University of Wolverhampton

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University of Wolverhampton
Crest of the University of Wolverhampton
Motto Innovation and Opportunity
Established 1992, from Wolverhampton Polytechnic (est 1969) ultimately from a merger between Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College and the local College of Art
Chancellor The Lord Paul
Vice-Chancellor Caroline Gipps
Students 23098 (HESA Nov. 2004)
Location Wolverhampton, UK
Student Union University of Wolverhampton Students' Union
Website www.wlv.ac.uk

The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The main campus is located on Wulfruna Street in Wolverhampton.

The university currently offers over 340 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and was the first to offer degrees in Interactive Multimedia Communication and British Sign Language.

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[edit] History

In 1992 Wolverhampton Polytechnic was granted university status and thus became the University of Wolverhampton. The following year the first stage of construction was completed on the Priorslee Hall site at the Telford campus, this became home to both business and computer aided design students.

1994 saw Wolverhampton become the first UK university to be awarded the Charter Mark for excellence in customer service. The amalgamation of two local nursing colleges in 1995 formed the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Walsall campus. Wolverhampton Science Park - a collaboration between the university and the local council - opened in 1996. Its aim was to forge a link between local businesses and the university's research departments.

The final years of the twentieth century saw a huge amount of development and expansion for the university. Two new state-of-the-art learning centres were opened at the Telford and City campuses in 1998. These learning centres were a fusion of traditional libraries with high-tech facilities, aimed at providing a greater range of accessible materials for students. The following year the university opened the Arena Theatre on the City campus along with the new SC building in Telford. The SC building became home to two new projects: DELTA and the Competitiveness Centre. DELTA was a new department aimed at the propagation of the latest information and communication technologies in education, whilst the Competitiveness Centre had the same goal, but for local businesses.

In 2000 the university announced plans to spend £60m on a seven-year plan to rebuild and revitalise its campuses. This redevelopment aimed to solve its problems with lack of space, and to make it a learning environment truly fit for the twenty first century.

[edit] Student Union

The Union employs over 150 people throughout its services and across the campuses, of that number more than 100 are students working with us part-time through their studies.

[edit] Campuses

  • City (North)
  • City (South)
  • Compton Park
  • Telford
  • Walsall

[edit] Schools

[edit] Alumni

The broadcaster/journalist Jeff Randall and the author Howard Jacobson both lectured here. Jacobson's experience formed the basis of his novel "Coming from Behind", set at a "fictional" polytechnic in the Midlands.

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Universities in the West Midlands

Aston | Birmingham | Coventry | Keele | Staffordshire | UCE Birmingham | Warwick | Wolverhampton | Worcester
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