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The University of Cumbria got its start as a variety of regional institutions, including Charlotte Mason’s Teacher Training College, founded in the 1890s and the Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, which dates back to 1822. These institutions left a long legacy, eventually evolving into the colleges which merged to form the University […]
The University of Central Lancashire – UCLan – was founded in nearly 200 years ago in 1828. At that time it as the Institution of the Diffusion of Knowledge, in Preston. Its expansion began with an endowment in 1877, becoming a centre for art and science in the region. It became the Harris Art College […]
Kingston University got its start back in 1917 as the Gypsy Hill College, dedicated at the time to teacher training. However, it was formally recognised as a Technical College by 1926, and had moved to a new Kingston Hill campus by 1946. The school then expanded rapidly, opening the first buildings in the Penryhn Road […]
The University of Sheffield is a member of the Russell Group, and organisation of the UK’s top universities. It is committed to social responsibility and to ensuring that its students receive not just the professional and academic skills they need to forge successful careers, but also the personal and ethical development they need to support […]
The University of Derby has a long history, going back to 1853 and the founding of the Derby School of Art. This became the Derby Central School of Art and the Derby Central School of Science in 1870. By 1892 the combined institution was known as the Derby Municipal Technical College. Another root of Derby’s […]
The University of Birmingham was established by Royal Charter in 1900, one of the last universities chartered under Queen Victoria. From the beginning it was a civic institution, revolutionary in that it eagerly accepted students from all social classes and backgrounds equally. The University of Birmingham has led the way in many fields over the […]
St George’s University London began in 1733 with the opening of St George’s Hospital. Though doctors had students even then, a formal registry of pupils was only initiated in 1752. In 1756 John Hunter, ‘the Father of Modern Surgery’, began to teach students there, followed by luminaries like Edward Jenner and Edward Wilson. The university […]
Queen’s University Belfast was first known as the Queen’s University in Ireland. It received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1845. From the very beginning it was a non-denominational institution, and was intended as an alternative to Trinity College Dublin, which was specifically an Anglican institution. This early incarnation of the University was composed […]