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Encyclopedia > Kingston University

Kingston University

Established 1992
Type Public
Chancellor Sir Peter Hall
Students 22,250 [1]
Undergraduates 17,460 [1]
Postgraduates 4,670 [1]
Location Kingston upon Thames, UK
Website http://www.kingston.ac.uk/

Kingston University is a university in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west London. Image File history File linksMetadata Kingstonunilogo. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (born 22 November 1930) is a British theatre and film director. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a London borough in south-west London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


Formerly a polytechnic, it was granted university status in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Further and Higher Education Acts 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within the United Kingdom. ...

Contents

History

The Kingston Technical Institute opened in 1899[1].


Campuses

Penrhyn Road

Main building, Penrhyn Road campus

This is the main university campus located close to Kingston town centre. In addition to teaching facilities, it features a library, health centre and canteen. Students based here study; Arts and Social Sciences, Civil Engineering, Computing and Information Systems and Mathematics, Statistics, Science, and Radiography. Across the road is the Reg Bailey Theatre which houses a stage area used by drama and dance students. Further developments on this site of the 'Quadrangle Building' will soon see the addition of considerable teaching and office space as part of the University's NUP [2] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...


The site also features a Student Union Bar and recently refurbished gym.


A short walk from the campus is Cooper House, which houses Student Services and Admissions.


Kingston Hill

Kingston Hill campus, Kingston University

This campus has a much more modern look and feel to it, after undergoing a multi-million pound development in 1997. With its own halls and numerous car parks (including the main seven storey car park) Kingston Hill mainly caters to the Law, Education, Business, Music, Health and Social Sciences. Located near the top of Kingston Hill, it connects to the other campus sites by use of a free University Bus service. Further development at this site will soon see an extension to the current Learning Resources Centre as a part of the University's NUP [3] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Knights Park

Knights Park campus

This campus, located on Grange Road, close to Penrhyn Road, is a heavily arts-based campus accommodating, among others, the History of Art and Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Photography, Animation, and Fashion departments. The facility also features a bar, café and arts-orientated library. The building is on the banks of the River Hogsmill. The 'Middle Mill' hall of residence is situated across from the campus, close to the Stanley Picker University art gallery. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


Roehampton Vale

Roehampton Vale campus

The Roehampton Vale campus is based on Friars Avenue, on the outskirts of Kingston. Students studying all Engineering courses (except for Civil Engineering) are based here. Extensive facilities on site such as a wind tunnel, engineering workshops, flight simulator plus automotive and aeronautical learning resources. Further development at this site will soon provide further teaching space as a part of the University's NUP [4]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


Other Locations

In addition to the four main campuses are three administration buildings: Cooper House near the Penrhyn Road Campus, Millennium House and River House in Kingston town centre - the latter is so named as it is overlooks the River Thames. The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England, and one of the major waterways in England. ...


Halls of residence

The University has 7 halls of residence. Chancellor's, Walkden and Rennie are all based at the Kingston Hill campus. Middle Mill is adjacent to Knights Park campus, while Clayhill and Seething Wells are on opposite sides of Surbiton. Finally, there is Kingston Bridge House which is situated on the edge of Bushey Park at the Hampton Wick end of Kingston Bridge, London. Surbiton is a suburban area of London situated in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. ... Hampton Wick is a Thames-side area, formerly a village, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England. ... A view of Kingston Bridge published in 1831. ...


Faculties

Art, Design and Architecture

Based at the Knights Park campus. The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture can be traced back to the original School of Art in Kingston which was founded in the 1890s. The Dean of Faculty is Dr Simon Ofield.


Teaching

The faculty delivers both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes of study across the following schools - Architecture & Landscape, Art & Design History, Fine Art, Surveying and Design. The Faculty also has a school of Foundation Studies which delivers the BTEC Foundation in Art and Design which prepares undergraduate students for entry into honours degree Art and Design programmes.


Research

Research in the faculty is broadly based around Art, Design and Architectural themes from colour in design through to real estate. Research Centres and Groups in the faculty include

  • Colour Design Research Centre
  • Screen Design Research Centre
  • Modern Interiors Research Design [5]
  • Sustainable Design Research Centre [6]
  • Centre for the Contemporary Visual & Material Culture
  • Curating Contemporary Design Research Group
  • Real Estate Research Group
  • Fashion Industry Research Centre
  • Drawing Research Group [7]

Galleries

The Stanley Picker Gallery [8]is the faculty's exhibition space which is used to present a variety of lectures and exhibitions. In 2003, the Stanley Picker gallery gave birth to transitstation [9], which was created/curated by Stanley Picker Fellow Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith and the then gallery curator Charles Ryder [10].


