University of Bath
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The University of Bath is a campus university
located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter
in 1966.
In 2010, the Guardian University Guide ranked Bath as the 9th best university in the United Kingdom. Bath has been placed 5th nationally and been awarded the title of ‘University of the Year 2011/12’ by The Sunday Times. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise
released in December 2008, two thirds of Bath's individual subject submissions are ranked in the top ten nationally, including over a third in the top five.
The university is a member of the 1994 Group of research-led British universities
, the Association of Commonwealth Universities
, the Association of MBAs
, the European Quality Improvement System
, the European University Association
, and Universities UK
, but is not a member of the Russell Group
of leading research intensive universities.
established in Bristol
100 years earlier, the Bristol Trade School of 1856. In 1885 the school became part of the Society of Merchant Venturers
and was renamed the Merchant Venturers' Technical College (whose alumni include the physicists Paul Dirac
and Peter Higgs
), an institution founded as a school in 1595. Meanwhile, in the neighbouring city of Bath, a pharmaceutical
school, the Bath School of Pharmacy, was founded in 1907. This became part of the Technical College in 1929.
In 1949, the college came under the control of the Bristol Education Authority and was renamed the Bristol College of Technology, which was subsequently changed again, in 1960, to the Bristol College of Science and Technology when it became one of ten technical colleges under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education
. The college was mainly housed in the former Muller's Orphanage
at Ashley Down, Bristol, which still houses part of the City of Bristol College
whilst the remainder has been converted into residential housing.
In 1963, the government completed an inquiry into the state of higher education in the United Kingdom. This was known as the Robbins Committee report
. It was this report that paved the way for the college (along with a number of other institutions
) to assume university status.
Although the grounds of Kings Weston House
, in Bristol, were briefly considered - which then, and until 1969, accommodated the College's School of Architecture and Building Engineering - the City of Bristol was unable to offer the expanding college an appropriately sized single site. Following discussions between the College Principal and the Director of Education in Bath, an agreement was reached to provide the college with a new home in Claverton Down
, Bath, on a greenfield site
overlooking the city of Bath.
Construction of a purpose-built campus in Bath began in 1964, with the first building, now known as 4 South, completed in 1965, and the Royal Charter
was granted in 1966. Over the subsequent decade, new buildings were added as the campus took shape. A campus in Oakfield, Swindon
, was opened in 2000.
In November 1966, the first degree ceremony was held at the Assembly Rooms
in Bath.
Discoveries from city records reveal that there were plans in the mid-19th Century to build a college of the University of Oxford
on the very same site, which would have resulted in a university of a very different character. Such plans, however, did not come to fruition.
The university logo features the so-called Gorgon
's head which is taken from charges on the University's coat of arms
. The emblem evokes Bath's Roman past, with its fusion of Sul
, local goddess of hot springs (probably identical with the Brythonic and Gallic goddess Sul/Sulla – 'The Bright One') and Minerva
, the Roman goddess of wisdom, leading to the creation of Sulis
-Minerva, the patroness goddess of Bath – perhaps an apt symbol for an English academic institution with strong European links. Originally from the pediment of the Roman Temple of Sulis Minerva, the male face may represent a local or Gallic/Celtic variation of the classical mythological gorgon Medusa, as found on the aegis and shield of Athena/Minerva.
, two kilometres from Bath. The campus is compact; it is possible to walk from one end to the other in fifteen minutes.
Architectural plans of the university show that the design involved the separation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, with road traffic on the ground floors and pedestrians on a raised central thoroughfare, known as the Parade. Buildings would line the parade and student residences built on tower blocks rise from the central thoroughfare.
Such plans were mostly adhered to. At the centre of the campus is the Library and Learning Centre, a 24/7 facility offering computing services, information and research assistance as well as books and journals. A number of outlets, including restaurants, bars and fast-food outlets, plus three banks, a union shop, a small supermarket and an oriental supermarket, as well as academic blocks, are housed around the parade. Buildings are named based on their location relative to the library - 1 East, 2 East and so forth based on their distance from the library with the same applying to the south and west. Odd-numbered buildings are on the same side of the parade as the library, and even-numbered buildings are on the opposite side.
Buildings along the east-west axis are mostly directly accessible from the parade, which is generally considered to be "level two", but later additions, such as 7 West, 9 West, 3 West North and 8 East, follow this rule less strictly. 7 West is generally only accessible via 5 West or 9 West, and 3 West North, 9 West and 8 East have entrances at ground level at varying distances from the main parade. Buildings on the south of the campus, 1 South to 4 South, are accessible via roads and pedestrian walkways by the university lake and gardens.
Buildings, like many so-called plate glass universities
, were constructed in a functional, modernistic style using concrete
, although such designs were later derided for lacking the charm of the Victorian
red-brick universities or the ancient and medieval ones. In Bath, there is a particular contrast between the concrete campus and the Georgian style
architecture of the World Heritage City
of Bath.
The eastern part of the campus is dominated by the Sports Training Village, built in 1992 and enhanced in 2003 with an extension.
