Waverley Abbey College is committed to academic excellence in all that we offer. As we are a small College, we have the opportunity to provide a friendly atmosphere in which to study.

In our recent review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) we achieved the highest judgments that any college or university can be given. We are therefore confident that our programmes, courses, teaching and campuses can give you the quality of learning that every student deserves.

If you do not hold any paper qualifications, please do not be deterred from applying to any of our short programmes or BA (Hons) Counselling programme. We will consider other types of qualifications, informal learning and life experience in place of these.

We are currently unable to accept students if they are from outside of the UK (and without a British passport or have residency in the UK) for courses delivered onsite.

Students from outside of the UK may apply for any of our distance education courses, but please bear in mind the time differences when considering the lecture schedule.

For our Higher Education programmes, applicants will need to have relevant life experience. They will also need to be able to meet the emotional intelligence, financial requirements and time commitments of the programme. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this further.

We are currently unable to offer distance learning for Counselling and Spiritual Formation, at this time. This may be a possibility in the future.

This is dependent on the programme you would like to study but it is likely that you will be able to continue part-time work. We recommend that you contact us to discuss your options.

We offer both a residential and non-residential option for our onsite Week/Weekend programmes. You are welcome to choose the non-residential option and commute from home.

For our Higher Education programmes, we recommend that you choose the residential option. Previous students have found staying on campus helps them to focus on their studies, amongst other positive reasons.

As a College, we cannot offer any form of financial help beyond our single scholarship and bursaries – please refer to the Admissions section on Finance for information to help you
finance your programme.

Following the completion of training, many of our students find employment in a variety of work settings, including counselling agencies, teaching and nursing professions, church ministry and other graduate work within the voluntary sectors.