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The '''British Institute of Technology & E-commerce''' (BITE) is a [[university]] located in the [[London Borough of Newham]], East [[London]], [[England]], based at two campuses in [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] and [[London Docklands|Docklands]] areas. The university has more than 26,000 students from 110 countries worldwide.<ref name="topukuniversities">{{cite web|url= http://topukuniversities.com/uk-education/page/2/|title=Top UK Universities - University of East London|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref>

==History==

[[File:West Ham Technical Institute (Nov 1898).jpg|thumb|right|West Ham Technical Institute (November 1898)]]

The British Institute of Technology & E-commerce was founded by Dr Muhammad Farmer. The Institute’s purpose is to provide applied knowledge and
support technology transfer. By having this intertwining approach we are able to act as a catalyst for industry and government. Our differentiator is
ideas-based knowledge and exploration of integrative education that will provide new skills to equip future leaders with skills and techniques to meet
emerging challenges.


==Campuses==

[[File:UEL Stratford Campus.JPG|thumb|right|Stratford Campus]]

[[File:University of East London Docklands Campus.jpg|right|thumb|University Square, Docklands Campus]]

[[Image:UEL Docklands Campus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The UEL Docklands Campus, The Square]]

The university is located on two campuses, at Stratford and West End of London.BITE also delivers a range of programmes and short courses at the [[Barking Learning Centre]] in a nearby borough.<ref name="blccourses">{{cite web|url= http://www.barkingcollege.ac.uk/about-the-college/governance-and-policy/meet-our-governors/selena-bolingbroke/|title=Selina Bolingbroke, Barking and Dagenham College |publisher=Barking & Dagenham College |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref> Off-campus, there are students registered on programmes with UK and non-UK academic partners.<ref name="collabpart">{{cite web|url= http://www.uel.ac.uk/qa/ourpartners.htm|title= Our collaborative partners |publisher=University of East London |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref>

===Stratford Campus===

The Stratford Campus is close to the [[London 2012|2012 Olympic Park]]. It is centred around University House, a 19th century listed building.<ref name="Primelocation">{{cite web|url=http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/browse/all/uk/england/london/east-london/stratford/|title=Property, Houses and Flats for Sale in Stratford, East London|work=[[Primelocation]]|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref> The campus is home to the School of Distance and E-Learning, the [[Sir John Cass's Foundation|Sir John Cass]] School of Education (which moved into its new centre in 2009), and the Schools of Technology & Bussiness and Fashion. Operating in partnership with the [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]], the centre is London's only provider of podiatric education.<ref name="THP - (NHS)">{{cite news| url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/hab/programmes/documents/NHSBooklet.pdf| location=London | work=University of East London (UEL) | first= | last= | title=Training Health Professionals (NHS) | accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref>

The British Institute of Technology and E-commerce headquarters is based in the East London Borough of Newham, one of the most culturally diverse areas
in London. The local amenities consist of a large number of reasonably priced restaurants and cafes, cinemas, leisure services, recreation grounds, parks
and shopping centres and there is a variety of clubsand music venues for evening entertainment.


===St James’s Campus===
{{see|British Institute of Technology and E-commerce St James’s Campus}}
The [[British Institute of Technology and E-commerce St James’s Campus]] is the larger of the two campuses and is located in the redeveloped [[London Docklands|Docklands]] area of East London. The campus opened in 2000.

It is on the waterfront of the [[Royal Albert Dock]], closed to commercial shipping since the 1980s and now largely used as a water sports centre and rowing course, for example for the [[London Regatta Centre]].

[[London City Airport]] is across the dock from the campus. The [[Cyprus DLR station|Cyprus station]] of the [[Docklands Light Railway]] is adjacent to the campus, and offers links to [[Canary Wharf]] and central London.

