University of Derby

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University of Derby
Motto: Experientia Docet
Experience Teaches
Established: 1992 (predecessor in 1851)
Students: 24,875[1]
Undergraduates: 12,275[1]
Postgraduates: 2,440[1]
Other students: 7,165 FE[1]
Location: Derby, United Kingdom
Campus: Urban
Website: http://www.derby.ac.uk

The University of Derby is a university in the city of Derby, England. The main campus is on Kedleston Road, Allestree in the north-west of Derby close to the A38 opposite Markeaton Park. The university additionally operates a site in Buxton, Derbyshire, known as the Devonshire campus, a grade II* listed building which dominates the local landscape and has a dome which is over 145ft in diameter, bigger than that of St Paul's Cathedral in London. It was formally opened by Prince Charles in February 2006. A contemporary-styled building for Arts, Design and Technology students on Markeaton Street in Derby was formally opened in early November 2007 by Richard Branson. Courses are also housed in the Britannia Mill campus in Derby and the Chesterfield Centre for health education.

The university provides nearly 300 study programmes at the undergraduate level. Undergraduate programmes as well as short courses, foundation degrees, and postgraduate degrees are generally superintended by individual faculties/research groups and cover most popularly-recognized academic disciplines and subdisciplines. The university's Joint Honours Scheme allows students to combine over 40 subjects from across all four university faculties.

The university offers a variety of resources and facilities to its students, including computing laboratories, a Spa (Buxton), two computer games development suites, a life-like Hospital teaching environment with robot patients, a well-stocked Learning Resource Centre (opened in 1997) at the Kedleston Road campus, a restaurant run by culinary students, a university bus system, conference and/or colloquium settings, multi-functional lecture theatres, art and culture venues, concert venues, recording studios, sport centres, sport halls, fitness suites, outdoor pitches, student union bars and cafes, meditation/prayer rooms, natural/park environments, and frequent exhibitions by local, national and international organisations, businesses and product vendors.

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[edit] History

University of Derby, main campus.
University of Derby, main campus.

[edit] Early years

Over the years, two dozen bodies have contributed to the university's formation. The first of these was founded in 1851 as the Derby Diocesan Institution for the Training of Schoolmistresses. Albeit under different brands so to reflect maturing objectives, the institution flourished as an individual entity for some 120 years before merging with another developing educational artery to help form what was then known as the Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, 1977.

The other line of this confluence began in 1853 with the establishment of the Derby School of Art, which in 1870 became the Derby Central School of Art and the Derby Central School of Science. In 1885, the two schools were reformulated into the Derby School of Art and Technical Institution. Less than a decade later however, 1892, three more mergers took place and the institution became the Derby Municipal Technical College.

[edit] Kedleston Road

In 1928, the Technical College split into the Derby School of Art and the Derby Technical College. By 1955, the two had become the Derby and District College of Art (opened on 22 September 1966 by Paul Reilly, Director of the Council of Industrial Design), and the Derby and District College of Technology (opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on 15 May 1964), both situated on Kedleston Road. The site was formerly Markeaton Golf Course and cost £2.5m, with a foundation stone placed on July 5 1957 by Lord (Ernest) Hives, a former managing director of Rolls Royce. Opened by the Duke the day before, the 35 acre Bishop Lonsdale College in Mickleover was developed for teacher training courses. At the opening ceremony, the Duke said qualities needed by teachers are the dedication of a saint, the patience of a watchmaker, the sympathy of parents, and the leadership of a general. The Duke spent two days in Derby, staying the night nearby at Okeover Hall near Ashbourne as a guest of the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Half of the places at Mickleover were reserved for C of E trainees and the other half for those with no link to Derby Diocese. The operational split between the two colleges at Kedleston Road was dissolved in 1972 with a mutual initiative for the creation of the Derby College of Art and Technology. Five years afterward, and as previously noted, the described educational lineage married itself with Derby’s diocesan tradition, which had became known institutionally as the Bishop Lonsdale College of Education at Mickleover. There were about 800 students at Mickleover and 1200 at Kedleston Road.

