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Arden University is a private, for-profit University in the United Kingdom. It offers a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with both blended learning and online distance learning delivery options. Its head office is in Coventry with campus locations in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, London and Berlin. Originally established as Resource Development International (RDI) in 1990, it was later bought by Capella Education and awarded university status by the British government in 2015. Since August 2016, it has been owned by Global University Systems. It is named after the Arden area of England, where its Coventry headquarters are situated.
Capella Education had originally bought RDI as part of its strategy to accelerate the company's expansion into the international market. However, the strategy did not come to fruition, and Capella put Arden University and its remaining subsidiaries up for sale in February 2016.Peters, Kai; Smith, Richard R.; Thomas, Howard (eds.) (2018). Rethinking the Business Models of Business Schools, p. 161. Emerald Group Publishing. s.n. (11 February 2016). "Capella puts Arden University on the block" . Education Investor. Retrieved 4 October 2018. Sunderland University, which validated some of RDI's degrees bought the Resource Development International Hong Kong subsidiary from Arden University in July 2016.Allison, David (13 July 2016). "Sunderland University takes ownership of Hong Kong based learning operation" . Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2018. In August of that year, Arden University itself was sold to the Netherlands-based company Global University Systems (GUS) for £15 million. GUS's other UK holdings include the University of Law, St Patrick's College, London and the London School of Business and Finance.Morgan, John (19 August 2016). "Arden University sold to Global University Systems", Times Higher Education. Retrieved 4 October 2018.Securities and Exchange Commission (18 August 2016). "Form 8-K: Capella Education Company". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
From January 2016, the previous externally validated degree programmes under RDI were gradually phased out and replaced by Arden's own degree programmes. In November 2017, Arden University had an enrollment of 5,700 students, of whom 2,500 were enrolled in the university's own programmes. Approximately 44% of its students were based outside the UK. In 2019 Carl Lygo succeeded Philip Hallam as Vice-Chancellor and CEO of the university.Arden University. (April 2019) "Arden University appoints Professor Carl Lygo as new Vice Chancellor and CEO". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
In July 2024 the Office for Students issued their Regulatory case report for Arden University Limited: Ongoing condition B3 investigation outcome. This stated that “ the Office for Students (OfS) has found Arden University Limited (‘the provider’) at increased risk of a future breach of ongoing condition of registration B3 (student outcomes) for five of the indicators investigated.”
Several of Arden's degree courses have additional accreditation by professional bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Marketing,Chartered Institute of Marketing. Graduate Gateway Retrieved 4 October 2018. Chartered Management Institute,Chartered Management Institute. Higher Education Partners. Retrieved 4 October 2018. British Psychological Society,British Psychological Society. Accredited Courses: MSc Psychology and Accredited Courses: BSc Psychology . Retrieved 4 October 2018. and Association for Project Management.Association for Project Management. Accredited Academic organisations. Retrieved 4 October 2018. Arden University is also a member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Arden University's courses can be studied both full-time and part-time and are delivered either as distance learning and entirely online or as blended learning which combines online and face-to-face class tuition at one of its study campuses.Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (November 2017). "Higher Education Review (Alternative Providers) of Arden University Ltd., pp. 3–4. Retrieved 4 October 2018. The university has UK campus locations in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, as well as three in London at Ealing, Tower Hill, and Holborn. Arden also delivers and awards several undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Berlin on the campus of University of Applied Sciences Europe.
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