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The Northern Consortium (NCUK〔NCUK is the charity’s operating company (although the terms are used interchangeably)〕) is an educational charity, owned by eleven universities in the north of England, which provides pre-university courses for international students as preparation for study outside of their home country. The Consortium was established in 1987 and has successfully placed over 20,000〔see http://www.ncuk.ac.uk/universities/〕 students into universities in the UK. NCUK is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. ==Owner universities== The Northern Consortium was founded by the following universities who still constitute the group's membership:〔 *The University of Bradford *The University of Huddersfield (then as Huddersfield Polytechnic) *Leeds Beckett University (then as Leeds Polytechnic) *The University of Leeds *Liverpool John Moores University (then as Liverpool Polytechnic) *The University of Liverpool *Manchester Metropolitan University (then as Manchester Polytechnic) *The University of Manchester *The University of Salford *Sheffield Hallam University (then as Sheffield Polytechnic) *The University of Sheffield Note: NCUK’s original membership of 12 institutions was reduced to 11 by the merger in 2004 of UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester In addition to its owning universities NCUK’s qualifications are recognised by a range of other institutions in the England and the UK. NCUK also works with universities in Ireland/Northern Ireland and Australia.〔 NCUK has increased its partner universities in the United Kingdom to include: * Aston University * The University of Birmingham * University of Bristol * Queen Mary University of London * University of Kent *Kingston University London 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NCUK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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