[edit] Merger with Mickleover Education College

After the 1977 union and subsequent formation of the Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, four other educational institutions would add their respective sector-related talents. In March 1981, the college held its first graduation ceremony with formal academic caps and gowns with only six degrees (out of 156 courses) being ratified by the CNAA. Previous to this, the college's degrees were awarded in a ceremony at the University of Nottingham. The Matlock College of Education, a traditional Church of England teacher training college formed in 1946 at Rockside Hall (now a country hotel), combined with Lonsdale in 1983 to create the Derbyshire College of Higher Education, when the Matlock College was having financial difficulties when funding for teacher training was scaled down when school numbers had dropped. In 1985, this college at Matlock was scaled down significantly and closed in 1986. In 1991 the Southern Derbyshire School of Occupational Therapy united with the college. The Southern Derbyshire School of Radiography did the same in 1992.

[edit] Transformation to university

It was also in 1992, via the Further and Higher Education Acts, that the Derbyshire College of Higher Education became the only school of higher education in the country to be upgraded directly to a university. On 31 October 1992, the T block (science subjects, which lies to the north of the North Tower) was opened by Princess Alice, the Chancellor of the University. In January 1994, Britannia Mill (a renovated mill) opened, at a cost of £10m. On 4 March 1994, the B block (business and management subjects, which lies north of the East Tower) was opened by the Conservative MP, Tim Boswell. Later in autumn 1994, the Atrium was built. In November 1997, the Learning Centre was officially opened, having been built on a former car park. The University of Derby was fully invested, and in 1998 welcomed a synthesis of efforts with the High Peak College of Further Education, Buxton on Harpur Hill – a synthesis to eventually be amalgamated as the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby Buxton, Derby's second campus.

[edit] Faculties

[edit] Faculty of Business, Computing and Law

http://www.derby.ac.uk/bcl

[edit] School of Computing

The school supervises foundational through doctoral studies, including:

Derby is CISCO accredited and CISCO (CCNA) is an integral part of the BSc (Hons) Computer Networks course.

[edit] School of Law and Criminology

The National Student Survey recently rated Derby's law course number one in four categories including overall.[2] This small teaching institution prides itself on getting students to do law. As a result, it provides considerable support for pro bono legal work in the community. Its work in criminology has a similar practical feel, with an emphasis on encouraging justice and diversity in the Criminal Justice System. It provides Masters study in Commercial Law; Information, Media and the Arts, limited PhD opportunities, qualifying and non-qualifying law degreess and specialist undergraduate study in Crime and Justice. Notable research holdings include the private papers of Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice and the travaux preparatoires of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi.

In the latest Guardian Law league table, Derby was the highest-placed New University and joint first in teaching and value added.[3] However, it is profitable to note that the university as well as many others frequently argue the validity of university rankings. See Criticism of college and university rankings (2007 United States). Available subjects varying from short courses to research awards include: Crime and Justice --- Law --- Business Law --- Criminology --- International Law --- Social and Public Law --- Information, Arts and Media Law --- Introduction to Legal Studies --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] The Derbyshire Business School

The Derbyshire Business School covers accounting, mathematics, management and purchasing. Specific subject areas from which foundational programmes to doctoral programmes are drawn entail: Accounting and Finance --- Accounting --- Financial Management --- Payroll Management Professional --- Management Accounting --- Professional Practice --- Business --- Business Management --- Corporate Management --- Finance --- Enterprise --- Information Management --- Business Psychology --- Marketing --- Business Maths --- International Business Management --- International Trade --- Business Administration --- MBA --- Public Sector --- Logistics --- Strategic Management --- Business Coaching --- Human Resource Management --- Professional Development Scheme --- Personnel Practice --- Marketing and Law --- Applied Management --- Mathematical and Computer Studies --- Mathematical Studies --- Mathematical Studies with Education --- Mathematics --- Practice-oriented research degrees --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] Centre for Entrepreneurial Management

The centre offers concentrations within management and entrepreneurship at the certificate, diploma, master and doctoral levels. The centre’s efforts are separated into two distinct wings; Management Development, and Enterprise. The opportunities to be had therefrom are: Part-time Certificate and Diploma in Management and Master in Business ---Administration (MBA) --- Institute of Leadership & Management awards --- In-company management development programmes --- Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) --- Doctor in Business Administration (DBA) --- Entrepreneurship programmes --- New Venture programmes --- East Midlands Science Enterprise Network --- Derbyshire Business Development Programme --- Business and Enterprise improvement --- Lifelong Learning awards