In 2003, The Director of Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Paul Stafford, converted a run-down public convenience in Kingston town centre into The Toilet Gallery [11].


Kingston University also runs Dorich House [12] which houses a huge collection of sculptor Dora Gordine's work, plus fine examples of Russian Imperial art and furniture. Dorich House is also used as meeting and conference venue.


Arts & Social Sciences

Primarily based at the Penrhyn Road campus, although as of a restructure in 2005, the faculty also incorporates the School of Music and the School of Education which are both based at the Kingston Hill Campus.


Business & Law

Based at the Kingston Hill campus and incorporating the Kingston Business School and Kingston Law School . Kingston Business School is part of Kingston University and is located on Kingston Hill Kingston upon Thames, close to Richmond Park, with easy access to central London. ...


Computer Information Systems & Mathematics

Formerly part of the Faculty of Technology, a university restructure in 2005 lead to this new faculty being created[13]. It is based at the Penrhyn Road campus.


Teaching

The Faculty's teaching is split between undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Undergraduate teaching centres on computer science, software engineering, information systems and mathematics. Postgraduate teaching at a master’s level relates to networking, software engineering and information technology.


Research

The Faculty's research interests are spread across a range of topics, from computationally-intensive computer vision to computer based learning technologies, networking and mathematics. Research activities are organised into smaller research groups and larger research centers. The three current research centers are:

  • Centre for Applied Research in Information Systems (CARIS)[14]
  • Digital Imaging Research Centre (DIRC) [15]
  • Mobile Information Networking Technologies (MINT)[16]
The Mobile Information Engineering and E-Med Systems group [17], which is part of the MINT Research centre, conducts leading research in the areas of Bio-information systems and the application of emerging mobile and network technologies for health care systems. The group is one the leading research groups both nationally and internationally, working in this innovative engineering environment and applied cognate research areas. The group aims to bring together Clinicians, Engineers, and Scientists at the forefront of information and communication technologies for medicine and solutions to perplexing health care problems.

Engineering

Also formerly part of the Faculty of Technology, this new faculty is based at the Roehampton Vale campus, although civil engineering is taught at Penrhyn Road.


Health & Social Care Sciences

A collaboration with St George's, University of London (SGUL), the faculty is based at St. George's Hospital in Tooting, and Kingston Hill (KH) and Penrhyn Road (PR) at Kingston University. Subjects offered include all branches of Nursing (KH), Midwifery (KH), Paramedic Sciences (SGUL), Physiotherapy (SGUL), Diagnostic Radiography (PR), Therapeutic Radiography (PR) and Social Work (KH), along with postgraduate and Continuing Professional Development courses for those already employed in the healthcare profession. St Georges, University of London (SGUL) is a specialist medical college of the University of London. ... St Georges Hospital, founded in 1733, is a teaching hospital in London. ... Tooting is a suburb in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... // Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting a woman through childbirth. ... A Paramedic is a specialized health care professional who responds to medical and trauma emergencies in the pre-hospital (out-of-hospital) environment for the purpose of stabilizing and transporting the patient to an appropriate medical facility, usually by ambulance. ... Physical therapy can help restore lost functionality in many people. ... A radiograph of a right elbow-joint Radiography is the use of certain types of electromagnetic radiation—usually ionizing—to view objects. ... A radiograph of a right elbow-joint Radiography is the use of certain types of electromagnetic radiation—usually ionizing—to view objects. ... Professional social workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ... CPD is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives. ...


All degrees within the Faculty of Health and Social Care are awarded by the University of London The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ...


More details of the faculty can be found at the website: Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences


Science

Based at the Penrhyn Road Campus, fields offered at undergraduate level include Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Forensic Science, Geography, Nutrition, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Sports Science. In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes and transformations in living organisms. ... Chemistry - the study of atoms, made of nuclei (conglomeration of center particles) and electrons (outer particles), and the structures they form. ... Earth science (also known as geoscience or the geosciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. ... Crime Scene, done by the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. ... The updated USDA food pyramid, published in 2005, is a general nutrition guide for recommended food consumption. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmakos (φάρμακον) meaning drug, and logos (λόγος) meaning science) is the study of how substances interact with living organisms to produce a change in function. ... For other uses, see Pharmacy (disambiguation). ...


