Bath Spa University
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Bath Spa University is a university
based in, and around, Bath, England
. The institution was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College. It gained full university status in August 2005.
campus. The present institution was formed in 1975 as Bath College of Higher Education by the merger of the Bath College of Education and Newton Park College of Education. In 1992, the college was granted degree-awarding powers and in 1999 adopted the name Bath Spa University College. In March 2005 the institution was granted university status, becoming Bath Spa University in August 2005. It has since consistently ranked amongst the top 100 universities in the UK, generally placing somewhere in the 80s.
The Newton Park campus, located to the west of Bath near the village of Newton St Loe, is the largest of the university's three campuses. It is here that the majority of courses are taught, with the exception of Art and Design and some of the PGCE courses. The campus is based in Newton Park
in grounds designed by Capability Brown
and leased from the Duchy of Cornwall
. The site has a lake
, nature reserve
, woodland
and farmland
.
The campus has a new Students' Union building, which includes a large bar, a gym, a shop and office space. The library
building, which includes a book shop and stationery shop, has been updated and enlarged and includes new IT
facilities. A new refectory has opened and includes a restaurant and separate deli/coffee bar. The University Theatre has opened in new buildings on the site of the old refectory.
This campus houses the Michael Tippett
Centre which is the only purpose built concert hall in Bath. As well as being used for teaching music, the centre is used for exhibitions, musical performances and plays.
The Newton Park Campus is home to the majority of the student accommodation, which consists of eight "halls": Harrington, Hiscocks, Pope, Langton, Hungerford, Nevill, Temple and Sydney. Harrington, Hiscocks and Pope are arguably the most sociable halls due to their kitchen layout that allows easy flow between each 'block'; however these halls have the smallest bedrooms. Langton, Hungerford, Nevill and Temple boast the largest bedrooms as well as larger kitchens, however these halls are in need of updating in comparison with the others. Temple has been upgraded to a higher standard than Langton, Nevill and Hungerford and also contains a small ex-warden's house: Temple House, which has been refurbished to high student housing standards. Sydney is the newest building whose bedrooms are ensuite and of medium size, it also has the most up to date security with modern facilities.
and Art and Design courses are taught here. This campus is in landscaped grounds and gardens that originally belonged to a mansion house. The building is equipped with studios, workshops, a library, a stationery and art materials shop, Students' Union offices and a refectory.
Until 2009, the University also owned the nearby Somerset Place
. The sale of this listed Georgian
crescent was intended to finance a new campus in the city centre. This development, alongside the Dyson School of Design Innovation, did not proceed due to planning issues relating to the chosen riverside site.
and was formerly the school's Humanities
block. The campus is the home to most of the University's Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Secondary and Middle Years Education courses, including History
, Music
, English
, Geography
, Mathematics
and Religious Education
. Facilities at the campus are not as extensive as those found in Newton Park but there are IT
facilities and a common room
.
The University has established a new centre in Corsham Court
after an absence of more than 20 years. Corsham Court became the home of the Bath Academy of Art (now Bath School of Art and Design and part of the University) when its premises were destroyed during the Second World War. Walter Sickert
, who taught in that School was also a mentor to Lord Methuen
RA, owner of the Court. The centre will include development support for research projects, postgraduate and research studios and study areas for artists and designers undertaking Masters level study and Doctorates, facilities for project work for all undergraduate students, and a conference suite for the use of academic and support departments across the University.
. The site has been expanded into an adjoining building to accommodate creative studios and a second, larger, project space (the first now being predominantly used for life drawing classes).
There are regular trains to Bath Spa Station
which is on the main line served by, amongst others, London
, Reading
, Swindon
, Chippenham
and Bristol
. From the station buses run to each of the campuses on a regular basis.
The Newton Park campus is served by the SPA1/SPA2 services (advertised by First
as the "Bright Orange Buses"), which run from the University to Bath city centre every twenty minutes during the day in term time. On week-nights and Saturdays, the service runs until 3 am, allowing students to get home from Bath's nightclubs. In the evenings and on Sundays and holidays, the bus only runs once an hour.
