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The '''University of Brighton''' is an English university with a community of 21,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in [[Brighton]], [[Eastbourne]] and [[Hastings]]. It was founded as Brighton [[Polytechnic (United Kingdom)|Polytechnic]] in 1970 before gaining university status in 1992. [6] Its roots can be traced back to 1859 when the School of Art was opened in the Brighton [[Royal Pavilion]]. The university’s focus is on professional education, with the majority of degrees awarded also leading to professional qualifications. Brighton is home to the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Design.<ref>[http://www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/tinits/cetl/final/ Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning].</ref>The [[Design Council]]'s national archive is one of a number of internationally significant archives held at the University’s Grand Parade campus.
The '''University of Brighton''' is an English university with a community of 21,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in [[Brighton]], [[Eastbourne]] and [[Hastings]]. It was founded as Brighton [[Polytechnic (United Kingdom)|Polytechnic]] in 1970 before gaining university status in 1992. [6] Its roots can be traced back to 1859 when the School of Art was opened in the Brighton [[Royal Pavilion]]. The university’s focus is on professional education, with the majority of degrees awarded also leading to professional qualifications.
The [[Design Council]]'s national archive is one of a number of internationally significant archives held at the University’s Grand Parade campus. Brighton is home to the UK's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Design.<ref>[http://www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/tinits/cetl/final/ Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning].</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 12:14, 21 October 2010

University of Brighton
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Established1858 as Brighton College of Art
Endowment£3.7m[1]
Vice-ChancellorProf Julian Crampton
Students21,000[2]
Undergraduates16,515[2]
Postgraduates4,450[2]
Location
Brighton
,
England, United Kingdom
NicknameBrighton Uni
Websitehttp://www.brighton.ac.uk

The University of Brighton is an English university with a community of 21,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. It was founded as Brighton Polytechnic in 1970 before gaining university status in 1992. [6] Its roots can be traced back to 1859 when the School of Art was opened in the Brighton Royal Pavilion. The university’s focus is on professional education, with the majority of degrees awarded also leading to professional qualifications.

The Design Council's national archive is one of a number of internationally significant archives held at the University’s Grand Parade campus. Brighton is home to the UK's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Design.[4]

History

  • 1859: The School of Art opens its doors to its first 110 students. The school’s first home is in the kitchens of the Royal Pavilion.
  • 1876: The School of Art moves to its own building in Grand Parade. The Prime Minister, William Gladstone, witnesses the laying of the new building's foundation stone.
  • 1897: The Municipal School of Science and Technology opens in Brighton with 600 enrolled students.
  • 1898: The Chelsea School opens in London as an institution training women and girls in physical education.
  • 1909: The Municipal Day Training College, forerunner of the School of Education, opens in Richmond Terrace, Brighton.
  • 1949: The Chelsea School celebrates its fiftieth anniversary by moving to Eastbourne.
  • 1960s: Construction of new buildings for Brighton College of Technology begin in Moulsecoomb.
  • 1970: The School of Art and Brighton College of Technology merge to form Brighton Polytechnic.
  • 1976: The Teacher Training College merges with Brighton Polytechnic, giving the polytechnic a campus at Falmer.
  • 1979: The East Sussex College of Higher Education, including the Chelsea School, merges with Brighton Polytechnic, creating a campus in Eastbourne.
  • 1992: Along with many other polytechnics Brighton is granted university status and becomes the University of Brighton under the provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992.
  • 1994: The Sussex and Kent Institute of Nursing and Midwifery becomes part of the university, increasing the number of students based in Eastbourne.
  • 2003: The Brighton and Sussex Medical School opens as a partnership between the University of Brighton, the University of Sussex and the Universities Hospitals Trust. It is the first medical school in the south-east outside London.
  • 2004: University Centre Hastings is opened, managed by the University of Brighton.

Campuses

The university has three campuses in Brighton at Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb, and Falmer with further campuses in Eastbourne and Hastings.

