Liverpool Hope University
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Notre Dame College, S. Katharine's College, Christs' College, Liverpool Institute of Higher Education; Liverpool Hope University College |
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| Motto | In Faith, Hope and Love |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1844 - teacher training college 2005 - Gained full university status |
| Endowment | £0.11 m (2015) |
| Chancellor | Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank |
| Vice-Chancellor | Gerald J. Pillay |
| Students | 4,940 (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 3,935 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 1,005 (2015/16) |
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Other students
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20 FE |
| Location | Liverpool, England |
| Campus | Hope Park, Childwall & The Creative Campus, City Centre |
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| Website | www |
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Liverpool Hope University is a public university in Liverpool, England. As the only ecumenical university in Europe, its work has been shaped by Christian principles but embraces those of all faiths and none providng "Hope to all who need it" as the university motto. The university comprises three faculties – Arts and Humanities, Education, and Science – organised into 19 departments.
The university has two campuses – the main Hope Park Campus in the suburb of Childwall and the Creative Campus in Everton, close to the city centre.
Two of the university's founding colleges, S. Katharine's (1844) and Notre Dame (1856) were established in the 19th century. These colleges were in Warrington and Liverpool City Centre respectively. These were among the first to provide opportunities for higher education to women. They were supplemented on Merseyside when a second Catholic teacher education college, Christ's College, on a site adjacent to St. Katharine's, admitted its first students in 1964. (Christ's was the first Catholic co-educational teachers' training college in England.)
In 1980, these three colleges joined in an ecumenical federation under the holding title of Liverpool Institute of Higher Education (LIHE). Archbishop Derek Worlock and Bishop David Sheppard wrote of this as being "a sign of hope".
In 1995, a new Instrument and Articles of Government established a single, unified, ecumenical College, and a new name: Liverpool Hope. A company limited by guarantee and registered as a charity was formed.
Meanwhile, expansion followed in both the range of degrees and in student numbers. The status of a fully accredited institution of the University of Liverpool had been achieved in 1994. This gave full responsibility to the college for the quality and standards of its course provision and provided recognition of its academic standing.
In 1998, the Accreditation Agreement with the University of Liverpool was renewed for five years and extended to cover taught postgraduate awards. After extensive scrutiny by the Quality Assurance Agency in 2001 and 2002, Liverpool Hope gained taught degree awarding powers in August 2002.
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