Bath Spa University College
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2005 - Bath Spa University (gained university status) 1997 - Bath Spa University College 1975 - Bath College of Higher Education 1852 - Bath School of Art |
| Endowment | £581,000 |
| Chancellor | Jeremy Irons |
| Vice-Chancellor | Nick Foskett |
| Students | 7,630 (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 5,785 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 1,845 (2015/16) |
| Location |
Bath, Somerset, England 51°22′32″N 2°26′18″W / 51.37556°N 2.43833°WCoordinates: 51°22′32″N 2°26′18″W / 51.37556°N 2.43833°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations |
Universities UK Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| Website | www.bathspa.ac.uk |
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Complete (2018, national) |
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The Guardian (2018, national) |
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Times/Sunday Times (2018, national) |
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| Teaching Excellence Framework | Silver | |
Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus based at Newton Park on Duchy of Cornwall land. The University has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire.
The institution gained full university status in August 2005, and was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College. It is the UK's sixth biggest provider of Teacher Education.
The University has been consistently ranked as one of the best creative universities in the UK by Which? every year since 2012.
The institution can trace its roots back to the foundation of the Bath School of Art in 1852, following the impact of The Great Exhibition of 1851.
In 1946 Bath Teacher Training College was opened on the Newton Park campus, as part of the post-war initiatives to fill wartime teaching shortages. It was a women's college offering two year courses, under the Principal Mary Dawson. The present institution was formed in 1975 as Bath College of Higher Education by the merger of Bath Teacher Training College and Bath College of Domestic Science. In 1983 Bath Academy of Art also merged into the college.
In 1992, the college was granted degree-awarding powers and in 1997 adopted the name Bath Spa University College. In March 2005 the institution was granted university status, becoming Bath Spa University in August 2005.
The Newton Park campus, located to the west of Bath near the village of Newton St Loe, is the largest of the university's three main campuses. It is here that courses from all schools are taught, with the exception of Art and Design and most post-graduate courses. The campus is based in Newton Park in grounds designed by English landscape architect Lancelot "Capability" Brown and leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. The campus features buildings from a mixture of ages including many listed buildings, all still used as teaching or administration spaces, such as the Grade I Listed Main House building built between 1762 and 1765 by Stiff Leadbetter for Joseph Langton, the remnants of the 14th century Newton St Loe Castle, a scheduled monument holding a Grade 1 listed building status and several other grade 2 and 2* listed stable buildings, gardens and walled gardens. It is the only campus to house student accommodation on its premises. The campus is home to the Students Union, which operates out of the union building at the top of the campus. The site has a lake, nature reserve, woodlands and arable farmlands. The campus is currently undergoing an enormous development program (see Plans) that will transform the campus in phases over the coming years.
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