Glenside, Bristol
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Glenside campus is the home of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England
(UWE), Bristol
. It is located on Blackberry Hill in the suburb of Fishponds. Its clocktower is a prominent landmark, visible from the M32 motorway
.
was founded as a lunatic asylum in 1861, designed by Henry Crisp and built next to the co-located Stapleton Hospital
mental health facility. Stanley Spencer
worked as a medical orderly at the Beaufort from 1915-16. It was renamed Glenside under the NHS reforms of the 1950s.
From January 1993, the two hospitals merged to become the jointly named Blackberry Hill Hospital. Patients of Glenside were assessed for capability, with many placed within the Care in the Community
programme, while the residual were moved in to new buildings constructed on the former Manor Park site for their long term care.
The former Glenside Hospital campus was bought in 1996 when the Avon and Gloucestershire College of Health and Bath and Swindon College of Health Studies, joined with the existing UWE Faculty of Health and Community Studies.
The museum, founded by Dr Donal F. Early used to be situated in the balcony of the canteen, but has since re-located to the Grade 2 listed Glenside Chapel. The museums collection consists of a wide range of paraphernalia and images from the life of Glenside and of the local Learning Disability Hospitals of the Stoke Park Group and the Burden Neurological Institution. The museum charges no entrance fee, but depends on donations from the public, and currently opens every Wednesday 10am-12pm and Saturdays 10am-12pm.
The school hosts both the whole systems action research group Centre for Social and Organisational Learning as Action Research (SOLAR) and the Centre for Local Democracy which is a multi Faculty research centre of the University.
and Diploma
courses to MSc
and PhD
, plus a wide range of continuing education, in the areas of Midwifery
, Nursing
, Occupational Therapy
, Physiotherapy, Radiography
, Social Work
and other health-related professions. Many students undertake placements as part of their course within the Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority.
University of the West of England
The University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...
(UWE), 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...
. It is located on Blackberry Hill in the suburb of Fishponds. Its clocktower is a prominent landmark, visible from the M32 motorway
M32 motorway
The M32 is a motorway in South Gloucestershire and Bristol, England. It provides a link from Bristol city centre to the M4 and is part of the Bristol Parkway. At about , it is one of Britain's shortest motorways...
.
History
Beaufort HospitalBeaufort Hospital
Beaufort Hospital was a military hospital in Stapleton district of Bristol during World War I. Before the war it was an asylum and after the war it became a psychiatric hospital....
was founded as a lunatic asylum in 1861, designed by Henry Crisp and built next to the co-located Stapleton Hospital
Blackberry Hill Hospital
Blackberry Hill Hospital is an NHS mental health facility and redevelopment site in Fishponds, Bristol, presently the home of some facilities of the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership....
mental health facility. Stanley Spencer
Stanley Spencer
Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Much of his work depicts Biblical scenes, from miracles to Crucifixion, happening not in the Holy Land but in the small Thames-side village where he was born and spent most of his life...
worked as a medical orderly at the Beaufort from 1915-16. It was renamed Glenside under the NHS reforms of the 1950s.
From January 1993, the two hospitals merged to become the jointly named Blackberry Hill Hospital. Patients of Glenside were assessed for capability, with many placed within the Care in the Community
Care in the Community
Care in the Community is the British policy of deinstitutionalization, treating and caring for physically and mentally disabled people in their homes rather than in an institution...
programme, while the residual were moved in to new buildings constructed on the former Manor Park site for their long term care.
The former Glenside Hospital campus was bought in 1996 when the Avon and Gloucestershire College of Health and Bath and Swindon College of Health Studies, joined with the existing UWE Faculty of Health and Community Studies.
Buildings
The buildings on the site include several Grade II listed buildings:- now being used as a crime scene training facility.
- (now a museum)
Museum
The museum, founded by Dr Donal F. Early used to be situated in the balcony of the canteen, but has since re-located to the Grade 2 listed Glenside Chapel. The museums collection consists of a wide range of paraphernalia and images from the life of Glenside and of the local Learning Disability Hospitals of the Stoke Park Group and the Burden Neurological Institution. The museum charges no entrance fee, but depends on donations from the public, and currently opens every Wednesday 10am-12pm and Saturdays 10am-12pm.
Departments
The School of Health & Social Care is part of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and includes the following schools:- Department of Nursing and Midwifery
- Department of Allied Health Professions
- Department of Health and Applied Social Sciences
The school hosts both the whole systems action research group Centre for Social and Organisational Learning as Action Research (SOLAR) and the Centre for Local Democracy which is a multi Faculty research centre of the University.
Courses
The faculty offers full and part-time courses at all levels, from BScBSC
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and Diploma
Diploma of Higher Education
A Diploma of Higher Education is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. It is awarded after two years to three years' full-time study at a university or other higher education institution...
courses to MSc
MSC
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and PhD
PHD
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, plus a wide range of continuing education, in the areas of Midwifery
Midwifery
Midwifery is a health care profession in which providers offer care to childbearing women during pregnancy, labour and birth, and during the postpartum period. They also help care for the newborn and assist the mother with breastfeeding....
, Nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
, Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy is a discipline that aims to promote health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments...
, Physiotherapy, Radiography
Radiography
Radiography is the use of X-rays to view a non-uniformly composed material such as the human body. By using the physical properties of the ray an image can be developed which displays areas of different density and composition....
, Social Work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
and other health-related professions. Many students undertake placements as part of their course within the Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority.
Facilities
The campus provides a range of facilities including:- Student One Stop Shop
- Library
- Interprofessional Simulation Suite
- Human Analysis Laboratory (HAL)
- Imaging Suite
- Nursing Skills Simulation Suite
- Information Technology suites
- Learning Technologies Technical Unit
- Catering Services