury 1979 - 2003)
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BA, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1994
LLB: 2000
MP: 1982
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The University of Lancaster
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BA: 1979 - 2011
MA and PhD: 1979
BE: 1992 - 2011
BS: 1982 - 2007
LLB and MP: 1982
ML: 1979 - 1988
MR: 2000
MS: 1979 - 2009
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The University of Leeds
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BA, MD, LLB, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1989
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University of Leicester
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BA, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE: 2002
LLB, MD and MP: 1982
ME: 1999
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University of Liverpool
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BA, BDS, LLB, MD, BS, BVS and PhD: 1979
BE and MP: 1982
MA and MS: 1979 - 2013
ME: 2003
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University of London
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BA, LLB, BS, MA, MP, and MS: 1979 - 2007
BDS, MD, BVM and PhD: 1979
BE, ME and BMus: 1991
MR: 2000 - 2007
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The University of Manchester (Victoria University of Manchester 1979 - 2004)
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BA, LLB, BDS, MD, BMus, MA, MS and PhD: 1979
BE and MP: 1991
BS: 1979 - 2005
ME: 2004
MR: 2000
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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BA, BDS, LLB and MA: 1979
BE: 1991 - 2013
BS, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 - 2013
ME: 1990
MD: 1979 - 2012
MR: 2000
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The University of Nottingham
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BA, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 - 2002
BE and ME: 1991 - 2002
LLB: 1979
BVMS: 2011
MD and MP: 1982
MR: 2000 - 2002
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University of Oxford
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BA: 1979
MD, ML, MP, MS and PhD: 1982
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University of Reading
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BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979
BE: 1992
LLB: 1982
ME: 2000
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The University of Salford
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BA and MA: 1982
BE and MP: 1991
BS and PhD: 1979
ME: 2005
MR: 2000
MS: 1979 - 1990
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The University of Sheffield
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BDS, BE, LLB, MD and PhD: 1979
BA, BS and MA: 1979 - 1994
ME: 1998
MP: 1992
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University of Southampton
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BA, LLB, BM, BS, MA, MP and PhD: 1979
BE: 1992
ME: 2005
MR: 2000
MS: 1979 - 2014
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University of St. Andrews
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BS, MAH, ML, and PhD: 1979
MP: 1982
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University of Stirling
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BA: 1982 - 2013
BS and ML: 1982
MP: 1992
MS and PhD: 1979
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University of Strathclyde
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BA, LLB, BS, ML and PhD: 1979
MP: 1991
MR: 2000
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University of Surrey
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BA, BE, MA and BMus: 1982
LLB: 2000
BS, MP, MS and PhD: 1979
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University of Sussex (The University of Sussex 1979 - 2007)
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BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1991
LLB: 2000
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University of Ulster
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BA, MP, MS and PhD: 1984
BE and BMus: 1991
BS: 1984 - 1998
MA and MS: 1984 - 2001
ME: 1995
MR: 2000
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The University of Warwick
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BA, BS, MA, MP and PhD: 1979
BE and ME: 1986
LLB: 1982
MR: 2000
MS: 1979 - 2011
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University of York
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BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979
BE: 1988
ME: 2014
MR: 2000
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Effective 30/03/2015
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