Brief Profile Of JOSBEN International College, UK

JOSBEN International College, UK was set up to collaborate with other institutions to offer academic and professional programmes. Located right at the heart of Cathedral Square in the serene City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England; with state-of-the-art facilities and seasoned staff coupled with over a decade of experience in capacity building in Nigeria and overseas. This innovative institution of higher learning is always surpassing the expectations of its students and other stakeholders. Today, we can boast of our graduates making giant strides on the sand of the global corporate world. We have greatly impacted on bank staff and other people working in the financial services industry by offering exceptional training and developing them for different professional examinations and overseas postgraduate programmes. As we leverage technology to deliver our courses, today we can boast of having top bank managers joining our programmes from all over Nigeria and overseas. 

JOSBEN was borne out of a great passion of its founder- Joseph Akpan, during his PhD research visit to Central Bank of Nigeria from the UK in 2010. His heart went out more for people at the grassroots on seeing different issues affecting them; and did not hesitate to set up institutions to address these issues, especially those affecting Human Capacity Development. 

We have given support to our Nigerian sister institution- JOSBEN International Business School to be able to secure approval by University of Uyo Senate to commence offering undergraduate degree programmes in Management Sciences. This school is the only school that has been providing professional courses to bank staff and others working in financial services. Having produced so many chartered bankers for over a decade, JOSBEN IBS is synonymous with banking. Today, we have hundreds of bank staff from all over Nigeria, majority being bank managers currently studying with us. 

JOSBEN Consulting Ltd takes charge of all consultancy projects, corporate training and providing educational support services such as overseas admissions, visa support services and managing transitions/progressions advice to our graduates. 

Our JOSBEN Global Academy was set up to provide holistic further education courses and support to prepare young people for university life. The academy offers accredited courses that align with both Nigerian and British curriculum, such as A/levels and International Foundation Diploma for Higher Education Studies. The school also offers remedial courses to those with deficiency in their UK GCSE, WAEC and NECO results. 

Starting with JOSBEN Consulting Limited in 2011, JOSBEN International Business School in 2015, JOSBEN International College UK in 2019 and JOSBEN Global Academy in 2024; JOSBEN is now becoming a name associated with high quality Nigerian and international education, with an edge in Finance and Tech. 

1. OUR VISION:

To produce world changers in various academic disciplines!

2. OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to empower our learners to become highly skilled professionals who would make a positive difference in our present world as well as in the future by using state-of-the-art facilities, seasoned and motivated global workforce; as well as offering better returns to our stakeholders.

1.3 OUR CORE VALUES:

Our core values are DIET:

• Diversity
• Innovation
• Excellence
• Trust

1.4 THE GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Board is chaired by a Professor and is supported by 6 other members.   

1.5 THE MANAGEMENT TEAM

The college is managed by seasoned professionals who are experts in their respective field. The management draws its strength from our UK-based partner universities and other awarding bodies in higher education. 

1.6 QUALITY ASSURANCE: Our brand, JOSBEN is renowned for Accounting, Finance and Computing Technology tuition, and well-respected by banks and other institutions and even globally. Our Quality Assurance Unit is saddled with responsibility to ensure that our teaching and research outcomes are continuously increasing as for the betterment of our students who are the centre-point of our operations. 

1.7 OUR COMPETENCE:

JOSBEN International College is the only education institution that provides tuition and support to migrant children as it understands those barriers faced by the ethnic minority students. We are the only college in the state of Cambridgeshire offering bespoke courses accredited and awarded by the NCC Education UK. Today, we can boast of having loads of bank managers from all over Nigeria as professional students, courtesy of our tech-driven delivery approach. The track records of our candidates’ results speak so well of our teaching and learning quality. 

All our undergraduate students are prepared to sit for a relevant professional examination, so that on or before graduation the students can be chartered. There are placement opportunities we create in collaboration with employers for our students to gain real-life industrial experience. Our college is currently providing graduate internship/placement opportunities for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, UK. Through this opportunity, we sharpen the skillset of those graduates who were not our products. 

The dual certifications on graduation and placement opportunities we offer at JOSBEN give our products the edge to compete favourably in the competitive global labour market.       

1.8 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CENTRES

The college has two major arms:

1. Centre for Academic Programmes
2. Centre for Professional Studies

1.8.1    CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

The Centre for Academic Programmes in collaboration with our academic partners, offers undergraduates and postgraduate programmes to students pursuing the following courses leading to the award of diplomas and degrees. 

1. Accounting  
2. Banking/Finance
3. Business Management
4. Data Analytics
5. Project Management
6. Software Engineering
7. Business Analysis
8. Computer Science

2. CENTRE FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 

The Department of Professional Studies provides comprehensive training and supports to candidates preparing to write banking professional examinations of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

We also deliver the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) professional programmes to most of our bank managers who have completed the CIBN professional programme and yearn for an international finance professional qualification. The pass rate has been so amazing since starting last year. 

1.9 JOSBEN RESEARCH CENTRES, UK: 

At JOSBEN International College, we have the following research centres informs and reshape our thoughts on teaching and learning:

1. Centre for Entrepreneurship, Management and Leadership Development (CEMLD).
2. Centre for Educational Research and Development (CERD). 

Each of these centres offers CPDs, Executive Programmes and undertake research-based projects. 

2.0 SHORT-TERM COURSES

The college also has the offers short-run courses but not limited to the following, which are curated in the form workshops, conferences, self-study delivered both online live and on-site. 

1. Finance Management for Non-Finance Managers
2. The Mini MBA
3. Understanding the IFRS 
4. Understanding Forensic Accounting Audit Procedures
5. Understanding Fraud and Forensic Auditing: Identify and Prevent.
6. Financial Statements Analysis for Credit Decision. 
7. Financial Analysis for Banking Performance
8. Managing Safeguarding Procedures in Higher Education
9. Keeping Children Safe in Education: Global Best Practice.
10.  Corporate Governance Strategies for SMEs
11. Power Bi for business Intelligence: Data Analytics and Automation.
12.  Unleash your Research Potential 
13. Enhancing Teaching and Research Skills in Higher Education. 
14.  Understanding Imports and Exports Operations. 

Next Step 

We welcome an opportunity to discuss in detail each of the above courses. We are also open for partnership or collaboration on any of the aforementioned areas of our education programmes. Please, feel free to reach out to us via admin@josbenibs.com or +447305699606 to arrange a meeting with our President/Founder and his team.   

Please, accept assurances of our capacity and strong belief that JOSBEN can meet and surpass your academic and professional needs.   

JOSBEN, raising world changers in various disciplines!

Corporate Communications Team

JOSBEN International College

Tel: +447305699606. 

Email: admin@josbencollege.uk 

Website: www.josbencollege.uk