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The University of Northampton was founded in 1924, making it a fairly young institution by UK standards. At that time it was the Northampton Technical College, with a much more limited curriculum than it offers today. Northampton’s School of Art opened in 1937, and the College of Education was founded at the new Park campus […]
UWTSD – the University of Wales Trinity Saint David – was created in its modern form in 2010, when Trinity University College Carmarthen merged with the University of Wales Lampeter. The Swansea Metropolitan University joined the fold soon after in 2013. However, this does not mean UWTSD lacks ancient traditions, Far from it. Trinity […]
Abertay University was founded as The Dundee Technical Institute in 1888, though funding began with a bequest from the 1st Baronet of Kilmaron, Sir David Baxter, in 1872. The curriculum taught there included a scientific, technical and art classes. It moved to a larger site on Bell Street (Still in Dundee) in 1911. Its name […]
The University of Dundee was founded as University College, Dundee in 1881 by the wealthy Baxter family. It was founded as a more pragmatic, technological answer to the academic institutions of the time, and dedicated to promoting the education of men and women alike – very progressive for its time – in literature, the arts […]
The University of Bristol was founded as University College, Bristol in 1876. Ever since that time, it has been a hub of innovation and research. The University of Bristol excels in information security, climate science, human rights thinking and the science of infection and immunity to this day. The name was changed to the University […]
Queen Mary ‘s historical roots are nearly 1000 years old, beginning with St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in 1123, in the time of Henry the First. London’s Queen Mary University itself began as the London Hospital Medical College in 1785. It was founded to provide medical care to the poor people of London. This organisation […]
Glasgow Caledonian University was founded in 1875, as The Queen’s College, Glasgow. Nearly 100 years later, in 1971, Glasgow Polytechnic was formed. It was one of the first schools in Scotland to offer degrees in Engineering, Science and the Humanities, though they were externally validated until 1993. Queen Elizabeth II became patron of Glasgow Polytechnic […]
Falmouth University was founded in 1902 as the Falmouth School of Art. In the following century, it had been known as the Falmouth College of Art and Design, and then the Falmouth College of Arts. It gained the authority to issue its own degrees and the right to call itself a University College in 2005. […]