30 Apr 2018
This year, RRC International, now one
of the UK’s leading HSE training providers,
celebrates its 90th anniversary. Since it
began in 1928, RRC has helped well over a million students achieve professional
success through distance learning and now more
recently online learning.
This year, RRC International, now one
of the UK’s leading HSE training providers,
celebrates its 90th anniversary. Since it
began in 1928, RRC has helped well over a million students achieve professional
success through distance learning and now more
recently online learning.
RRC’s Founder David
Young was working in a bank when he was asked by his colleagues for help with
their banking exams. All had full time jobs so had little time for conventional
study. David Young’s revolutionary solution was to develop a set of study
materials specially geared to the syllabus and examinations. Students didn’t need
to buy textbooks and so saved time and money, and this first home study course
produced spectacular results.
With input from university
professors and lecturers, David Young went on to develop correspondence courses
- a term which emphasises the two-way communication between student and tutor -
for a wide range of professional examinations, and by the mid 1930’s the Young
family saw Rapid Results College become an established name.
After the war, it experienced tremendous growth
as people returning to normal life were anxious to gain qualifications. Wide
ranges of vocational courses, including banking, accountancy, marketing, credit
management and purchasing and supply were offered, together with A and O Levels
and the University of London Law Degree.
Throughout the 50s and 60s RRC continued to
expand and went global as distance learning provided a solution for students in
remote regions. Students enrolled from British Commonwealth countries such as
Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Trinidad and Tobago.
RRC students continued to produce outstanding
results. Each year thousands passed their examinations at their first attempt
and in 1977 RRC accountancy students took 36 prizes including seven first
places.
The 80s and 90s saw tremendous growth of
interest in open and distance learning both in the publicly funded education
sector and amongst professional bodies. RRC joined forces with the University
of Durham to help them establish their distance learning MBA and with Kingston
Polytechnic (now University) to introduce a distance learning Diploma in
Management Studies.
In the competitive environment of the mid 90s,
RRC reinvented itself rationalising its range of courses to concentrate on
those in the business training environment. Having offered health and safety
qualifications for many years, it started to specialise in this area and
quickly became one of the leading international providers of health and safety
training, expanding its training to classroom along with distance learning
routes.
At the start of the new millennium,
RRC Business Training took to the Information Superhighway and embraced
e-learning evolving its distance learning courses to e-learning.
The 2000’s have seen expansion to the Middle
East, North Africa and Georgia along with the building of a network of over 20
partners throughout the world.
The Young family
continue to be involved and RRC is well positioned to continue providing
High Quality HSE training for the next 90 years.
RRC International
Website
Email Us
T: 0208 944 3100
27-37 St Georges Road
SW19 4DS
London
United Kingdom
RRC International will be exhibiting on Stand SHE1360 at Safety & Health Expo 2021, 18-20 May, ExCeL, London, UK
This year, RRC International, now one
of the UK’s leading HSE training providers,
celebrates its 90th anniversary. Since it
began in 1928, RRC has helped well over a million students achieve professional
success through distance learning and now more
recently online learning.
RRC’s Founder D...
In our 90th Anniversary year RRC are once again getting ready for the 2018 Safety and Health Expo. Gary, Kevin, Nick and Emma will be on stand R115 to answer any questions you may have on RRC’s HSE training and consultancy services.
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