[edit] Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology

http://www.derby.ac.uk/adt

Markeaton Street, Inner Lawn
Markeaton Street, Inner Lawn

[edit] School of Humanities

The School of Humanities provides courses in English, American Studies, general humanities, Film and Television Studies, History, Theatre and Creative Writing. More detailed choices on up to research opportunities may encompass: American Studies --- Creative Writing --- English --- Film and Television Studies --- History --- Media Studies --- Theatre Arts --- Broadcast Media --- Media Writing --- Humanities (MA incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip) --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] School of Art and Design

Film and Video, Fine Art, Music and Live Event Technology, Photography, graphic design, Fashion Studies, and Textile design were based at the Britannia Mill site but are now at the Markeaton site. The site opened for business in September 2007 and comprises new Studio and teaching facilities including four performance auditoria, extensive computing suites and a dedicated Apple Mac Training Centre. Particular subjects within the school include: Popular Music with Music Technology --- Film and Video Production --- Fine Art --- Photography --- Ceramics --- Arts Practice --- MA Art and Design: Advanced Practice and Theories (ADAPT) --- Illustration -- Illustration for Animation --- Computer Games Modelling and Animation --- Web Design and Multimedia --- Crafts --- Fashion Studies --- Fashion Design for Industry --- Graphic Design --- Textile Design --- Creative Design Practices --- Design for Print and Digital Presentation --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] School of Technology

Markeaton Street, Inner Lawn Detail
Markeaton Street, Inner Lawn Detail

Courses in architectural conservation, construction management, electrical engineering, electronics, motorsport technology music technology and product design are taught at the School of Technology. Previously housed at Kedleston Road, the school has now re-located to the new £21 million Markeaton site. As of September 2007, the following subjects are available: Architectural Conservation --- Architectural Technology and Digital Innovation --- Architectural Venue Design and Digital Innovation --- Civil and Transport Engineering --- Civil and Surveying Engineering --- Construction Management --- Interior Architecture --- Architectural Design --- Built Environment --- Computer Aided Design --- Construction Surveying --- Electrical and Electronic Engineering --- Electronics --- Fault Finding for Industrial Control Systems --- Human Machine Interface Programming --- Programmable Logic Controllers --- Servo Control for Industrial Control Systems --- Manufacturing Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Rapid Manufacturing --- Motorsport Technology --- Multimedia Technology and Music Production --- Music Technology and Audio System Design --- Popular Music --- Sound, Light and Live Event Technology --- Design Technology --- Product Design --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences

http://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs

[edit] School of Education

The School of Education provides for the study of FdA, FdSc, BEd, PGCE, MA, Ed.D, and PhD courses. The University's B.Ed (Hons) course is a 3/4 year course, consisting of school placements in mainstream schools and special schools and lectures and workshops on the main University campus. In the first year 9 weeks of school placement are completed of which 4 weeks are a teaching block. In the second year again 9 weeks of placement are completed but this time with a 5 week teaching block, which consists of 80% teaching by the 5th weeks and 3 days solo teaching. In the second year students are able to opt to complete the course in 3 years, this is subject to grades and a formal interview. The 3 year route however, means no specialism. In the 2nd year 1 week is also spent in a special school. In addition to the aforesaid, the school offers several other foundation, undergraduate, professional, and postgraduate options up to the doctoral level. Relative subjects are: Early Childhood Studies --- Education Studies --- Children's and Young People's Services --- Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector --- Early Years Professional Status --- Guidance (MA incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip in Guidance Studies) --- Graduate Teacher Programme --- PGCE Primary --- Education - Online (MA) --- MA Education (incorporating PG Cert and PG Dip) --- Education (EdD) --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] School of Health

The School of Health houses many prospects for study; pharmacy, nursing, clinical skills and radiography. Ranging from foundation degrees to doctorate degrees, specific potentialities involve: Prescribing --- Pharmacy --- Pharmacy (Doctor of Practice) --- Pharmacy (MSc incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip) --- Aseptic Services --- BTEC Professional Diploma --- Nursing Studies --- Nursing Practitioner --- Mental Health --- Community Specialist Practice --- Emergency Practitioner --- Public Health Nursing --- Interprofessional Practice Education --- Clinical Supervision --- Community Specialist Practice --- Mentoring in Practice --- Overseas Nurses Programme --- Verification of Expected Death --- Diagnostic Radiography --- Health and Social Care Informatics --- Medical Ultrasound (Gynaecology) --- Osteoporosis and Falls Management --- Radiography --- Osteoporosis and Falls Management --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] School of Science

