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The University of Hull was originally founded as University College Hull in 1927. It originally boasted 14 departments – most with but a single professor – and admitted 39 students in 1928. It was originally contained in a single building. Now known as the Venn Building after one of the university’s most famous mathematicians, it […]
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 […]
The University of Westminster has nearly 200 years of history behind it. Beginning in 1838 as The Polytechnic Institution, it was a place of notable ‘firsts’ even from the beginning. It was of course the UK’s first Polytechnic, and contained Europe’s first public photographic studio (built in 1841). It housed the Lumiere Brothers’ moving picture […]
The University of Liverpool was established in 1881, and has been dedicated to the advancement of learning and the ennoblement of life generally ever since. Liverpool University today is a truly global university with campuses in Liverpool, Leahurst, London, Singapore and Suzhou, and is accessible to students virtually anywhere in the world via its virtual, […]
The University of Lincoln is a very recent addition to the educational landscape of the UK, with its first buildings officially opening in 1996. The Brayford Pool Campus was opened by the queen herself, and was the first wholly new university campus to be built in many, many years. Perhaps more importantly, the University arose […]
The University of Huddersfield has nearly 200 years of history behind it. The first attempts to found a Scientific and Mechanics Institution failed due to the financial collapse of 1825-26, thought the library and some other assets were absorbed into the Huddersfield Philosophical Society. In 1941 it was reborn as the Young Men’s Mental Improvement […]
The University of Heriot-Watt was founded in 1821, at the high point of the Scottish Enlightenment. It was dedicated to a pioneering spirit from the very beginning, and has always been dedicated to becoming a world renowned centre for transnational education. Heriot-Watt today has become a fast-growing and financially sustainable organisation with excellent performance both […]
The University of Portsmouth began 100 years ago as a Municipal College and public library in the Park Building in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In the early post war years they added an expanded Arts and Humanities curriculum. The college changed its name to Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1969. They received full University status and the Royal Charter […]