BPP launches online LLB
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BPP Law School has continued its assault on the undergraduate legal education market by unveiling plans to launch a new online version of its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in a bid to give students more flexibility.
BPP Law School has continued its assault on the undergraduate legal education market by unveiling plans to launch a new online version of its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in a bid to give students more flexibility.
The new online option, which costs around £10,800 and has so far attracted more than 80 applications, has been designed so that it can be studied for two or three years full-time or for a period of six years part-time.
But unlike other courses students will be able to sign up on a module-by-module basis each term meaning they will be able to shift between part-time and full-time study modes.
Dean of BPP Law School Peter Crisp said: “This programme is vocational and great for people who want to have more flexibility in the way that they study. It’s great for students who have a change in circumstance but still want the opportunity to study.”
BPP was named the first private sector, publicly owned institution to be granted degree-awarding powers in September 2007.
Meanwhile, in separate move Carl Lygo has been appointed as CEO of BPP Law School’s parent company BPP Holdings. Prior to the appointment Lygo was chairman of BPP Law School.
The move is a result of BPP Holdings being taken over by US-based Apollo Global, a joint venture formed in 2007 between Apollo Group and private equity house The Carlyle Group for £305m.
Readers' comments (9)
ScoobyDooDoo | 17-Sep-2009 2:05 pm
Whoever is conned into this has more money than sense.
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addy | 18-Sep-2009 1:54 am
ScoobyDooBoo, why do you think it' a conn?
The reason I ask is that I want to pursue a career as a solicitor. I am currently working and like others out there that are probably in my shoes cannot afford to sacrifice their jobs and study full time at a university/College to obtain an LLB.
Although I do not know much about BPP's training reputation and quality of training that they provide,
I think the proposed mode of study is a great idea and the option of studying a module at a time as this allows people who may find law boring or too challenging to withdraw from the course without having to pay out a full lump sum for the course that they enrolled in. With the number of leading law firms that have endorsed BPP's courses is a bonus in itself and valuable on anyones CV.
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Anonymous | 18-Sep-2009 9:34 am
Assault is misspelt
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ScoobyDooDoo | 18-Sep-2009 11:10 am
"With the number of leading law firms that have endorsed BPP's courses is a bonus in itself and valuable on anyones CV."
If everyone stuck their head in the fire, would that be an indication it's a good idea? Just because BPP's marketing people have hoodwinked these firms into bed doesn't mean that BPP's any good.
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US firm trainee | 18-Sep-2009 1:06 pm
At this moment, a LLB from BPP would not open doors at good corporate firms, unless you have been in industry for awhile. It probably would not have the rigour of equivalent courses at mid-ranking universities, much less the likes of the Russell Group of universities. I am also unsure that a BPP-awarded LLB would interest private-client firms, but I must confess that I don't know very much about them.
However, all schools have to start somewhere and BPP has developed a good reputation as a GDL and LPC provider in quite a short time. Who is to say that they will not succeed as a LLB course provider?
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Anonymous | 20-Sep-2009 1:22 pm
US firm trainee; In light of your statement about an LLB obtained from BPP would not open doors with good coorperate firms, I contacted recruitment departments from Cliffard Chance, Slaughter and May, Allen and Overy, they all confirmed that an LLB from BPP is well recognised. This is the same for the College of Law as well.
The Law courses regardless of its mode of study offered by BBP and The College of Law, which have been approved by the SRA are setting new standards in the way people are learning. I personally think that that that as Information Technology is advancing rapidly especially in the field of media, universities that have not yet adopted distance learning may start doing the same as BPP and The College of Law.
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Anonymous | 21-Sep-2009 6:15 am
I would be interested to know who you spoke to regarding the LLB. BPP and the College of Law also offer LLM courses and the standard at institutions such as LSE, UCL and Cambridge is hardly comparable to that of BPP – as clarified by graduate recruitment and lawyers at magic circle firms. It is one thing to say that BPP are leaders for the LPC, BVC and GDL but quite another for undergrad degrees – particularly given the level of competition at magic circle firms. The truth is, university reputation does matter when it comes to the LLB.
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Syed Murshed Bin Asad | 23-Sep-2009 7:23 am
BPP has a good reputation as a postgraduate courses provider. now it's going to open online LLB. any course through online would not be equally treated as the general courses having same academic standing. however it is an enthusiastic effot to provide LLB to every nooc and conner of the world. I have completed LLB from University of London, now I would like to do final year in BBP. suggest me.
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anon | 24-Sep-2009 3:50 pm
The above post from Syed Murshed Bin Asad | 23-Sep-2009 7:23 am is sufficient evidence that you obviously don't need a decent grasp on the English language to complete an LLB at the Uni of London. So, enough of the BPP bashing!
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