The School of Science covers biology, ecology, forensic science, psychology, geology, and geography. Therein and per 2007, the subject options from short courses to doctoral work are: Biology --- Ecology --- Forensic Science --- Forensic Science with Criminology --- Sport and Exercise Science/Studies --- Zoology --- Psychology --- Psychology & Counselling --- Health Psychology --- Health Ergonomics --- Conservation and Countryside Management --- Heritage Conservation --- Earth Systems Science --- Environmental Management --- Environmental Science --- Environmental Health --- Environmental Noise Measurement --- Geography --- Geology --- Global Hazards --- International Relations and Global Development --- Third World Development --- Acoustics and Noise Control --- Applied Acoustics --- Applied Petroleum Geoscience --- Quarry Technology/Asphalt Technology --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] School of Social Care and Therapeutic Practice

Britannia Mill, Mackworth Road
Britannia Mill, Mackworth Road

This branch of the Faculty of Education, Health & Sciences administers the subjects of Applied Social and Community Studies, Applied Mental Health Studies, Occupational Therapy, Therapeutic Arts, and Complementary Medicines. Contained within these subsets is the chance to study from the foundation award to the doctoral award. Options attached thereto are: Community and Youth Studies --- Community Work --- Social and Cultural Studies --- Social Care, Health and Community Studies --- Social Work --- Sociology --- Applied Studies --- Popular Culture and Media --- Community Regeneration and Development --- Social Studies --- Interprofessional Practice Education (Social Work) --- Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy --- Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (Doctor of Practice) --- Counselling in Professional Development --- Integrative Counselling Practice --- Systemic Thinking and Practice --- Cognitive Behavioural Skills and Studies --- Psychotherapeutics --- Complementary Therapies --- Creative Expressive Therapies (Dance, Drama, Music, Art) --- Dance and Movement Studies --- Healing Arts --- Art Therapy --- Artists in Integrative Arts in Health, Education and Community Settings/ Integrative Arts in Health, Education and Community Settings --- Dance Movement Therapy --- Dramatherapy --- Music Therapy --- Occupational Therapy --- Hand Therapy --- Returnee to Practice --- Doctor of Practice in Therapeutic Arts --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] University of Derby Buxton

http://www.derby.ac.uk/udb

[edit] School of Culture and Lifestyle

Buxton and University Dome.
Buxton and University Dome.

The School of Culture and Lifestyle is located in England’s highest town and delivers a vast spectrum of programmes representing prospects in further education on through to multiple masters and doctoral degrees. The school offers the only degree in Spa Management and has recently opened their newly refurbished spa facilities at the Devonshire campus to support the curriculum. Students also have opportunities to visit spas in Eastern Europe and Malta as part of the programme. Students who have completed A level, BTEC or other similar qualifications can apply to join the programme. Other potential subject selections that in many instances can be studied at the highest of research levels are: Accountancy --- Adult ESOL --- Adult Literacy and Numeracy --- Archaeology Topics --- Adventure Tourism --- Tourism --- Beauty and Spa Services --- Book keeping --- Bread and Baking --- Business Management --- Supporting Disabled Students --- Spa Therapies --- Sport and Recreation Management --- Sports Psychology --- Sports Studies --- Script Writing for Film --- Short Film --- Spanish --- Teacher Training --- Text Processing --- Travel --- Children's Care Learning and Development --- CLAIT --- Computerised Accounts using 'SAGE' --- Cooking to Entertain --- Counselling Advanced Certificate --- Counselling --- Creative Writing --- Children's and Young People's Services --- Countryside Management --- Culinary Arts --- Culture and Heritage --- English --- - Events Management --- Events Tourism --- Football Studies --- Hairdressing and Salon Management --- Hospitality Management --- International Spa Management --- Martial Arts Theory and Practice --- Modular Foundation Programme --- Outdoor Activities Management --- Outdoor Recreation --- Physical Activity and Health --- Public Relations --- Public Services Management --- Voluntary Sector Management --- Ceramics --- Emergency First Aid in the Workplace --- Essential Care Practice --- Infection Control --- Moving and Handling in the Care Sector --- Personal Awareness --- Managing and Safe Handling of Medicines --- Dry Stone Walling --- Electrics --- ESOL --- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) --- French --- Health & Social Care --- Nail Treatments --- Photography --- Portable Appliance Testing --- Reflexology --- Royal Horticultural Society Certificate --- Web Page Design --- Welding --- Wine Tasting and Appreciation --- MPhil and PhD specialities

