west london college had been awarded premier membership of study uk, a status reserved only for those independent colleges that have successfully undertaken a full british university quality assurance inspection and been duly authorized to run british university degree courses under official licence. the college held a ukvi tier 4 sponsor's licence. west london college was subject to educational oversight by the quality assurance agency for higher education (qaa) under the ukvi's tier 4 sponsorship requirements. west london college was affiliated with british study centres and hove college.