The Sion Hill campus is served by the 700 service which runs from the bus station. For the Culverhay campus the 20a service runs from the bus station once an hour and the 10 service runs every 10–20 minutes, again from the bus station. There is also service 42 which runs from the nearby Park and Ride
at Odd Down every 12–15 minutes.
, the university's landlord, is objecting to these plans.
Under the Partnership, students take the first year of their Higher Education course in their local college and, if successful, the rest of their course at Bath Spa University.
The partner colleges are;
, head of the School of Music and the Performing Arts at Bath Spa University and the organiser of the annual UK Songwriting Festival
. He has written about 40 popular-music-related books, covering Music Theory
, Guitar Effects and Altered Tunings
, as well as over 300 articles and reviews for Total Guitar
, Classic CD, the Roland Corporation
, Music Tech Magazine
and Future Music magazine.
Dr. Carrie Etter
, an American poet, originally from Normal, Illinois
, who moved to Southern California
at the age of 19 and on to London
in 2001. She is an Associate Lecturer at Bath Spa University. In the UK, her poems have appeared in Metre, Poetry Wales, Poetry Review, Reactions, Thumbscrew, The Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere, while in the US her poems have appeared in Aufgabe, Barrow Street, Columbia, Meridian, The New Republic, Seneca Review, and many other journals. She is also an essayist and a critic. Her reviews of contemporary poetry have appeared in The Liberal, New Welsh Review, Poetry Matters, The Times Literary Supplement, and Verse.
William Hughes
, Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University. Author of Beyond Dracula (Palgrave 2000), and co-editor of the collections Contemporary Writing and National Identity (with Tracey Hill), Bram Stoker History, Psychoanalysis and the Gothic (with Andrew Smith), Fictions of Unease: The Gothic from Otranto to The X-Files (with Andrew Smith and Diane Mason) and Empire and the Gothic: The Politics of Genre (with Andrew Smith), he has also produced scholarly editions of Stoker's The Lady of the Shroud and Dracula. He is also editor of Gothic Studies, the refereed journal of the International Gothic Association, published by Manchester University
Press.
Tim Liardet
, an English poet and critic. He studied at the University of York
and lectures in creative writing
at Bath Spa University. He has published five collections of poetry, Clay Hill, Fellini Beach, Competing with the Piano Tuner, To the God of Rain and The Blood Choir, which was nominated for the T. S. Eliot Prize
.
Gerard Woodward
, an award-winning British novelist and poet. He was educated at Falmouth School of Art and the London School of Economics
, where he studied Social Anthropology. His first collection of poetry, Householder, was published in 1991 and won the Somerset Maugham Award
. His novels have been shortlisted for both the Booker
and Whitbread Awards. He teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University.
Steve Voake
, successful children's author. He is Senior Lecturer in Writing for Young People at the university. His novels include The Dreamwalker's Child
.
Dr Nicholas Campion
, cultural historian, pioneer of the study of cultural astronomy and Director of The Sophia Centre
taught at Bath Spa from 2002-7. He was Senior Lecturer in the Department of History 2004-7.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
based in, and around, Bath, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The institution was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College. It gained full university status in August 2005.
History
The institution can trace its roots back to the foundation of the Bath School of Art in 1852, following the impact of the Great Exhibition of 1851. In 1947 Bath Teacher Training College leased the Newton ParkNewton Park
Newton Park is an 18th-century landscape garden, designed by the landscape gardener Capability Brown, and now owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.Newton Park was laid out on land containing the 14th century keep and gateway of St Loe's Castle, a fortified medieval manor house, Elizabethan farm...
campus. The present institution was formed in 1975 as Bath College of Higher Education by the merger of the Bath College of Education and Newton Park College of Education. In 1992, the college was granted degree-awarding powers and in 1999 adopted the name Bath Spa University College. In March 2005 the institution was granted university status, becoming Bath Spa University in August 2005. It has since consistently ranked amongst the top 100 universities in the UK, generally placing somewhere in the 80s.