[edit] Research

[edit] Centre for Guidance Studies

http://www.derby.ac.uk/cegs/

Found at Kedleston Road, the centre stands as a resource of national and international research with numerous publications and valuable educational activities to its credit. The centre is individually keen on spanning the gulfs between guidance as an academic endeavour and the support of lifelong learning. To this end, areas of study and service entail: Masters Programme in Guidance Studies (e-learning) - Work-Based Learning Opportunities - Career Exploration Systems - Ph.D. Study Programmes.

[edit] Biological Sciences Research Group

http://www.derby.ac.uk/sehs/research/ceasr/index.htm

The Biological Sciences Research Group maintains many national and international connections and is interdisciplinary in scope and method. Current research interest are: cryopreservation for plant conservation, comparative DNA analysis for evolutionary studies, biomedical research, nuptial feeding in insects, toxic metals and biota interactions, aquatic microbial ecology, forensics, and vascular plants. The research group supervises master and doctoral courses.

[edit] Centre for Psychological Research in Human Behaviour

http://psychology.derby.ac.uk/centre/

Owning a developed national and international network and as a focal underpinning of taught undergraduate and postgraduate studies, the centre produces research in varied areas including; facial imaging scales for medical anxiety, life event exposure, sensation seeking and personality, modeling, learning, rule discovery, vocabularly acquisition, cognition, constructivity, distress prediction, postnatal perineal morbidity, memory, recall, speech, neurology, hypnotherapy, research methods, diversity, object assembly, and behaviour. Mphil/PhD programmes are avaivable.

[edit] Community Regeneration Research Centre

http://www.derby.ac.uk/research/community-regeneration-research-centre

The Community Regeneration Research Centre exists to contribute to the maturation and general quality of habitated areas be they rural, suburban, or urban. Utilizing healthy links with community organizations the centre heads consultancy, research, mentoring and training efforts for a variety of subdisciplines. MPhil and PhD engagement is accessible.

[edit] Culture, Landscape, and Lifestyle Research Group

http://www2.derby.ac.uk/culturelifestyle/

The Culture, Landscape, and Lifestyle Research Group is a hybrid enterprise indulging heavily in both the social sciences and humanities. The members and methods of this group are of international notoriety and presently lend themselves to areas such as; leisure, market evaluations, entrepreneurship, creative industries, conflict and identity, consumption, cultural space, education and change, heritage, regeneration, representation, third world development, global adjustment, and visual culture. The group facilitates MPhil and PhD programmes.

[edit] Health, Nursing and Therapeutic Research Group

http://www.derby.ac.uk/ncap/

The Health, Nursing and Therapeutic Research Group participates in consultancy and research in several areas. Aetiology, continuous professional development, ethicality and learning disabilities, child protection, dementia and care, therapeutic writing, distributory justice, nursing assessment, IT and education, domestic abuse treatment, and user involvement constitute a small sampling of present areas of activity. The group also oversees and partners with student research for various masters and doctoral awards.

[edit] Research Centre for Advanced Innovation & Management

http://www.derby.ac.uk/faculties/business-computing-and-law/research/the-research-centre-for-advanced-innovation-management

As a research and consultancy group of the Faculty of Business, Computing, and Law, the Research Centre for Advanced Innovation & Management has placed itself in diverse arenas of typical mass appeal with particular attention being paid to applied and practice-based applications. Expertise includes but is not limited to: entrepreneurship, management and innovative practice, business opportunities, knowledge management, marketing, finance, risk management, optimisation, virtual reality, measurement science and technology, AI, commercial law, welfare law, data mining, human resources, software, medical imagery, purchasing, and accounting strategy. Students are able to study for the DBA, MPhil, or PhD.

[edit] Research Centre for Education and Professional Practice

http://www.derby.ac.uk/research/research-centre-for-education-and-professional-practice

The Research Centre for Education and Professional Practice studies and disseminates material on virtually every core aspect of historical and contemporary education. Members of the centre have published widely in their respective fields and are of the aspiration to translate their expertise into both public and academic knowledge, both theory and practice. In conjunction with present research activities the mentioned fields include; religion and education, behaviour management, cultural diversity in education, educational psychology, learning, motivation, post compulsory education, telephonics in education, social justice, curriculum and sociomoral epistemology, student feedback, improving performance, nursing and health education, substance abuse education, race and education, dyslexia, organizational change, student self-esteem, violence and education, and bilingual education. Students are able to pursue the MPhil, PhD, or Ed.D degrees.