The campus was short-listed for the [[RICS|Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors']] ''Building of the Year'' in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1493479.stm |date=15 August 2001 |title=Greenhouse shortlisted for building award |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref>

The centre for the Architecture and Visual Arts School was set up in 2004. Housing the architecture, fashion, textiles and graphic design departments, the AVA centre was the first major development on the Docklands campus after the student accommodation. Also based at the Docklands Campus are the Business School, the School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, and the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies. The Business School and Knowledge Dock centre were opened on the site in February 2007.<ref name="Building Design Partnership (BDP)">{{cite web|url=http://www.bdp.com/Projects/By-Name/P-Z/University-of-East-London/|title=The new Business School|work=Building Design Partnership (BDP)|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=WATOB>{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Megan|title=The Queen opens UEL's business school|url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/1275982.0/|accessdate=28 March 2011|newspaper=Watford Observer|date=21 March 2007}}</ref> The Business School will<ref name="The Petchey Centre">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/petcheycentre/documents/booklet.pdf|title=The Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship|work=University of East London (UEL)|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref> incorporate the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship, named in honour of its benefactor, entrepreneur [[Jack Petchey]].

New student accommodation opened in 2008 and the campus now has 1,200 student rooms, together with shops, cafés and a restaurant, launderettes and an open-air fitness suite. A sports centre is scheduled for construction with a planned opening in 2011. The campus library is housed in the Business School building.

The 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in Stratford in East London and in the neighbouring Lower Lea Valley, near BITE’s main campus. The Olympics is the world’s biggest and most important sporting event which will make the area the centre of attention for the entire planet. The Olympic Park covers an
area of 500 acres and the total cost of the Games and the regeneration of the East London area is £9.345 billion, according to Government figures.
After the Games, the Olympic Park will be turned into an urban park and some of the sporting facilities will be retained for public use, with West Ham United moving to the Olympic Stadium from their current ground.</ref>

A £21&nbsp;million sports and leisure complex is scheduled to open at the Docklands Campus early in 2012, provisionally named the [[University of East London Docklands Campus|SportsDock]].<ref name="New Sports Centre for University of East London">{{cite web|url= http://www.uel.ac.uk/sports/facilities/future.htm|title= New Sports Centre for University of East London|publisher=University of East London}}</ref>

==Organisation and structure==

[[File:University of East London Student Housing.jpg|right|thumb|UEL Student Housing Looking Towards Canary Wharf]]

[[File:University of East London Student Accomodation.jpg|thumb|right|Docklands Campus Student Accommodation]]

Our main campus is located in Avicenna House, Stratford, East London close to where the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held. Our other campus is in a
prostigious location in central London close to St.James’s Square. Maps for both of these campuses can be found on pages 28 and 29.
BITE is divided into two academic schools: The St.James’s Business School and the Sir Isaac Newton Technology School. Business programmes are offered
at both campuses (the detailed programme description indicates the campus at which the programme is taught and delivered). Technology programmes
are taught and delivered at BITE’s Stratford campus only.

Degree programmes and other courses are taught at BITE by one of eight teaching Schools. In addition, there are three Schools that carry out administrative roles within the academic structure: the School of Combined Honours, the Graduate School and UELconnect, which manages [[Distance education|Distance & E-learning]] and short courses:

===Royal Docks Business School===
This houses a range of business support, enterprise development services and conferencing facilities. The Knowledge Dock helps students start their own companies by supplying help and business start up incubators.<ref name="Knowledge Dock">{{cite web|url= http://www.knowledgedock.com/|title= University of East London Knowledge Dock|publisher=University of East London}}</ref>

===UELSports===
This department has a range of facilities, some based on campus, and others at a range of professional and amateur sports clubs in East London and several local sports centres. UELSports teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

===School of Law===
{{see|University of East London School of Law}}
The [[University of East London School of Law]] is home to the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict.<ref name="Research Centres - CHRC">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/research/centres/index.htm |title= Research Centres - CHRC |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> The School of Law teaches six undergraduate courses<ref name="UEL School of Law Undergraduate">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/programmes/undergraduate/index.htm |title= Undergraduate Programmes |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> and ten postgraduate courses.<ref name="UEL School of Law Postgraduate">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/programmes/postgraduate/index.htm |title= Postgraduate Programmes |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> The School is attended by over 1,000 students.<ref name="UEL School of Law">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/|title= Welcome to the School of Law |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> The majority of the School's courses are taught at the University of East London's Duncan House, near to its [[University of East London#Stratford Campus|Stratford Campus]],<ref name="UEL School of Law">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/about/location.htm|title= Location |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> however the Law School's Refugee Studies course is based at the University of East London's Docklands Campus.<ref name="UEL School of Law Undergraduate"/>

