Changing Lives through Education
About Us
GBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across ten campuses in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in finance, computing, accounting, business, construction, applied business psychology, project management, tourism, healthcare – and more.
We aim to help our students thrive in today’s competitive job market, offering excellent links to employers and a focus on one-to-one academic and career guidance in addition to our specialist courses. We take an inclusive approach to recruiting students, with an aim to widening access to higher education.
We are an approved institute on the Office for Students Register.
Our History
GBS began in 2010 as a specialist training centre for finance and investment banking, offering courses to students from around the world. Over the last 15 years, we've evolved and grown so we can offer more qualifications to even more students.
In 2016, we opened our first campus, in London’s iconic East End and that's what shaped the institution we are today. As one of the city’s most economically deprived areas, we quickly realised we could improve communities by reaching those from backgrounds where traditional university wasn't an option.
We partnered with several UK universities who shared our vision, allowing us to add other academic disciplines to our portfolio. As well as continuing to offer finance and banking courses, we now have business management, construction and healthcare programmes providing even more opportunity for our students.
Fast-forward to 2025 and we have ten campuses in four of the UK’s biggest and most exciting cities – London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. With over 35,000 students studying with us, the GBS journey has only just begun.
Vision and Values
At GBS, our students are at the heart of everything we do because we know education is transformational. Our job is to create access to learning for everyone, regardless of background or circumstances, because this is how we change lives.
Studying with us is about so much more than gaining a qualification. We care about personal growth and we're here to make a significant contribution to our communities through better opportunities and employment prospects for all who join the GBS family.
Changing one life at a time through transformational education can and will inspire others to want a better future for themselves. As new businesses are started and promotions are earned, confidence grows turning goals into reality. Every student, one by one, is contributing to the change the world needs to see. And that's why we do what we do.
A message from our Vice Provost
”I have been a leader for over 25 years in both finance and education and in all of the varied roles, I have been passionate about leading teams to success.
With the Provost's office leading a number of exciting projects, we are strengthening GBS’s academic direction by ensuring our programmes are rigorous, career‑focused and delivered through an inclusive, high‑quality student experience that enables every learner to thrive.
I am committed to ensuring that all our students leave GBS with not only the right qualifications but also the right skills to thrive in the workplace. GBS has a vital role in the higher education sector, upskilling a large and often ignored sector of the UK population.”
Peter Flew
GBS Students - Satisfaction Ratings
For the sixth year running, our students have, delivered an overwhelmingly positive verdict in the 2025 National Student Survey with GBS exceeding the sector average positivity scores.
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