Queen Margaret University

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Queen Margaret University
Established: 1875 (as The Edinburgh School of Cookery)
Type: Public
Chancellor: Sir Tom Farmer
Principal: Prof. Anthony Cohen FRSE
Students: 5,410[1]
Undergraduates: 4,295[1]
Postgraduates: 1,100[1]
Other students: 20 further education[1]
Location: Musselburgh near Edinburgh, Scotland
Campus: Musselburgh near Edinburgh
Website: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/

Queen Margaret University (formerly Queen Margaret University College and Queen Margaret College) is a Modern University located in Musselburgh near Edinburgh in Scotland. It is named after Saint Margaret, wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland, and was founded in 1875. In January 2007, it was awarded university status.[2] The University has recently (autumn 2007) moved from a number of sites in the city of Edinburgh, to a new purpose-built campus located in Musselburgh, to the east of the city.

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[edit] History

Queen Margaret University was founded in 1875, as The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson,[3] both members of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association. The School was founded as a female only institution, with the twin aims of improving women's access to higher education, and improving the diets of working class families.[3] Teaching was initially delivered via lectures at the Royal Museum, supplemented by a programme of public lectures and demonstrations delivered nationwide, but in 1877 the School established a base at Shandwick Place, in Haymarket.

The School moved in 1891 to Atholl Crescent, expanding its courses and offering residential places to students. In 1909, the School was designated a Central Institution and brought under the public control of the Scotch Education Department. The first Principal appointed was Ethel De la Cour.[4] De la Cour retired in 1930, and in the same year the School became the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science.[5]

In 1961, the College acquired its Corstorphine campus, purchasing a portion of the Clermiston estate from developers. The campus was first occupied by the College in 1970.[3] In 1972, the name Queen Margaret College was adopted, to dissociate the College from the narrow field of domestic science.[3] Thereafter, the College broadened its range of courses, especially in the paramedical and healthcare fields. The following institutions have since been absorbed by Queen Margaret College:[3]

  • The Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama (established 1929, joined 1971)
  • The Edinburgh School of Speech Therapy (established 1946, joined 1975)
  • The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Physiotherapy (established 1940, joined 1978)
  • The Astley Ainslie Hospital Occupational Therapy Training Centre (established 1937, joined 1979)
  • The Edinburgh Foot Clinic and School of Chiropody (established 1924, joined 1984)
  • The Edinburgh School of Radiography (established 1936, joined 1992)
  • The Edinburgh University Settlement School of Art Therapy (established 1992, joined 1997)
A computer-generated impression of QMU's new Musselburgh campus.
A computer-generated impression of QMU's new Musselburgh campus.

In 1992, the Privy Council granted Queen Margaret College powers to award its own taught degrees, and in 1998, the College was granted full degree powers, which enabled it to award its own research and higher degrees.[5]

As a result, in 1999 the College took the name Queen Margaret University College. After further improvements in the college, including a new campus to centralise all courses, in January 2007 the institution was awarded full university status, becoming Queen Margaret University (QMU). QMU relocated from its previous three campuses to a brand new purpose-built campus near Musselburgh, just to the east of Edinburgh, in 2007/2008.[6]

[edit] Schools

The University is divided into four Schools:

  • The School of Business,Enterprise and Management [1]
  • The School of Drama and Creative Industries
  • The School of Health Sciences
  • The School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication

[edit] The School of Business, Enterprise and Management

The School offers an extensive range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses. [2]

At Undergraduate BA(Hons) Consumer Studies [3] BA(Hons) Business Management [4], BA (Hons) Marketing Management [5],BA (Hons) Retail Management [6], BA (Hons) Tourism Management [7], BA(Hons) Hospitality and Tourism Management [8], BA(Hons) International Hospitality Management [9] and BA(Hons) Events Management [10] .

Students are also able to select a BA (Hons)Joint degree route in which students can combine two of the aforementioned subjects into a degree route [11].

At Postgraduate level the School of Business, Enterprise and Management offers a selction of Masters level programmes. MBA [12], MBA Cultural Management [13], MBA Public Services Management [14], MBA Hospitality Management [15], MBA Golf and Country Club Management [16], MBA Entrepreneurship [17], MBA eTourism Management [18].