Newton Park
Newton Park
Newton Park is an 18th-century landscape garden, designed by the landscape gardener Capability Brown, and now owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.Newton Park was laid out on land containing the 14th century keep and gateway of St Loe's Castle, a fortified medieval manor house, Elizabethan farm...
in grounds designed by Capability Brown
Capability Brown
Lancelot Brown , more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English landscape architect. He is remembered as "the last of the great English eighteenth-century artists to be accorded his due", and "England's greatest gardener". He designed over 170 parks, many of which still endure...
and leased from the Duchy of Cornwall
Duchy of Cornwall
The Duchy of Cornwall is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch inherits the duchy and title of Duke of Cornwall at the time of his birth, or of his parent's succession to the throne. If the monarch has no son, the...
. The site has a lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
, nature reserve
Nature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
, woodland
Woodland
Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...
and farmland
Arable land
In geography and agriculture, arable land is land that can be used for growing crops. It includes all land under temporary crops , temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow...
.
The campus has a new Students' Union building, which includes a large bar, a gym, a shop and office space. The library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
building, which includes a book shop and stationery shop, has been updated and enlarged and includes new IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
facilities. A new refectory has opened and includes a restaurant and separate deli/coffee bar. The University Theatre has opened in new buildings on the site of the old refectory.
This campus houses the Michael Tippett
Michael Tippett
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CH CBE was an English composer.In his long career he produced a large body of work, including five operas, three large-scale choral works, four symphonies, five string quartets, four piano sonatas, concertos and concertante works, song cycles and incidental music...
Centre which is the only purpose built concert hall in Bath. As well as being used for teaching music, the centre is used for exhibitions, musical performances and plays.
The Newton Park Campus is home to the majority of the student accommodation, which consists of eight "halls": Harrington, Hiscocks, Pope, Langton, Hungerford, Nevill, Temple and Sydney. Harrington, Hiscocks and Pope are arguably the most sociable halls due to their kitchen layout that allows easy flow between each 'block'; however these halls have the smallest bedrooms. Langton, Hungerford, Nevill and Temple boast the largest bedrooms as well as larger kitchens, however these halls are in need of updating in comparison with the others. Temple has been upgraded to a higher standard than Langton, Nevill and Hungerford and also contains a small ex-warden's house: Temple House, which has been refurbished to high student housing standards. Sydney is the newest building whose bedrooms are ensuite and of medium size, it also has the most up to date security with modern facilities.
Sion Hill
The Sion Hill campus is in the north of Bath, in the Lansdown district. This campus houses the Bath School of Art and DesignBath School of Art and Design
Bath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath, England. It forms part of the Bath Spa University whose main campus is located a few miles from the City at Newton Park, near Corston, Somerset.-History:...
and Art and Design courses are taught here. This campus is in landscaped grounds and gardens that originally belonged to a mansion house. The building is equipped with studios, workshops, a library, a stationery and art materials shop, Students' Union offices and a refectory.
Until 2009, the University also owned the nearby Somerset Place
Somerset Place (Bath)
Somerset Place is a Georgian Grade I listed crescent in Bath, England. The facades were designed by the architect John Eveleigh who went bankrupt during the building, which started in 1790 but was not completed until the 1820s....
. The sale of this listed Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
crescent was intended to finance a new campus in the city centre. This development, alongside the Dyson School of Design Innovation, did not proceed due to planning issues relating to the chosen riverside site.
Culverhay
The third, and smallest, site is based in the Southdown area of Bath. It is situated next to Culverhay SchoolCulverhay School
Culverhay School is a boys secondary school situated at Rush Hill, Odd Down in Bath, England. There are around 348 students, boys in years 7 to 11 and a co-educational sixth form. The school was scheduled to close, with new admissions ceasing in September 2012...
and was formerly the school's Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
block. The campus is the home to most of the University's Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
The Postgraduate Certificate in Education is a one-year course in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for undergraduate degree holders that allows them to train to be a teacher....