[edit] Signal Processing Applications Research Group

http://sparg.derby.ac.uk/

The Signal Processing Applications Research Group dwells within the Electronics and Sound area of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology. SPARG has robust relationships with the industry and has placed many graduates with engineering research partners. The key areas of research are real-time Digital Signal Processing and the applications of signal processing in the aim to positively compliment a myriad of technological issues. Individual expertise is had in: spatial audio-capture, psychoacoustics and spatial perception in artificial environments, embedded systems, manipulation and transmission of spatial sound, multimodal spatial information display, perceptual testing and signal processing, synthesis, and digital music technology and spatial music. There are routes to study and research on to a PhD.

[edit] The Open Studio

http://www.derby.ac.uk/openstudio/

With national and international collaboration, The Open Studio functions as a physical and virtual domain for creative development that is experimental, reflective, and culturally and interpersonally encouraging. Studio spaces, conferences, seminars, exhibitions and the internet are all used in the facilitation of this function. Main areas of research activity are but are not limited to: photography, sculpture, painting, mixed media, film, design, art theory, art history, visual environment, and nontraditional media. There is potential within The Open Studio to study up to a doctorate degree.

[edit] Student facilities

The Atrium, Kedleston Road
The Atrium, Kedleston Road

The Atrium, built in 1994, is a large concourse at the Kedleston Road site, which includes a branch of Waterstone's bookshop, a bank (NatWest), the student union shop (Keddies), hairdressers, a clothes shop and NatWest and Lloyds TSB cash machines. It also includes a range of catering facilities, serving hot meals, salads, light snacks, and drinks; these facilities provided by Scolarest have been criticised by the student magazine Dusted in October 2007 as being grossly expensive. Five minutes' walk away (via the pedestrian entrance near the Clinical Skills Suite) is the Park Farm shopping area of Allestree with more reasonable prices. Most student residences are based in the "student quarter" between the Kedleston Road campus and the centre of town along Ashbourne Road. They are linked to the University by a bus-service (UniBus) which runs throughout the day and evening, which starts at the train station.

[edit] University of Derby Students' Union

University of Derby Students' Union (UDSU) used to be in a small temporary building on the north-east of the University (near to the A38 road). It has now moved to near the Students' Union bar, SUB. The SU has two bars — SUB (opened on 24 April 2006 at a cost of £500,000),[4] which is next to the western end of the Atrium concourse and opposite Blends Coffee House, and the Deuce Bar, which occupies the second floor of the main bar. SUB is due to be renamed in Summer 2008 [5] The University used to have a bar offsite, Lonsdale Bar, but this closed in June 2007, due to the closure of the Lonsdale Hall student residence. The Arms (a traditional style pub) in the temporary building has now been closed. SUB is designed to stage many musical events that the older Arms bar could not put on. There is a student night called "Spank!" at the Zanzibar nightclub each Wednesday. For more extensive nightlife, there is nearby Nottingham, with a late train each weekday (1.50am), or many late buses at the weekend. There are also late buses from Loughborough (via the EMA airport), and late trains from Leicester everyday.

There is a student newspaper called Dusted and a student radio station called D:One. The University of Derby Podcast is currently in development.

[edit] Alumni

[edit] NSEC 2008 - A Wave of New Talent

On 18th April 2008, the Kedleston Road Campus will host the National Student Events Conference which aims to build links between academia and industry whilst exploring topical issues such as the 2012 London Olympics.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  2. ^ University of Derby, NSS 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-05. http://www.derby.ac.uk/law/nss
  3. ^ Guardian Unlimited, University Guide 2008: Law. Retrieved on 2007-11-05. http://browse.guardian.co.uk/education?SearchBySubject=&FirstRow=20&SortOrderDirection=&SortOrderColumn=GuardianTeachingScore&Subject=Law&Institution=
  4. ^ New Student Venue The Best - Bar None!. University of Derby (2006-04-21). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  5. ^ New Name for SUB. University of Derby Students' Union (2008-05-13). Retrieved on 2008-05-20.

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