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Bath Spa University

Established: 1975
Type: Public
Vice-Chancellor: Prof. Frank Morgan
Students: 6,595 [1]
Undergraduates: 4,295 [1]
Postgraduates: 2,300 [1]
Location: Bath, BANES, England
Campus: Rural
Website: www.bathspa.ac.uk

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History

The institution can trace its roots back to the formation of the Bath Academy of Art in 1898. In 1947 Bath Teacher Training College leased the Newton Park campus. The present institution was formed in 1975 as Bath College of Higher Education by the merger of the Bath College of Education and Newton Park College of Education. In 1992, the college was granted its own degree-awarding powers and in 1999 adopted the name Bath Spa University College. In March 2005, the institution won university status, and became Bath Spa University in August 2005. Bath Spa is one of the UK's first "teaching led" universities, meaning that it aims to provide courses of the highest quality, informed by scholarship and teaching excellence.


Schools of Study

Bath School of Art and Design Bath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath, England. ...

  • The Bath School of Art and Design is based at the Sion Hill campus and teaches art, fine art, ceramics, graphic communication, interactive multimedia, media communication, textile design studies and visual culture.

School for Development and Participation

  • The school has responsibility for a range of activities which pertain to the university's relationships with the wider community, such as links with further education colleges, with business and with the community.

School of Education

  • The School of Education teaches Education Studies as an academic subject, and also has responsibility for PGCE provision and for post graduate studies in education.

School of English and Creative Studies

  • The school has responsibility for undergraduate courses in English Literature and in Creative Writing (including Writing for Young People), and for the MRes (Master of Research) in English Literature and the MA in Creative Writing (MACW).

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School of Historical and Cultural Studies UWE redirects here. ...

  • The school teaches a range of subjects such as history, cultural studies, the study of religions, media communications, and film studies.

School of Music and the Performing Arts

  • This school is responsible for courses in music, dance, drama, and performing arts.

School of Science and the Environment

  • The school is responsible for the teaching of subjects such as biology, environmental science, food nutrition, geography, and tourism management

School of Social Sciences

  • This school teaches psychology, sociology, healthcare and business studies

Newton Park Campus

The Newton Park campus of Bath Spa University
The Newton Park campus of Bath Spa University

The Newton Park campus, located to the west of Bath near the village of Newton Saint Loe, is the largest of the university's three campuses. It is here that the majority of courses are taught, with the exception of Art and Design and some of the PGCE courses. The campus is based in Newton Park in grounds designed by Capability Brown and currently leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. Due to its rural setting the site boasts its own lake, nature reserve, woodland and farmland. Photograph of the Newton Park campus of Bath Spa University College. ... Photograph of the Newton Park campus of Bath Spa University College. ... Newton Saint Loe, is a small Somerset village located between Bath & Bristol in the South West of England. ... Capability Brown, by Nathaniel Dance, ca. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Reserve design be merged into this article or section. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Substantial building work has been undertaken in recent years in order to upgrade facilities. The campus now benefits from a new Students' Union building, which includes a large bar, a lounge, a shop and office space. The library building, which includes a book shop and stationary shop, has been updated and enlarged and includes new IT facilities. A new refectory, called @ Moreton has opened and includes a restaurant and separate coffee bar. A new University Theatre has recently opened in new buildings. A students union, student government, student leadership, student council, or students association is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ... Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, and services: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ...


This campus also houses the Michael Tippett Centre which is the only purpose built concert hall in Bath[2]. As well being used for teaching music, the centre is used for exhibitions, musical performances and plays. Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ...


Sion Hill and Somerset Place Campuses

The Sion Hill campus is based in the north of Bath, in the Lansdown district. This campus houses the Bath School of Art and Design and Art and Design courses are exclusively taught here. This campus is also located in landscaped grounds and gardens that originally belonged to a mansion house. The building is equipped with a number of studios and workshops. Lansdowne or Lansdown may refer to several places or things, including Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Lansdowne, Maryland Lansdowne House in London, or its Lansdowne Club Lansdown Crescent in Bath Lansdowne Road in Dublin Lansdowne (TTC) in Toronto Lansdowne Park in Ottawa Lansdowne Resort in Virginia East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania the Battle of Lansdowne... Bath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath, England. ...


