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Kingston University
Established: 1992
Type: Public
Chancellor: Sir Peter Hall
Vice-Chancellor: Sir Peter Scott
Students: 23,135[1]
Undergraduates: 18,200[1]
Postgraduates: 4,805[1]
Other students: 130 FE[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. 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 A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Further education (often abbreviated "FE" is Post-secondary Education (in addition to that received at Secondary school) that is distinct from Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames ( is a borough in south-west London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Formerly a polytechnic, it was granted university status in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) 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
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. Recent developments on this site has seen the opening of the John Galsworthy Building, providing extra teaching and office space.

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
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. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar With its own halls and numerous car parks (including the main seven storey car park) Kingston Hill mainly caters to Nursing, 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. Recent development at this site has seen an extension to the current Learning Resources Centre.

Knights Park

Knights Park campus
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.

Roehampton Vale

Roehampton Vale campus
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. Recent development at this site has seen the opening of the Hawker Wingwill, providing further teaching space.

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 and includes the office of the Vice-Chancellor. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern 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. Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture Finally, there is Kingston Bridge House (KBH) which is situated on the edge of Bushy Park at the Hampton Wick end of Kingston Bridge, London. Bushy Park is the second largest of the Royal Parks of London. Hampton Wick is a Thames -side area formerly a Village, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England. Kingston Bridge is a road bridge at Kingston upon Thames in London, England carrying the A308 across the River Thames.

The university runs and operates a "headed tenancy" scheme in which the university sublets local properties to students from landlords.

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

Galleries

The Stanley Picker Gallery [4]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 [5], which was created/curated by Stanley Picker Fellow Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith [6], [7] and the then gallery curator Charles Ryder [8].

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 [9].

Kingston University also runs Dorich House [10] 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 part of a restructure in 2005, the faculty also incorporates the now former School of Music and the School of Education which are both based at the Kingston Hill Campus. The faculty offers a flexible modular degree system for undergraduate courses, and a range of taught and research postgraduate programmes of study. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Masters by Research (MA) degrees can be undertaken in any of the following areas - Economics, Education, English Literature, European Studies, Historical Studies, Linguistics and Language Studies, Music, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Media, Film & Drama.

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 The dean is French born, ex-Henley Business School Professor Jean-Noël Ezingeard. The Faculty is home to almost 5,000 students.

Teaching

The Faculty of Business and Law built a strong reputation offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as executive education in the 5 following groupings -

The faculty also offers PhD and DBA research degrees in addition to its renowned MBA programme. The Business School was the first in the world to receive AMBA accreditation for its MBA, DBA and Masters in Business Management. Other accreditations include the Law Society, the Bar Council, CIMA, CIPD.

Research

The faculty has a number of specialist research units which cover the principal business disciplines.

Computer Information Systems & Mathematics

Formerly part of the Faculty of Technology, a university restructure in 2005 lead to this new faculty being created[11]. 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 emerging wireless and network technologies for healthcare,computationally-intensive computer vision to computer based learning technologies, networking and mathematics. Computer vision is the science and technology of machines that see Research activities are organised into smaller research groups and larger research centers. The three current research centres are:

The Mobile Information Engineering and E-Med Systems group [15], is part of the MINT Research centre. It conducts research in the areas of Bio-information systems and the application of emerging mobile and network technologies for health care systems. The group is active both nationally and internationally. The group brings together Clinicians, Engineers, and Scientists in information and communication technologies for medicine and solutions to 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.

Teaching

The faculty offers professionally orientated undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Students benefit from extensive facilities at the Roehampton Vale campus including a Learjet 25, flight simulator, wind tunnel and automotive workshops including a range of vehicles and testing facilities. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A flight simulator is a system that tries to copy or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects

Research

Emphasis is placed on commercially useful research with significant funding from external bodies. The faculty has 3 research centres -

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. St George's University of London ( SGUL) previously known as George's Hospital Medical School ( SGHMS) is a specialist medical college St George's Hospital, founded in 1733, is a teaching hospital in London, England. Tooting is a suburb in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. 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. Nursing is a Profession focused on assisting individuals families, and communities in attaining maintaining and recovering optimal Health Midwifery is a Health care profession where providers give Prenatal care to expecting Mothers attend the birth of the Infant A paramedic is a medical professional usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides Pre-hospital advanced medical and For medical radiography see Radiology Radiography is the use of X-rays to view unseen or hard-to-image objects For medical radiography see Radiology Radiography is the use of X-rays to view unseen or hard-to-image objects Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Continuing Professional Development (CPD or Continuing Professional Education (CPE is the means by which members of professional associations maintain improve and broaden