Secondary and Middle Years Education courses, including History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and Religious Education
Religious Education
Religious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
. Facilities at the campus are not as extensive as those found in Newton Park but there are IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
facilities and a common room
Common room
The phrase common room is used especially in British and Canadian English to describe a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at universities, colleges, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. It is generally connected to several...
.
Corsham Court
Corsham Court
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles west of Chippenham, Wiltshire and is notable for its fine art collection, based on the nucleus of paintings inherited in 1757 by Paul Methuen from his uncle, Sir Paul...
after an absence of more than 20 years. Corsham Court became the home of the Bath Academy of Art (now Bath School of Art and Design and part of the University) when its premises were destroyed during the Second World War. Walter Sickert
Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert , born in Munich, Germany, was a painter who was a member of the Camden Town Group in London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the 20th century....
, who taught in that School was also a mentor to Lord Methuen
Baron Methuen
Baron Methuen, of Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1838 for the former Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Wiltshire North, Paul Methuen. His grandson, the third Baron , was a distinguished soldier. His son, the fourth Baron,...
RA, owner of the Court. The centre will include development support for research projects, postgraduate and research studios and study areas for artists and designers undertaking Masters level study and Doctorates, facilities for project work for all undergraduate students, and a conference suite for the use of academic and support departments across the University.
Dartmouth Avenue
The university's School of Art and Design has established a new venture in Dartmouth Avenue. The site was developed as a series of painting and media studios as well as a project space for year two students. This was to offset the loss of space incurred with the sale of Somerset PlaceSomerset Place
Somerset Place is a former plantation near Creswell in Washington County, North Carolina, along the northern shore of Lake Phelps, and now a State Historic Site. Somerset Place operated as a plantation from 1785 until 1865...
. The site has been expanded into an adjoining building to accommodate creative studios and a second, larger, project space (the first now being predominantly used for life drawing classes).
Transport
Bath Spa railway station
Bath Spa railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Bath, in South West England.-Architecture:Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Brunel and is a grade II* listed building...
which is on the main line served by, amongst others, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, Swindon
Swindon
Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
, Chippenham
Chippenham
Chippenham may be:* Chippenham, Wiltshire* Chippenham * Chippenham, Cambridgeshire-See also:* Virginia State Route 150, also known as Chippenham Parkway, USA* Cippenham, Berkshire, UK...
and Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. From the station buses run to each of the campuses on a regular basis.
The Newton Park campus is served by the SPA1/SPA2 services (advertised by First
First Somerset & Avon
First Somerset & Avon Ltd provides bus services in Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bath and West Wiltshire. It is part of First Group. First Somerset & Avon operates an extensive network of services in and around Bath, Bridgwater, Bristol, Taunton, Trowbridge, Wells, Weston-super-Mare and...
as the "Bright Orange Buses"), which run from the University to Bath city centre every twenty minutes during the day in term time. On week-nights and Saturdays, the service runs until 3 am, allowing students to get home from Bath's nightclubs. In the evenings and on Sundays and holidays, the bus only runs once an hour.
The Sion Hill campus is served by the 700 service which runs from the bus station. For the Culverhay campus the 20a service runs from the bus station once an hour and the 10 service runs every 10–20 minutes, again from the bus station. There is also service 42 which runs from the nearby Park and Ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
at Odd Down every 12–15 minutes.
Plans
Plans have been proposed for the development of the university, most notably at Newton Park Campus where over a ten year period the student accommodation is to be demolished and new accommodation built in its place. The existing buildings will be modified to deal with the influx of students expected in the next few years. The Duchy of CornwallDuchy of Cornwall
The Duchy of Cornwall is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch inherits the duchy and title of Duke of Cornwall at the time of his birth, or of his parent's succession to the throne. If the monarch has no son, the...
, the university's landlord, is objecting to these plans.