The School of Earth Sciences and Geography at Kingston University has a proud tradition of high-quality teaching and research extending over more than 50 years. Its geosciences courses were among the first to be accredited by the Geological Society as providing suitable training for the geoscience industries. The BSc Geographical Information System (GIS) course was the first of its type in the UK and established Kingston's pre-eminence in this subject.


Other courses provided by the School of Earth Sciences and Geography include BSc(Hons) Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management; BSc(Hons) Environmental Sciences; BA/BSc(Hons) Geography; BSc(Hons) Geology.


Facilities

Printing

The main campuses have both black and white and colour printing, as well as copying machines and binding machines. Costs of printing and copying are a standard 5p a sheet for A4 and 10p a sheet for A3. Colour printing is 65p (sixty five pence) a sheet for A4 and £1 for A3.


Health and Fitness

The Penrhyn Road campus has a small gym, located at the rear near Fassett's Road. The gym has two floors, the ground floor is for weights, aerobic hall and treatment rooms; while the first floor has many cardio machines as well as some machine weights. The gym was refurbished in the summer 2006.

There are two main membership levels, Gold and Silver. Silver allows entry only before 3pm. Aerobics classes are free to members. Annual memberhsip for Kingston students is £150 for Gold and £110 for Silver. The gym is open to everyone over 16, but has discount rates for the university students and staff.

Tolworth Court sports ground is the university's outdoor sports facility. It offers students grass pitches for cricket, football and rugby plus floodlit hardcourt pitches for tennis, netball and five-a-side football. Many other leisure and recreation activities are offered for students at local amenities through the Students Union.


Shops & cafes

There is a Subway located in the students union bar. Next door to the students union bar is a confectionery store selling basic stationery and snacks. Close by to Penryhn Road campus are many cafes and shops.


Ongoing projects

New University Project

Kingston University is currently investing in the New University Project (NUP) which it states is for "for the future benefit of both our students and staff, and also for the local community"[18]. Pivotal to this expansion and reallocation of space was the purchase of Surrey County Hall from Surrey County Council, however on the 10 April 2006, it was announced that the deal had collapsed[19]. The County Hall building is situated opposite the main Penrhyn Road campus, and plans included the closure of the Knights Park campus with the Faculty of Art & Design moving into the new building from 2010. Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...


The NUP is still ongoing and other developments include an extension to the Library at Kingston Hill, an extension to the Roehampton Vale building, and a new teaching block at Penrhyn Road.


Rose of Kingston

In 1998, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames agreed to start work on a new theatre for Kingston. Working with Kingson University, they set up a trust to raise funds and the outer building structure was completed in March 2003 with its first season being a performance of Don Juan. Don Juan with his sword in Don Giovanni, by Chopin Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. ...


Controversy surrounds the project which has been hugely delayed and gone overbudget.


Notable Alumni

Tan Sri Francis Yeoh Sock Ping (Chinese : 楊肅斌; pinyin: Yáng SùbÄ«n) was born on 23rd August 1954. ... Gail Elizabeth Emms (born July 23, 1977 in Bedford) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. ... Hard-Fi are a band from Staines, England. ... Lavinia Greenlaw is a poet, author, lecturer and critic. ... Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English novelist and essayist who lives in Highbury, Islington in London. ... Jim Holdaway (1927 - 1970) was a British illustrator, who was famous for his illustrations of numerous comic strips. ... Cover of the first Modesty Blaise novel. ... John Bratby (1928 - 1992) was a British painter who founded the kitchen sink style of art that was influential in the late 1950s. ... Fiona Banner (born 1966) is an English artist, who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2002, and is seen as one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). ... The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... Jasper Morrison (born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Harpers & Queen. ... Eric Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Lorenzo Lawrence 110% Bruno Nero Dallaglio (born on August 10, 1972 in London) is the former captain of the English national rugby union team. ... Trevor Eve (b. ... Graeme Pierre Le Saux (born October 17, 1968 in Jersey) is a retired English footballer who played as a left back, though he was also skillful and pacy enough to move into midfield or even the left wing. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners), founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at Stamford Bridge football ground in South west London. ... Blackburn Rovers is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ...

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.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) was set up in 1993 by the UK government as the central source for the collection and publication of higher education statistics in Britain. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...

External links

  • Official Website www.kingston.ac.uk

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Kingston University is currently investing in the New University Project (NUP) which it states is for "for the future benefit of both our students and staff, and also for the local community"[7].
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