The [[Centre on Human Rights in Conflict]] (CHRC) is a research centre based within the UEL School of Law<ref name="Research Centres">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/law/research/centres/index.htm|title= Research Centres |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> which was founded in 2006 by Professor Chandra Lekha Sriram.
The international nature of the research undertaken by the CHRC is evidenced by its collaborations with, for example, the universities of [[University of Lund|Lund]] and [[University of Uppsala|Uppsala]], [[Sweden]]; the Regional Centre on Conflict Prevention, [[Jordan]]; and the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref name="CHRC Collaborators">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/chrc/collaborators/index.htm|title= CHRC Collaborators |publisher=University of East London}}</ref>
The researchers at the CHRC have been awarded grants from the [[European Union]], the [[British Academy]], the [[Leverhulme Trust]], and UEL's Promising Researcher Scheme.<ref name="CHRC News and Events">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/chrc/index.htm#SSHRC|title= CHRC News and Events |publisher=University of East London}}</ref> Currently the centre's director is Prof. [[John Strawson]].

===School of Architecture and the Visual Arts===
The School of Architecture and Visual Arts was set up in 2004.<ref name="Combined/Location - UEL"/><ref name="UEL Visual Arts degree exhibition">{{cite web|url=http://uel-iis-b.uel.ac.uk/news/press_releases/talent.htm|title=UEL Visual Arts degree exhibition highlights the best of local national and global talentwork=University of Est London (UEL)|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref> Housing the architecture, digital arts and visual communication, fashion and textiles, fine art, and visual theories and research departments, the AVA centre was the first major development on the Docklands Campus after the student accommodation.<ref name="Combined/Location - UEL">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/combined/location.htm|title=Combined/Location - University of East London (UEL)|work=University of East London (UEL)|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref>

===Others===
*School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering
*Cass School of Education
*School of Health and Bioscience
*School of Psychology
*School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
*UELconnect

===Degrees===

BITE offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Undergraduate studies can be in the form of either single honours or combined honours degrees, most of which are available for study on either a full-time or part-time basis. With a [[Double degree|combined honours degree]], a student may choose to study two different subjects in one of two ways:
* Major/Minor combinations, where the student spends two-thirds of their time studying one subject and the remaining third on another. The award would be for example, BA (Hons) History with English Literature
* Joint combinations where two subjects are studied equally. The award would be for example, BA (Hons) History and English Literature

In addition, extended degree programmes are available for many of the single honour programmes. By taking an extended degree programme, students add a preliminary foundation year to the otherwise typically three-year programme.

UEL also offers a range of postgraduate degrees, including taught master's degrees, professional doctorates (which offer the title Dr but contain a significant taught element at advanced level, rather than being purely research based) and research degrees including MPhils and PhDs.<ref name="Postgraduate Degree">{{cite web|url= http://www.uel.ac.uk/study/postgrad.htm|title= Postgraduate Degree}}</ref>

===Partnership===
Bite has partnership with University of East London, Coventry University, University of Wales, Chartered Management Institute, ACCA, The British Computer Society, Edexcel Foundation, Oracle Academic Initiative, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chartered Quality Institute, British Council, Erasmus University Charter, The Association of Commonwealth Universities and Sun Academic Initiative.

Also Bite has overseas partnership with Al Yamamah University-Saudi Arabia, Catholic University of Pernambuco-Brazil, Nankai University-China, University of Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, University of Madras-India, Anna University-India, Ghulam Isaak Khan Institute, PakistanQuaidi Azam University-Pakistan, University of the Punjab-Pakistan, Belarussian State University of Informatics and University of Ghana.