Reputation and rankings

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  • The University's Community University Partnership Programme received an honourable mention at the 2010 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health awards[5] and was highly commended in the Social Responsibility category at the 2009 Green Gown Awards.[6]
  • The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) confirmed that 79 per cent of the University of Brighton's research output is of international standing. Brighton is also ranked as one of the leading modern universities in terms of the quality of its research by the Research Fortnight newsletter. The university's RAE ranking rose from 80th place in 2001 to 59th in 2008, leading it to be described as one of the "rising stars" in the UK.[11] Sixty-five per cent of research in art and design at the Faculty of Arts was classified as either "world leading" or "internationally excellent". This places Brighton amongst the leading research centres in the country for art and design and Research Fortnight ranked the submission second in terms of the volume and quality of research.[12]
  • In June 2010 the Faculty of Education and Sport retained the highest possible rating of ‘Outstanding’ for its primary and secondary initial teacher education (teacher training) provision, following inspection by Ofsted. [13] In 2008 Brighton was the first university in the country to achieve an 'outstanding' rating for management and quality assurance across the full range of primary, secondary and post-compulsory (16+) teacher education courses.
UK rankings
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Times Good University Guide 71st 70th=[14] 57th=[14] 61st 59th 66th 63rd 68th 68th 66th 57th= 57th= 60th 61st 65th= 66th= 80th= 70th= 66th=
Guardian University Guide 78th 74th[15] 63rd[16] 60th - 50th 48th 60th 72nd
Sunday Times University Guide 57th[17] 57th=[18] 59th= 54th 56th 56th[19] 55th[20] 57th 65th 65th 65th 60th 83rd
The Complete University Guide 73rd[21] 63rd[22] 67th[23] 69th
The Daily Telegraph 69th 52nd

Faculties and schools

  • Faculty of Arts
    • School of Architecture and Design
    • School of Arts and Media
    • School of Humanities
  • Faculty of Education and Sport
    • Chelsea School
    • School of Education
    • School of Service Management
    • Centre for Learning and Teaching
  • Faculty of Health and Social Science
    • School of Applied Social Science
    • School of Health Professions
    • School of Nursing and Midwifery
  • Brighton Business School
    • Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM)
    • Centre for Research on Management and Employment (CROME)[24]
  • Faculty of Science and Engineering[25]
    • School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics[26]
    • School of Environment and Technology[27]
    • School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences[28]
  • Brighton and Sussex Medical School
    • Brighton and Sussex Medical School
    • Institute of Postgraduate Medicine

The Brighton and Sussex Medical School is a partnership between the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex.

  • University Centre Hastings

Educational partners

Further education and specialist colleges

People

Main article: List of University of Brighton alumni

Halls of residence

See also

References

  1. ^ http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/staffcentral/doc007964.pdf
  2. ^ a b c "Table 0a — All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06". Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  3. ^ http://www.bton.ac.uk/aboutus/
  4. ^ Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
  5. ^ 2010 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health awards<http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awardsrecipients.html#2010/>
  6. ^ 2009 Green Gown Awards<http://www.eauc.org.uk/results/>
  7. ^ The Times. London http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug2006/stug2006.pdf. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ The Sunday Times University Guide 2006<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,8403,00.html>.
  9. ^ The Times University Rankings 2010<http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php/>.
  10. ^ The Complete University Guide League Table 2011<http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8726/>.
  11. ^ <http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=404780>
  12. ^ <http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/news/research-success/?searchterm=rae>
  13. ^ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/120437/(as)/70005_346137.pdf
  14. ^ a b Watson, Roland; Elliott, Francis; Foster, Patrick. "University Rankings League Table 2010 | Good University Guide – Times Online". London: Extras.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  15. ^ "University guide 2010: University league table | Education". London: guardian.co.uk. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  16. ^ "University ranking by institution". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
  17. ^ "The Sunday Times University League Table 2011". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  18. ^ "The Sunday Times University League Table 2010". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  19. ^ "University ranking based on performance over 10 years" (PDF). London: Times Online. 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  20. ^ "The Sunday Times University League Table" (PDF). The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  21. ^ "The Complete University Guide 2011". Complete University Guide.
  22. ^ "The Complete University Guide 2010". Complete University Guide.
  23. ^ "The Independent University League Table". The Independent. London. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  24. ^ Research units and groups — Brighton Business School, University of Brighton
  25. ^ http://www.brighton.ac.uk/scieng
  26. ^ http://www.brighton.ac.uk/cem
  27. ^ http://www.brighton.ac.uk/set
  28. ^ http://www.brighton.ac.uk/pharmacy
  29. ^ http://www.brighton.ac.uk/aboutus/educationpartners.php?PageId=500
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