University of East London
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| UEL University of East London | |
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| Established: | 1970 |
| Type: | Public |
| Chancellor: | Lord Rix |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Professor Martin Everett |
| Students: | 19,305[1] |
| Undergraduates: | 14,230[1] |
| Postgraduates: | 5,080[1] |
| Location: | London |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | http://www.uel.ac.uk/ |
The University of East London (UEL) is a British New University based on two campuses in East London. Founded in 1970 as North East London Polytechnic, UEL was formed from a merger of higher education colleges, including West Ham Technical Institute, in Stratford,[2] and South East Essex Technical College in Barking.[3] The Polytechnic changed its name in 1989, becoming the Polytechnic of East London,[3] and was granted university status in 1992.[2]
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[edit] History
The University of East London received its charter in 1992, but traces its roots to the foundation in 1898 of the West Ham Technical Institute. The original Victorian buildings, including University House, the former municipal library and Passmore Edwards Museum, now form the historic heart of our expanding campus at Stratford.
At Docklands site, London's first new university campus for over half a century was formally opened on the waterfront of the Royal Albert Dock by the new Mayor of London on his very first day in office in 2000. UEL Docklands campus was short-listed for Building of the Year for energy-efficiency, continues to win great acclaim for its iconic architecture.
UEL graduates go on to succeed in politics, business, law, the arts and many other fields of endeavour. Distinguished alumni include film director Ken Russell; UK Cabinet Minister the Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP; Edison Chenfil James, former Prime Minister of Dominica; Chief Executive of Turning Point, Lord Adebowale; the late rock star Ian Dury; Heat magazine editor Mark Frith; human rights lawyer Imran Khan; TV presenter Daljit Dhaliwal; artist Jake Chapman; Bollywood star and business woman Honey Kalaria; Chairman of Laxey Partners, Colin Kingsnorth, President of US-based $3 billion multinational Molex Inc, Martin Slark; and many other captains of industry in the UK and around the world.
[edit] Academic reputation and rankings
UEL is now recognised as one of the UK’s leading modern universities, and UEL researchers are engaged in work of national and international importance across a wide range of disciplines. According to the results of the most recent government research assessment exercise, UEL is among the top ten post-1992 universities in the UK for research.
For teaching, UEL is highly rated in a number of fields and also is ranked Number One among all UK universities for spend on facilities per student by The Times University Guide 2007.
In 2005, a team from the government’s Quality Assurance Agency conducted a thorough audit of UEL, resulting in the best possible award of ‘Broad Confidence’ in the soundness of UEL management, the quality of UEL programmes and the academic standards of UEL degrees and other awards.
In the case of Sociology, Art and Design and Cultural and Innovation Studies, a majority of staff research was recognised by the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise as "world class". Staff research was once ranked in the top ten amongst New Universities by The Guardian.[citation needed]
UEL is ranked 99th of 113 British universities in The Times University Guide[4] with the second lowest rate in the UK for good honours.[4]
60% of students are from a non-white ethnic background. 94% of UEL graduates are either in employment or in further studies six months after graduation.[citation needed]
[edit] Campuses
The university is located on two main campuses in East London. These are:
- The Stratford Campus, at Stratford
- The Docklands Campus, in London's redeveloped Docklands area
The [University of East London Barking Campus (Barking Campus)] in East London and teaches some courses in its programmes in performing arts at Stratford Circus.
UEL ultra-modern Docklands campus has become one of the most instantly recognisable locations in London. With a stunning waterfront location adjacent to the Royal Albert Dock, innovative architecture and colourful halls of residence, the campus is an exciting and inspirational place to live, work and study. Today, Docklands serves over 7,500 students and researchers.
Located on the waterfront of the Royal Albert Dock, Docklands was London's first new university campus to be built in over half a century. Opened by the new Mayor of London on his very first day in office in 2000, UEL new Business School is opened by HM The Queen in February 2007 and incorporating the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship, the campus has won acclaim for its iconic architecture and was short-listed for Building of the Year.
Off-campus, over 2,000 students are registered on programmes with UK collaborative partners, principally London's Tavistock Clinic, and 1,240 on programmes with partners located overseas, such as the Centro Studi Martha Harris in Florence.
[edit] UEL schools
- School of Architecture & the Visual Arts - The School (AVA) brings together the related disciplines of architecture, art and design. We aim to support the development of the next generation of artists, designers, and architects, within a contemporary, professional milieu.
- School of Combined Honours
- School of Computing and Technology - The School brings together the major areas of computing (including computer games, music technology and information security) and business information systems along with civil engineering, electrical engineering, product design, geographical information systems and land surveying.
- Business School - The School operates from a world class new Business School building in Docklands within sight of Canary Wharf and the City. Around us in East London is a vibrant multi-cultural and entrepreneurial community with whom we have extensive links.
- School of Distance and E-Learning - The School was established to work in partnership with other UEL Schools and Services to develop flexible, online and distance programmes and e-learning into all UEL processes and practices.
- Cass School of Education - The School offers a varied and innovative range of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including our highly rated teacher training programmes, training for teaching assistants, degrees and qualifications for a wide range of other professional careers in education, early childhood, youth and community work and English language teacher training.
- Graduate School - The School is responsible for providing the focus for the support of our postgraduate research students and for our institution's research and scholarly activities.
- School of Health and Bioscience - The School was created to bring together UEL's innovative research and teaching in the fields of Health Studies, Physiotherapy, Microbiology, Biomedical Science, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Forensic Science, Sports Science, Conservation and Ecology.