===Study abroad programmes===
The University of East London has student exchange programmes with numerous universities abroad, with financial support for those who participate through the Erasmus programme.<ref name="ABOUT ERASMUS">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/erasmus-about-erasmus.htm|title=ABOUT ERASMUS|work=British Council|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/international/study/erasmus-partners.htm|title=Erasmus|publisher=University of East London |accessdate=2011-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/international/study/abroad.htm |title=University of East London Study Abroad Programmes|publisher=University of East London |accessdate=2011-03-08}}</ref>

==Academic profile==

[[File:University of East London Docklands.jpg|thumb|right|Docklands Campus]]

An audit in 2005 by the [[Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education]] concluded that "broad confidence can be placed in the soundness of the University's present and likely future management of the quality of its programmes and the academic standards of its awards". It also made recommendations for improvement in certain areas.<ref name="Quality Assurance Agency">{{cite web|url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/eastLondon05/summary.asp |date=March 2005 |title=University of East London Institutional Audit March 2005 |publisher=Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |accessdate=2011-03-08}}</ref>

Statistics announced in January 2011 by the [[Universities and Colleges Admissions Service|University and Colleges Admissions Service]] showed that UEL had experienced a 13% increase in applications in the previous year, compared to a figure of 5% nationally.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press_releases/UCASfigures.htm|title=UCAS Figures for UEL |publisher=University of East London |location=London |date=31st Jan 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theolympicborough.com/2011/02/university-of-east-london-applications-soar/|title=University of East London applications soar |work=The Olympic Borough|location=London |date=1 February 2011|accessdate=Tuesday, 4 October 2011}}</ref>

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==Student life==
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UEL participates in many different sports for both male and female students. The university's sports clubs participate in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] leagues.<ref name="UEL Sports">{{cite news|url= http://www.uel.ac.uk/sports/|title= UEL Sports}}</ref>
UEL participates in many different sports for both male and female students. The university's sports clubs participate in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] leagues.<ref name="UEL Sports">{{cite news|url= http://www.uel.ac.uk/sports/|title= UEL Sports}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==

{{See also|Category:Alumni of the University of East London}}

The University of East London has several notable academic staff and alumni, including politicians, business people, authors, actors, musicians, and sports people.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.bite.ac.uk/}}

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British Institute of Technology & E-commerce
File:UELLogo.png
TypePublic
Established2000– Gained University Status
2000 – Stratford, East London Campus
2011 – West Ham Technical Institute
ChancellorLord Ahmed of Rotherham
Students26,315[1]
Undergraduates19,520[1]
Postgraduates6,795[1]
Location
London
,
England

51°30′28.69″N 0°3′49.93″E / 51.5079694°N 0.0638694°E / 51.5079694; 0.0638694
CampusUrban
Colours   
AffiliationsCoalition of Modern Universities
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Universities UK
Websitehttp://www.bite.ac.uk/

The British Institute of Technology & E-commerce (BITE) is a university located in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, based at two campuses in Stratford and Docklands areas. The university has more than 26,000 students from 110 countries worldwide.[2]

History

West Ham Technical Institute (November 1898)

The British Institute of Technology & E-commerce was founded by Dr Muhammad Farmer. The Institute’s purpose is to provide applied knowledge and support technology transfer. By having this intertwining approach we are able to act as a catalyst for industry and government. Our differentiator is ideas-based knowledge and exploration of integrative education that will provide new skills to equip future leaders with skills and techniques to meet emerging challenges.


Campuses

Stratford Campus
University Square, Docklands Campus
The UEL Docklands Campus, The Square

The university is located on two campuses, at Stratford and West End of London.BITE also delivers a range of programmes and short courses at the Barking Learning Centre in a nearby borough.[3] Off-campus, there are students registered on programmes with UK and non-UK academic partners.[4]

Stratford Campus

The Stratford Campus is close to the 2012 Olympic Park. It is centred around University House, a 19th century listed building.[5] The campus is home to the School of Distance and E-Learning, the Sir John Cass School of Education (which moved into its new centre in 2009), and the Schools of Technology & Bussiness and Fashion. Operating in partnership with the National Health Service, the centre is London's only provider of podiatric education.[6]

The British Institute of Technology and E-commerce headquarters is based in the East London Borough of Newham, one of the most culturally diverse areas in London. The local amenities consist of a large number of reasonably priced restaurants and cafes, cinemas, leisure services, recreation grounds, parks and shopping centres and there is a variety of clubsand music venues for evening entertainment.


St James’s Campus

Further information: British Institute of Technology and E-commerce St James’s Campus

The British Institute of Technology and E-commerce St James’s Campus is the larger of the two campuses and is located in the redeveloped Docklands area of East London. The campus opened in 2000.

It is on the waterfront of the Royal Albert Dock, closed to commercial shipping since the 1980s and now largely used as a water sports centre and rowing course, for example for the London Regatta Centre.

