page_title: Military academy
section_title: Postgraduate and staff training
hierarchical_section_title: Military academy / List of military academies by countries / United Kingdom / Postgraduate and staff training
caption_attribution_description: English: The first RAF Staff College course at Andover.Front Row (shown left to right): Flight Lieutenant C B Dick-Cleland (Adjutant), Wing Commander R E C Peirse, Squadron Leader B E Sutton (Directing Staff), Wing Commander C H K Edmonds (Directing Staff), Air Commodore H R M Brooke- Popham (Commandant) (shown with dog Jane on lap), Group Captain P B Joubert de la Ferté (Directing Staff), Wing Commander W R Freeman ( Directing Staff), Flight Lieutenant C H HaywardMiddle Row: Squadron Leader H S Powell, Squadron Leader C W H Pulford Squadron Leader E B Beauman, Squadron Leader C F A Portal Squadron Leader L L MacLean, Flight Lieutenant R M Drummond, Flight Lieutenant E B C BettsBack Row: Flight Lieutenant N W Wadham, Flight Lieutenant J B Cole-Hamilton, Flight Lieutenant W B Farrington, Flight Lieutenant G M Lawson, Flight Lieutenant H S Kerby, Squadron Leader K R Park, Flight Lieutenant W R D Acland
context_page_description: A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.
  Three types of academy exist: pre-collegiate-level institutions awarding academic qualifications, university-level institutions awarding bachelor's-degree-level qualifications, and those preparing Officer Cadets for commissioning into the armed services of the state.
  A naval academy is either a type of military academy or is distinguished from one. In U.S. usage, the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy are both service academies.
context_section_description: Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
  Royal College of Defence Studies (mainly for officers of Colonel/Brigadier or equivalent rank selected as future senior leaders; highly selective)
  Joint Services Command and Staff College (courses for officers from Major to Brigadier or equivalent rank)
  Defence College of Management and Technology
  Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre
  Advanced Research and Assessment Group
  Conflict Studies Research Centre
caption: The first RAF staff College course at Andover, 1922. The staff college operated from 1922 to 1970.
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