Degrees within the Faculty of Health and Social Care are awarded by either Kingston University (Nursing, Social Work, Midwifery) or the University of London (Radiography and Physiotherapy)

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. The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living Organisms It deals with the Structure and function of cellular components such as Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Earth science (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth Sciences) is an all-embracing term for the Sciences related to the planet Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision to cells and Organisms of the materials necessary (in the form of food to support Pharmacology (from Greek grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of how Drugs Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences

The School of Earth Sciences and Geography at Kingston University has a 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 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 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 of 2006. There are two main membership levels, Gold and Silver. Silver allows entry only before 3pm. Aerobics classes are free to members. Annual membership for Kingston students is £173 for Gold and £127 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.

Inter-site Bus Service

There is a free bus service for students which runs between the campuses and Kingston town centre.


Rose of Kingston

In 1998, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames agreed to start work on a new theatre for Kingston. Working with Kingston 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 (Spanish or Don Giovanni (Italian is a legendary fictional Libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors

Notable Alumni

Controversy

Stress & Bullying

The School of Human Resource Management was involved in a sad episode in July 2006 when the Director of Postgraduate Programmes committed suicide. Sam Chan Yu Sum ((born August 22, 1979) is a Hong Kong actor working for TVB. Eason Chan Yik-Shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong 's music industry Tan Sri Dato' Francis Yeoh Sock Ping CBE ( Chinese: 楊肅斌 Pinyin: Yáng Sùbīn born August 23 1954 Gail Elizabeth Emms (born July 23, 1977 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a retired English Badminton player who has achieved Richard John Archer (born January 18, 1977) is the frontman of UK Indie-rock band Hard-Fi. Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962 is an English poet and novelist She was born in London, where she still lives currently working as Professor of Creative Writing at Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957 in Redhill Surrey, England is an English Novelist and Essayist. Jim Holdaway (1927 - 1970 was a British illustrator who was famous for his illustrations of numerous Comic strips His most famous contributions was to the Modesty Blaise is a Comic strip featuring a Fictional character of the same name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer and Jim Holdaway Christian Hrabalek (1977-) (commonly known as Chris Hrabalek or Hrabi is an Austrian Automotive designer and Automotive strategy consultant and currently John Randall Bratby ( July 19, 1928 – July 20, 1992) was an English painter who founded the "kitchen sink" style of art Kitchen sink realism was an English cultural movement which developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Theatre, Art, Novels Film Fiona Banner (born 1966 is an English artist who was short listed for the Turner Prize in 2002 The Turner Prize, named after the painter JMW Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual Artist under 50 The Turner Prize, named after the painter JMW Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual Artist under 50 John Richmond refers to one of several people John Richmond (fashion designer, British fashion designer John Lee Richmond (1857-1929 American Steve or Steven Carter may refer to Steve Carter (politician, Attorney General of Indiana U Jasper Morrison (born 1959 is an English product and Furniture designer James Irvine (1958- is a London -born designer working in Milan, where he moved in 1984 Glenda Adrianne Bailey OBE is the editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, a monthly fashion magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American Fashion Magazine, first published in 1867 Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Lawrence Bruno Nero Dallaglio, OBE (born August 10, 1972, in London) is a retired English Rugby union player and Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951 is a British Film and Television Actor. Graeme Pierre Le Saux (born 17 October 1968 in Jersey) is a retired English footballer who played as a left back, although Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Fletcher Sibthorp ( 7 March 1967 &ndash is a British artist based in London, England. Benjamin "Ben" Barnes (born August 20, 1981) is an English actor Michael Young or Mike Young is the name of In politics: Michael Young (politician (1915–2002 Lord Young of Dartington British Professor Diana Winstanley, a leading expert in the area of ethical practice in human resource management, committed suicide blaming workplace-related stress. [2]

In 2000, the London South Employment Tribunal found Kingston University had constructively dismissed Human Resource Management Professor, Agi Oldfield when its HR Director, Liz Lanchbery threatened to sack her unless she withdrew her grievance against her manager, Christine Edwards, for alleged bullying. [3].

National Student Survey

In 2008, a member of staff of Kingston University was exposed for encouraging students to give high scores in the official funding council survey of student satisfaction. The staff informed students "If Kingston comes down the bottom, the bottom line is that nobody is going to want to employ you, because they'll think your degree is shit. " [4] The university said this was an isolated incident. [5] The staff were exposed via a recording of an instruction given to students at Kingston University. [6].

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