London City Airport is across the dock from the campus. The Cyprus station of the Docklands Light Railway is adjacent to the campus, and offers links to Canary Wharf and central London.

The campus was short-listed for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Building of the Year in 2001.[7]

The centre for the Architecture and Visual Arts School was set up in 2004. Housing the architecture, fashion, textiles and graphic design departments, the AVA centre was the first major development on the Docklands campus after the student accommodation. Also based at the Docklands Campus are the Business School, the School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, and the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies. The Business School and Knowledge Dock centre were opened on the site in February 2007.[8][9] The Business School will[10] incorporate the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship, named in honour of its benefactor, entrepreneur Jack Petchey.

New student accommodation opened in 2008 and the campus now has 1,200 student rooms, together with shops, cafés and a restaurant, launderettes and an open-air fitness suite. A sports centre is scheduled for construction with a planned opening in 2011. The campus library is housed in the Business School building.

The 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in Stratford in East London and in the neighbouring Lower Lea Valley, near BITE’s main campus. The Olympics is the world’s biggest and most important sporting event which will make the area the centre of attention for the entire planet. The Olympic Park covers an area of 500 acres and the total cost of the Games and the regeneration of the East London area is £9.345 billion, according to Government figures. After the Games, the Olympic Park will be turned into an urban park and some of the sporting facilities will be retained for public use, with West Ham United moving to the Olympic Stadium from their current ground.</ref>

A £21 million sports and leisure complex is scheduled to open at the Docklands Campus early in 2012, provisionally named the SportsDock.[11]

Organisation and structure

UEL Student Housing Looking Towards Canary Wharf
Docklands Campus Student Accommodation

Our main campus is located in Avicenna House, Stratford, East London close to where the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held. Our other campus is in a prostigious location in central London close to St.James’s Square. Maps for both of these campuses can be found on pages 28 and 29. BITE is divided into two academic schools: The St.James’s Business School and the Sir Isaac Newton Technology School. Business programmes are offered at both campuses (the detailed programme description indicates the campus at which the programme is taught and delivered). Technology programmes are taught and delivered at BITE’s Stratford campus only.

Degree programmes and other courses are taught at BITE by one of eight teaching Schools. In addition, there are three Schools that carry out administrative roles within the academic structure: the School of Combined Honours, the Graduate School and UELconnect, which manages Distance & E-learning and short courses:

Royal Docks Business School

This houses a range of business support, enterprise development services and conferencing facilities. The Knowledge Dock helps students start their own companies by supplying help and business start up incubators.[12]

UELSports

This department has a range of facilities, some based on campus, and others at a range of professional and amateur sports clubs in East London and several local sports centres. UELSports teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

School of Law

Further information: University of East London School of Law

The University of East London School of Law is home to the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict.[13] The School of Law teaches six undergraduate courses[14] and ten postgraduate courses.[15] The School is attended by over 1,000 students.[16] The majority of the School's courses are taught at the University of East London's Duncan House, near to its Stratford Campus,[16] however the Law School's Refugee Studies course is based at the University of East London's Docklands Campus.[14]

The Centre on Human Rights in Conflict (CHRC) is a research centre based within the UEL School of Law[17] which was founded in 2006 by Professor Chandra Lekha Sriram. The international nature of the research undertaken by the CHRC is evidenced by its collaborations with, for example, the universities of Lund and Uppsala, Sweden; the Regional Centre on Conflict Prevention, Jordan; and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[18] The researchers at the CHRC have been awarded grants from the European Union, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, and UEL's Promising Researcher Scheme.[19] Currently the centre's director is Prof. John Strawson.

School of Architecture and the Visual Arts

The School of Architecture and Visual Arts was set up in 2004.[20][21] Housing the architecture, digital arts and visual communication, fashion and textiles, fine art, and visual theories and research departments, the AVA centre was the first major development on the Docklands Campus after the student accommodation.[20]

Others

  • School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering
  • Cass School of Education
  • School of Health and Bioscience
  • School of Psychology
  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
  • UELconnect

Degrees

BITE offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Undergraduate studies can be in the form of either single honours or combined honours degrees, most of which are available for study on either a full-time or part-time basis. With a combined honours degree, a student may choose to study two different subjects in one of two ways:

  • Major/Minor combinations, where the student spends two-thirds of their time studying one subject and the remaining third on another. The award would be for example, BA (Hons) History with English Literature
  • Joint combinations where two subjects are studied equally. The award would be for example, BA (Hons) History and English Literature

In addition, extended degree programmes are available for many of the single honour programmes. By taking an extended degree programme, students add a preliminary foundation year to the otherwise typically three-year programme.