Schools of Study
The University has six schools of study.- The Bath School of Art and DesignBath School of Art and DesignBath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath, England. It forms part of the Bath Spa University whose main campus is located a few miles from the City at Newton Park, near Corston, Somerset.-History:...
is based at the Sion HillSion Hill Place, BathSion Hill Place in the Lansdown area of Bath, Somerset, England was designed by John Pinch the elder and built between 1818 and 1820.Summerhill and numbers 1 to 9 have been designated as a Grade I listed building....
and Dartmouth Avenue campus' and teaches art, fine artFine artFine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
, graphic communicationGraphic CommunicationGraphic communication as the name suggests is communication through graphics and graphical aids. It is the process of creating, producing, and distributing material incorporating words and images to convey data, concepts, and emotions....
, interactive multimedia, media communication, materials based design, textile design studies and visual culture.
- The Graduate School is responsible for the higher degrees.
- The School of Education teaches Education Studies as an academic subject, and also has responsibility for PGCE provision and for postgraduate studies in education.
- The School of Humanities and Cultural Industries has responsibility for undergraduate courses in English Literature and in Creative WritingCreative writingCreative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
(including Writing for Young People) and the MAMaster of Arts (postgraduate)A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Creative Writing (MACW). It also teaches subjects such as history, cultural studies, the study of religions, media communications, and film studies.
- The School of Music and the Performing Arts is responsible for courses in music, dance, drama, and performing arts.
- The School of Science, Society and Management is responsible for the teaching of biology, environmental science, food nutrition, geography, tourism management, psychology, sociology, health-care and business studies.
The Wessex Partnership
The University has formed partnerships with a number of regional Further Education Colleges, known as the Wessex Partnership.Under the Partnership, students take the first year of their Higher Education course in their local college and, if successful, the rest of their course at Bath Spa University.
The partner colleges are;
- Bridgwater CollegeBridgwater CollegeBridgwater College is a further education college primarily based in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. It has centres in Cannington, Yeovil, and Paignton....
- Cirencester CollegeCirencester CollegeCirencester College is a tertiary college with its main campus situated on the outskirts of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The college also has premises at The Castle, Cecily Hill, Cirencester and in Tetbury at the Tetbury centre. A number of other venues are used for part-time courses...
- City of Bath CollegeCity of Bath CollegeCity of Bath College is a Further Education college in the centre of Bath, Somerset, England.-History:The college was formed in 1892 under the combined names of Bath City Science, Art, and Technical Schools...
- City of Bristol CollegeCity of Bristol CollegeCity of Bristol College is one of the largest further education colleges in the UK. Based in Bristol, the College continues to gain national recognition for its work with adults, young people and employers.- Awards :* LSIS Beacon status...
- New College, SwindonNew College, SwindonNew College is a further and higher education institution, founded in 1983 and located in Swindon, England. The latest OFSTED report rated the college as good stating that: "This is a good college with outstanding features and good capacity to improve.." and that: "Achievement and standards are...
- Norton Radstock CollegeNorton Radstock CollegeNorton Radstock College is a further education college in Westfield, Somerset serving Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Westfield, Keynsham and surrounding districts in Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire and Somerset, England....
- Weston CollegeWeston CollegeWeston College is a further education college situated in Weston-super-Mare, England. The college has 7,500 students who are taught at facilities in Weston-super-Mare and Nailsea...
- Weymouth CollegeWeymouth CollegeWeymouth College is a Further Education college located in Weymouth, England.The college has over 7,000 students, studying on a wide range of practical and academic courses in many different subjects...
Rugby
Bath Spa University Rugby Football Club competes in the BUCS Western Men's Conference 3A against other south western universities such as Bournemouth, Southampton, Exeter and University of Bath's 4th team. They finished bottom of the 3A league in 2010. Overall league positions (2010), Bath Spa (rank 68), Bath (rank 10). In the 2010-2011 season a second team was organised for the first time. The players also compete in 7's competitions throughout the country, but mainly in their host competition "Jon Ball 7's", which is a charitable tournament held at the Newton Park campus every May. In the Bath Derby (for the 2010-11 season) Bath Spa 1st XV succumbed 66-0 to rival Bath Uni's 4th XV.Noted people
Joe BennettJoe Bennett (musician)
Joe Bennett is head of the School of Music and the Performing Arts at Bath Spa University and the Head of the annual UK Songwriting Festival...