In addition the School now provides the

Executive Masters Degree in Public Services Management [19]

as well as PhD Programmes [20].

[edit] School of Drama and Creative Industries

The School of Drama and Creative Industries offers courses in drama and performance, and production and cultural management.[7]

The School of Drama and Creative Industries runs the Bachelor of Arts in Acting & Performance along with the BA (Hons) in Theatre Productions (lighting, sound, set design and stage management) courses at the new purpose built campus. These courses are to be discontinued. The Technical Production course is no longer accepting students and the Acting and Performance students are to only be accepted within the next semester. This has lead to polemic discussions between the students and management. Before this, the courses were based in the centre of Edinburgh at the Gateway Theatre on Leith Walk. This was also the base for the Edinburgh studios of Scottish Television. The Acting course is accredited in the UK by the National Council for Drama Training,[8] as is the Theatre Production course.[9] Both courses are set to lose these accreditations.[10]

[edit] School of Health Sciences

The School of Health Sciences offers the broadest range of allied health professions for Scotland and gained the highest ranking for allied health professions in the UK's last research assessment exercise.It offers courses in dietetics, nutrition and biological sciences; nursing; occupational therapy and art therapy; physiotherapy; podiatry; Radiography; and music therapy.[11]

[edit] School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication

The School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication offers courses in media, communication and sociology; psychology; and speech and hearing sciences.[12]

The School is the only institution in Scotland that is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations to deliver the postgraduate CIPR Diploma in Public Relations.[13] The School's BSc courses in psychology and health psychology are accredited by the British Psychological Society.[14]

The subject area of Speech and Hearing Sciences won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for research in 2002.

[edit] Campuses

[edit] Former Campuses

Before moving to a new campus in Musselburgh, Queen Margaret University had been based in campuses in Corstorphine (to the West of Edinburgh), in Leith (in the heart of Edinburgh), and at the Gateway Theatre in Leith Walk (a former television studio previously owned by Scottish Television).

[edit] Musselburgh Campus

In 2007/2008 the university moved to a new purpose-built campus located in Musselburgh, just to the east of Edinburgh. This brought together students from all of the former campuses. Costing £100-million the new campus covers 35 acres and holds "educational buildings, a students union, a small gym and halls of residence of more than 800 rooms", and has been "touted as the country's greenest University campus".[15] The relocation has, however, provoked a negative reaction from some students and student union protests after building firm Carillion failed to complete the campus on time, leaving Drama students stranded at the already sold Gateway Theatre for several months, and with students union and sports facilities uncompleted in December 2007. The SU and union facilities SU and Drama facilities finally opened in March 2008.[16][17]


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[edit] Notable alumni

Famous acting graduates from QMU include:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
  2. ^ Award of full university status
  3. ^ a b c d e History: From Edinburgh School of Cookery to Queen Margaret University. Queen Margaret University. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  4. ^ Tom Begg, ‘Cour, Ethel Maud De la (1869–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP, 2004 accessed 11 April 2007
  5. ^ a b Consultation on Award of University Title to Queen Margaret University College. Scottish Executive. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  6. ^ QM relocates
  7. ^ Drama and Creative Industries. Queen Margaret University. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  8. ^ Accredited Course List - Details: BA/BA (Hons) Acting. National Council for Drama Training. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  9. ^ Accredited Course List - Details: BA/BA (Hons) Stage Mgmt & Theatre Production. National Council for Drama Training. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  10. ^ Queen Margaret Closes Acting and Theatre Production Courses
  11. ^ Health Sciences. Queen Margaret University. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  12. ^ Social Sciences, Media and Communication. Queen Margaret University. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  13. ^ The CIPR Diploma in Public Relations. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  14. ^ Undergraduate Psychology Courses: Queen Margaret University. British Psychological Society. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  15. ^ Campus Article in the Scotsman
  16. ^ Protest Article in the Scotsman
  17. ^ Student Union Article on Protest

[21] QMU Relocates http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university/new_campus.htm

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