UEL also offers a range of postgraduate degrees, including taught master's degrees, professional doctorates (which offer the title Dr but contain a significant taught element at advanced level, rather than being purely research based) and research degrees including MPhils and PhDs.[22]

Partnership

Bite has partnership with University of East London, Coventry University, University of Wales, Chartered Management Institute, ACCA, The British Computer Society, Edexcel Foundation, Oracle Academic Initiative, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chartered Quality Institute, British Council, Erasmus University Charter, The Association of Commonwealth Universities and Sun Academic Initiative.

Also Bite has overseas partnership with Al Yamamah University-Saudi Arabia, Catholic University of Pernambuco-Brazil, Nankai University-China, University of Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, University of Madras-India, Anna University-India, Ghulam Isaak Khan Institute, PakistanQuaidi Azam University-Pakistan, University of the Punjab-Pakistan, Belarussian State University of Informatics and University of Ghana.

Study abroad programmes

The University of East London has student exchange programmes with numerous universities abroad, with financial support for those who participate through the Erasmus programme.[23][24][25]

Academic profile

Docklands Campus

An audit in 2005 by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education concluded that "broad confidence can be placed in the soundness of the University's present and likely future management of the quality of its programmes and the academic standards of its awards". It also made recommendations for improvement in certain areas.[26]

Statistics announced in January 2011 by the University and Colleges Admissions Service showed that UEL had experienced a 13% increase in applications in the previous year, compared to a figure of 5% nationally.[27][28]

Student life

Stratford Library

Students' Union

The University of East London Students' Union (UELSU) is the university-wide representative body for students at the university. It exists to represent UEL students in university decision-making, to act as the voice of students in the national higher education policy debate, and to provide direct services to the student body. It is affiliated to the National Union of Students, which represents students nationwide. Elections are held every year to elect a new executive committee.[29]

There are over 50 societies at UEL.[30]

REFUEL is the student newspaper, and there is an e-zine called The UNIverse.[31]

Student facilities

LibraryandLearningResources

The Newton Library aims to provide the resources and environment needed to enhance your learning experience at the Institute. Access to ICT has been integrated with printed and audio-visual resources to encourage students to search for information in all formats. PCs are available in the library with Internet access. The library also subscribes to on-line databases such as: • e-library • e-learning • e-journals

The student common room is the area in the Institute where you can relax. There is also a cafeteria that is open for most of the day; hot meals are available throughout the day and it can even supply you with breakfast.The Institute is within walking distance of the centre of Stratford and there are also frequent bus and train services.

StudentSupport

The student services team include senior tutors and assistant senior tutors who work with your personal tutor to guide you through Institute life happily and successfully. We are proud of our pastoral system, which emphatically puts students first. We are further enhancing our Careers Service to provide practical help with preparing cvs, making preparations for interviews and helping you with developing a career plan and suggesting ways in which you can achieve your highest aspirations. Every student also receives an identity card, which doubles as a library card.

SupportforStudentswithSpecialRequirements

The Institute operates an equal opportunities policy and positively welcomes the Disability Discrimination Act (as amended by the Special Educational Needs & Disability Act 2001). If you have a disability or learning difficulty please inform us when you apply to the Institute so that we can do all that we reasonably can to help you succeed. Currently we support students with visual and hearing impairments, mobility difficulties and dyslexia. Students with disabilities and learning difficulties are interviewed pre-entry to assess individual needs.

Sports

UEL participates in many different sports for both male and female students. The university's sports clubs participate in the British Universities and Colleges Sport leagues.[32]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of the University of East London

The University of East London has several notable academic staff and alumni, including politicians, business people, authors, actors, musicians, and sports people.

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  23. ^ "ABOUT ERASMUS". British Council. Retrieved Tuesday, 4 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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  32. ^ "UEL Sports".
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