, head of the School of Music and the Performing Arts at Bath Spa University and the organiser of the annual UK Songwriting Festival
UK Songwriting Festival
The UK Songwriting Festival is a six-day residential event, held at Bath Spa University every August. It was launched in 2004 as part of a National Teaching Fellowship project by Joe Bennett. It is supported with contributors from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.-External links:***...
. He has written about 40 popular-music-related books, covering Music Theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
, Guitar Effects and Altered Tunings
Guitar tuning
Guitar tunings almost always refers to the pitch of the open string, though some tunings may only realistically be attained by the use of a capo on an unmodified instrument....
, as well as over 300 articles and reviews for Total Guitar
Total Guitar
Total Guitar is a monthly magazine based in the United Kingdom. The magazine is the best selling guitar magazine in Europe.The magazine is owned by Future Publishing, who publish many other magazines ranging from drums and video games to mountain bikes and knitting magazines.Total Guitar regularly...
, Classic CD, the Roland Corporation
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
, Music Tech Magazine
Music Tech Magazine
Launched on 20 March 2003 Music Tech Magazine is the first magazine from Anthem Publishing.The magazine is targeted at engineers, producers and musicians and includes reviews of recording equipment and features articles on all aspects of music making...
and Future Music magazine.
Dr. Carrie Etter
Carrie Etter
-Life:Originally from Normal, Illinois, she moved to Southern California at the age of 19, and on to London in 2001.Etter holds a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MA and PhD from the University of California, Irvine...
, an American poet, originally from Normal, Illinois
Normal, Illinois
Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
, who moved to Southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
at the age of 19 and on to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 2001. She is an Associate Lecturer at Bath Spa University. In the UK, her poems have appeared in Metre, Poetry Wales, Poetry Review, Reactions, Thumbscrew, The Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere, while in the US her poems have appeared in Aufgabe, Barrow Street, Columbia, Meridian, The New Republic, Seneca Review, and many other journals. She is also an essayist and a critic. Her reviews of contemporary poetry have appeared in The Liberal, New Welsh Review, Poetry Matters, The Times Literary Supplement, and Verse.
William Hughes
William Hughes (professor)
William Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University, England: he has specialised in the study of Bram Stoker. He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School Liverpool Collegiate Institution and the University of East Anglia Norwich, and also holds a PGCE from Christ Church,...
, Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University. Author of Beyond Dracula (Palgrave 2000), and co-editor of the collections Contemporary Writing and National Identity (with Tracey Hill), Bram Stoker History, Psychoanalysis and the Gothic (with Andrew Smith), Fictions of Unease: The Gothic from Otranto to The X-Files (with Andrew Smith and Diane Mason) and Empire and the Gothic: The Politics of Genre (with Andrew Smith), he has also produced scholarly editions of Stoker's The Lady of the Shroud and Dracula. He is also editor of Gothic Studies, the refereed journal of the International Gothic Association, published by Manchester University
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
Press.
Tim Liardet
Tim Liardet
Tim Liardet is a poet, a critic and Professor of Poetry at Bath Spa University. He has produced eight collections of poetry to date.Clay Hill, his first collection, appeared in 1988. Fellini Beach, his second collection, appeared in 1994...
, an English poet and critic. He studied at the University of York
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
and lectures in creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
at Bath Spa University. He has published five collections of poetry, Clay Hill, Fellini Beach, Competing with the Piano Tuner, To the God of Rain and The Blood Choir, which was nominated for the T. S. Eliot Prize
T. S. Eliot Prize
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year. The Prize was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and in...