Art and Design is also taught at the nearby Somerset Place, which is a listed Georgian crescent. Facilities at this campus include halls of residence, a library, a stationery and art materials shop, Students' Union offices, a bar and refectory. Somerset Place is a Georgian Grade I listed crescent in Bath, England. ... Halls of residence in British English (commonly referred to as halls, and to a lesser extent hall) are a type of residential accommodation for large numbers of students, similar to dormitories in the United States. ...


The University has recently announced the sale of Somerset Place (with 2009 the target date for vacation), and is planning to use the funds generated from the sale to create a new campus in the city centre.


Culverhay Campus

The third, and smallest, site is based in the Southdown area of Bath. It is situated next to Culverhay School and was formerly the school's Humanities block. The campus is the home to most of the University's PGCE Secondary and Middle Years Education courses, including History, Music, English, Geography, Mathematics and Religious Education. Facilities at the campus are not as extensive as those found in Newton Park but there are IT facilities and a common room. Culverhay School is a boys secondary school situated at Rush Hill, Odd Down in Bath. ... For other uses, see Humanities (disambiguation). ... The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is a one-year course in the UK for existing bachelors degree holders leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), which is needed to become a teacher in maintained (state or local authority) schools. ... This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... This article is about the teaching of religion. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... A common room is a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at (for example) universities, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. ...


The Wessex Partnership

The University has formed partnerships with a number of regional Further Education Colleges, known as the Wessex Partnership. Under the Partnership, students take the first year of their Higher Education course in their local college and, if successful, students take the rest of their course at Bath Spa University.


The current partner Colleges are;

Cirencester College is a Sixth form college in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. ... // The college opened in 1892 under the name of Bath City Science, Art and Technical Schools. ... Overview City of Bristol College is a large general further education college based in the English city of Bristol. ... Weston College is a British higher education college situated in Weston-super-Mare, England. ... Weymouth College is a Further Education college located in Weymouth, England. ...

Transport

There are regular trains to Bath Spa Station which is on the main line served by, amongst others, London, Reading, Swindon, Chippenham and Bristol. From the station buses run to each of the campuses on a regular basis. Bath Spa railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Bath, Somerset. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the learning activity. ... , For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Chippenham (disambiguation). ... This article is about the English city. ... This article is about the form of transport. ...

  • The Newton Park campus is served by the 418 service (advertised as "The Bright Orange Bus" or affectionately called Bob by the students) which runs from the University to the University of Bath via the bus station 'around every twenty minutes during term time' (if you're lucky).
  • The Sion Hill campus is served by the 700 service which runs from the bus station.
  • For the Culverhay campus the 20a service runs from the bus station once an hour and the 10 service runs every 10-20 minutes, again from the bus station. There is also service 42 which runs from the nearby Park and Ride at Odd Down every 12-15 minutes.

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Notable alumni

Dame Anita Lucia Roddick, DBE (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was the founder of The Body Shop, a British cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. ... The Body Shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. ... Peter Flannery (born October 12, 1951 in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom) is a British playwright and scriptwriter. ... The opening titles sequence of Our Friends in the North. ... Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin (born August 6, 1932) is a British painter and printmaker. ... Tate Britain: the venue for the Turner Prize. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England) has established himself as a successful cinematographer in America and Britain. ... Gordon Moakes (born 22 June 1976), educated at Ousedale School, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, and formerly of Tilehurst, Reading, is the bassist and backing singer for English art rock band Bloc Party. ...

References

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  2. ^ Newton Park (HTML). Bath Spa University website. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
  3. ^ a b c d Bath Spa University — Independent Online A-Z of Unis and Colleges (retrieved 03 Jan 2006)

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Bath Spa University is a university near Bath, England.
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In March 2005, the institution won university status, and became Bath Spa University in August 2005.
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