Writtle College
| Motto | Time Tries the Truth In Everything |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1893 |
| Principal | Doctor Stephen Waite |
| Chancellor | Anne Jenkin, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington |
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Administrative staff
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100+ academic/teaching 15 Research 50+ other academic 80+ other |
| Students | 805 HE (2015/16) |
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Other students
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7,645 FE |
| Address |
Lordship Road, Writtle, Essex, CM1 3RR, Chelmsford, Essex, UK |
| Colours | Scarlet and Bronze Yellow |
| Website | http://www.writtle.ac.uk/ |
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Writtle University College (near Chelmsford, Essex) is one of the largest land-based university colleges in the UK; it is also one of the oldest. Set in the Essex countryside on a 220 hectare estate, Writtle, previously known as Writtle College provides FE and HE programmes. It also offers apprenticeships and short courses. Writtle was awarded University College status in May 2016.
The University College is very specialist and offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as high quality research for a number of subject areas. Writtle was granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers in March 2015 and will offer its own degrees, instead of University of Essex, from September 2017.
The University College has diversified to meet the changing demands of new students. There has been major investment in IT and science facilities, with free university college network access for every student resident on campus. The University College has a Lecture Theatre complex, numerous halls of residence and newly refurbished its Recreation Centre, including its student venue, The Baa and Chef.
Doctor Stephen Waite was appointed as the new Principal in Spring 2013 and has since changed his job title to Vice-Chancellor.
The University College has a focus on quality and continues to increase in UCAS tariff points required for entry. It is popular with the local population, staging community events such as NGS Charity garden open days and offering taster days to schools and colleges.
Writtle has undergone significant growth in its research areas, such as the Postharvest Technology unit which carries out trails on fruit and vegetables for major supermarkets.
One of the University College research staff, Dr Jon Amory, recently won funding from the BBSRC for the "Assessment of Dairy Cow Welfare through Predictive Modelling of Individual and Social Behaviour."
In 2011, QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) identified the University College's overarching commitment to student support as a notable feature of best practice, commending its "comprehensive student support system and the demonstrable commitment of staff to the support and enhancement of student learning." Enhancement was also separately commended as a feature of best practice in its own right, the review observing that: "The University College's approach to quality enhancement is characterised by a strategic commitment to improve the quality of students' learning opportunities linked to the University College's own values and vision."
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