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Gerard Woodward
Gerard Woodward
Gerard Woodward is an award-winning British novelist, poet and short story writer, best known for his trilogy of novels concerning the troubled Jones family, the second of which, I'll Go To Bed at Noon, was shortlisted for the 2004 Man-Booker Prize.He was born in London and briefly studied...
, an award-winning British novelist and poet. He was educated at Falmouth School of Art and the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, where he studied Social Anthropology. His first collection of poetry, Householder, was published in 1991 and won the Somerset Maugham Award
Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to whom they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a book published in the past year. The prize was instituted in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham and thus...
. His novels have been shortlisted for both the Booker
Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
and Whitbread Awards. He teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University.
Steve Voake
Steve Voake
Steve Voake is a successful English children's author from Midsomer Norton, Somerset, whose books have sold all over the world.In 2003 he was head teacher of a primary school in Kilmersdon, Somerset, when the BBC reported that he was being hailed as the next J. K. Rowling...
, successful children's author. He is Senior Lecturer in Writing for Young People at the university. His novels include The Dreamwalker's Child
The Dreamwalker's Child
The Dreamwalker's Child is a children's fantasy novel by Steve Voake. It was his debut novel and was published in 2005 by Faber Children's Books. It was shortlisted for the Stockton Children's Book of the Year. It is 320 pages long.-Plot summary:...
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Dr Nicholas Campion
Nicholas Campion
thumb |upright |Dr Nicholas CampionNicholas Campion , is an historian with particular expertise in cultural history and the history and contemporary culture and practice of astrology. He is the author of a two volume history of Western Astrology.He is a native of Bristol, England...
, cultural historian, pioneer of the study of cultural astronomy and Director of The Sophia Centre
The Sophia Centre
thumb |upright |Sophia Centre, School of Archaeology, History and AnthropologyUniversity of Wales, Lampeter.The Sophia Centre was founded in the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University in 2002, as the first University centre in the world to teach Cultural Astronomy thumb...
taught at Bath Spa from 2002-7. He was Senior Lecturer in the Department of History 2004-7.
Notable alumni
- Roger DeakinsRoger DeakinsRoger Antony Deakins, ASC, BSC is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers. Deakins is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers...
, cinematographer - Kate GarrawayKate GarrawayKathryn Mary Garraway is an English journalist currently employed by ITV Breakfast.She has presented the UK version of The Biggest Loser.-Early life:...
, television presenter - Peter FlanneryPeter FlanneryPeter Flannery is a British playwright and screenwriter. He was educated at Bath Spa University and is best known for his work while a resident playwright at the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
, scriptwriter, author of Our Friends in the NorthOur Friends in the NorthOur Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC Two in early 1996... - Jason GardenerJason GardenerJason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in...
, athlete, OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medallist - Mo HayderMo HayderMo Hayder is a British author of crime and thriller fiction.She is the author of eight novels. Her debut, Birdman, was published in January 2000 and was an international bestseller. Her second novel, The Treatment, was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the 2002 WH Smith Thumping Good Read award....
, British crime novelist - Sir Howard HodgkinHoward HodgkinSir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH, CBE is a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction.-Early life:...
, artist, Turner PrizeTurner PrizeThe Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
winner - Daren KingDaren KingLaurence Daren King is an award-winning contemporary English novelist. His debut novel, Boxy an Star, was shortlisted for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. He won first prize in the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2006...
, contemporary English novelist - Glenn BrownGlenn BrownGlenn Brown is an English artist. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000.-Working practice:Brown appropriates images created by living, working artists, such as Frank Auerbach and Howard Hodgkin, as well as images by artists more established in the historical canon, such as Rembrandt or...
, English painter, Turner PrizeTurner PrizeThe Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
winner - Gordon MoakesGordon MoakesGordon Peter Moakes is an English multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist for English indie rock band Bloc Party.-Bloc Party:...
, Bloc Party bassist and backing singer - Anita RoddickAnita RoddickDame Anita Roddick, DBE was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism...
, businesswoman, founder of The Body ShopThe Body ShopThe Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company...