- School of Law - The School has a portfolio of courses that reflect both this unique character and offer a coherent, exciting and wide-ranging intellectual experience. There are over 24 full-time academic staff who, in addition to carrying out research, teach a wide range of courses in the fields of Law and Criminology.
- School of Psychology - The School offers an exceptionally-wide range of programmes at all academic levels. Our undergraduate degree programmes include BSc (Hons) Psychology (accredited by the British Psychological Society) and an innovative qualification in positive psychology, BSc (Hons) Psychology for Personal and Professional Development.
- School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies - The School spans a wide range of interdisciplinary programmes and research interests, drawing upon the humanities and social sciences, to create an academic and intellectual environment that focuses upon the creative, cultural and information technology industries, social policy, social work and the social science
[edit] Partnership
On 21 November 2006, the new UEL/Birkbeck, University of London Partnership at Stratford was launched when a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions was signed by the Master of Birkbeck, Professor David Latchman, and the Vice-Chancellor of UEL, Professor Mike Thorne. The partnership aims to improve participation in higher education in east London by attracting new students who would not otherwise participate through the provision of new opportunities and progression pathways.
Birkbeck was awarded nearly £5m in April 2006 by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to take its flexible, evening teaching provision to east London, which has the lowest higher education participation levels in the London region. Birkbeck courses will be offered at the Stratford campus of UEL from September 2007 as part of the Birkbeck strand of the new partnership, now called Birkbeck Stratford.
[edit] UEL and The 2012 Olympic
UEL is a key partner in the Sports Development Framework produced by the five Olympic Boroughs of Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. UEL sports science leaders are working with local authority partners to encourage disability sports in local schools, and in 2004 helped set up the Newham Disability Sports Club.
Researchers and policy development staff at UEL have been consulted by London 2012 on topics including urban planning, transport and sports development and community engagement. Mike Locke, Director of the Centre for Institutional Studies at UEL and a founder member of the Institute for Volunteering Research, is on the London 2012 Volunteer Strategy Group, which is developing strategies for co-ordinating volunteering activity, and engaging and empowering local communities through voluntary action.
The London East Research Institute at UEL has managed public debates and discussion around the bid, delivered community consultation and developed projects investigating the impact of regeneration on local communities. The Cascade Arts Mentoring project, run by cSpace with UEL's School of Architecture and the Visual Arts, has worked with schools and colleges in Newham to give young people a voice in the bid.
Working in partnership with NHS trusts and workforce development consortium, UEL's School of Health and Bioscience is expanding its programmes in professional health sciences, particularly physiotherapy and podiatry, health services management, biomedical science, and applied sports science, and delivering professional development programmes for health workers across the region.
UEL's Centre for Physiotherapy and Podiatry, incorporating the London Foot Hospital, is now under construction at the Stratford campus, building on the university's reputation as a leading provider of physiotherapy training. In 2004, the Human Motion Research Laboratories were equipped with state-of-the art technology for movement analysis.
Areas for future development include sports coaching and development, working with local authority partners to deliver sports programmes for young people, coaching, disability sport in partnership with the National Paralympic Association, and support for elite performers at our new sports science laboratories.
UEL's Business School is building on links with regional partners to develop facilities and event management training, and staff from Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies are building on links with national and local volunteering programmes to train students for volunteering opportunities including coaching young people, welcoming visitors, officiating at sporting events, engaging and empowering local communities through voluntary action.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Hilary Armstrong, Labour MP and former Cabinet Minister
- Jake Chapman, artist
- Daljit Dhaliwal, newsreader
- Andrew English, journalist; motoring correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
- Mark Frith, journalist; Editor of Heat magazine
- Edison James, former Prime Minister of Dominica
- Imran Khan, solicitor to the Stephen Lawrence family, civil liberties and human rights activist
- Abdul Rahim - Member of the Board of Govenors of the London Metropolitan University; graduated with an MBA from UEL; Managing Director of Platinumlinks Limited (which he founded in March 2000); Fellow of the Royal Society of Manufacture and Arts (RSA). Also a director of London Met's subsidiary London Metropolitan Enterprises Ltd[26]
- Ken Russell, film director
- Martin Slark, CEO of Molex
- Alexander Trotman, businessman; former Chairman of ICI and CEO of Ford Motor Company
[edit] Notable academics
- Faisal Abdu'allah, visual artist
- Raymond Durgnat, film critic/historian
- Kode9 (Steve Goodman), dubstep musician
- George Monbiot, visiting professor of environmental science
- Grayson Perry, Turner prize-winning sculptor and visiting Professor
- Michael Rustin, founding editor of Soundings
- Raphael Samuel, historian, activist, founding editor of History Workshop Journal
- John Smith (filmmaker), experimental film-maker
- Richard Wilson, renowned artist and visiting Professor
[edit] Holders of honorary degrees
- Damon Albarn, musician
- Honor Blackman, actor
- Billy Bragg, musician
- Trevor Brooking, footballer
- Rolf Harris, entertainer
- David Lammy, politician
- Harold Pinter, playwright
- Terence Stamp, actor
- Willard White, singer
- Rachel Whiteread, sculptor
- Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 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 2008-04-08.
- ^ a b University of East London: Our History. University of East London (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ a b East London, University of (UEL) - A-Z Unis & Colleges , Getting Into University - Independent.co.uk. The Independent (2007-07-27). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ a b University Rankings League Table: Good University Guide. The Times (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
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