The northern perimeter of the university is bounded by student residences Westwood, Eastwood, Brendon Court, Polden Court (Postgraduate students), Solsbury Court, Marlborough Court and Woodland Court. The original plan for students to be housed in tower blocks above the parade continues with a small number of rooms (110) in Norwood House. However, the second tower block, Wessex House, now hosts a number of offices rather than residences.
The university owns buildings in the City of Bath, mostly student residences dotted around town, although Carpenter House is also home to a life-long learning centre and a business facility (the Innovation Centre).
Major campus development continues, including a new multifunction building (office and teaching rooms) near the East Car Park and the construction of further Arts facilities is due to begin in 2013.
Completed projects include:
The university continually upgrades its Claverton Down campus with new teaching blocks. A proposal to move the boundary of the green belt
from where it crosses the campus to its edge, to facilitate further development, was agreed in October 2007 by the local council
following a public inquiry. In July 2005, building 3 West North (officially opened on 27 October) was completed. The deconstruction of the asbestos
-contaminated 4 West was completed in mid-2005 and the new 4 West building is being constructed, part of which was opened in September 2009. This included a new easily accessible centre for Student Support Services and a cafe
. The remainder of 4 West opened in April 2010 and provides additional teaching and office space. Mathematical Sciences is one department who moved into this space.
The ICIA Arts Complex is planning to add a new building adjacent to the theatre. Construction work is due to start in September 2013.
Over several years, the grounds have received recognition for their outstanding beauty with awards from Bath in Bloom.
s, mathematics
and technology
. Today, the university is also strong in management
, humanities
, architecture
and the social sciences. Courses place a strong emphasis on vocational education
; the university recommends students to take a one-year industry placement in the penultimate year of the course, although it there is no formal recognition of these placements on students' final degree certificates.
According to the latest government assessments, Bath has 15 subjects rated "excellent" (the highest on the scale). These are: Pharmacy
and Pharmacology
; Business
and Management
(AMBA
accredited); Architecture
and Civil Engineering
; Economics
; Computer Science
; Electronic and electrical engineering; Mechanical Engineering
(IMechE
accredited); Mathematics
, Statistics
and Operational research; Education
; Molecular Biosciences; Biosciences; Physics
and Astronomy
; Politics
; Sport; Social Policy
and Administration.
, Bath has 23 out of 26 subjects placed within the top 10 in the UK. In addition, Bath's biosciences, physics, mathematics and statistics all achieve maximum points (24/24) in the latest Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
(QAA).
The university has grown rapidly, particularly in the last few years. As of December 2009, 13,959 students were studying at the university; of whom 9,460 (71%) were undergraduates (full-time and part-time) and 3,758 (29%) were postgraduates.
Over 25% of students are international students (those with non-British domicile), reflecting the university's strong international reputation, with the largest number coming from China (including Hong Kong), Germany and France.
The University sports operation is branded TeamBath
. The University is host to Team Bath F.C.
as well as some of the UK's top Olympic
athletes. It has one of the best sports facilities in a United Kingdom university, spread over three main sites: two on the Claverton Down campus, known as the Founder's Hall and Sports Training Village (which also hosts the English Institute of Sport
for South West England
); and at the Sulis Club, a few miles away.
In 2009, Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Bath to enable Malaysian athletes preparing for the 2012 London Olympics to train there. The University of Bath is not only capitalised as a venue to prepare athletes for the London Olympics but is also a forward base for sports events like the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the badminton Super Series and cycling circuits in Europe.
Facilities at the university include a fitness suite
, four squash
courts, 25- and 50-metre indoor swimming pools, indoor (110m) and outdoor (400m) athletics tracks, multi-purpose sport halls (including basketball
, netball
and badminton
courts), an eight-court indoor tennis
hall, a judo
/karate
/jitsu dojo and centres for sports science
and sports medicine
. Outdoor synthetic
and natural pitches and grounds cater for football
, rugby union
, field hockey
, lacrosse
, and American football
. The latest addition to the University's facilities is a Rowing Shed on the River Avon for the Rowing Club, built in 2008. Limited free use of these facilities, with restrictions on times, bookings and frequency of use, can be obtained by students with a membership of the university's sport association. Alternatively, reduced prices are available to students and staff. As of Autumn 2011 students had their free access to the University sports facilities, which had been used to attract potential applicants to the university, removed without consultation.
There are also semi-competitive, recreational sporting events. The largest of these is the Interdepartmental Football Cup (IDFC).
Government, law and public policy
Business
Academia
Sports
Campus university
A campus university is a British term for a university situated on one site, with student accommodation, teaching and research facilities, and leisure activities all together...
located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
in 1966.
In 2010, the Guardian University Guide ranked Bath as the 9th best university in the United Kingdom. Bath has been placed 5th nationally and been awarded the title of ‘University of the Year 2011/12’ by The Sunday Times. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
released in December 2008, two thirds of Bath's individual subject submissions are ranked in the top ten nationally, including over a third in the top five.
The university is a member of the 1994 Group of research-led British universities
1994 Group
The 1994 Group is a coalition of 19 top "smaller research-intensive universities" in the United Kingdom founded in 1994 to defend their interests following the creation of the Russell Group by larger research-intensive universities earlier that year...
, the Association of Commonwealth Universities
Association of Commonwealth Universities
The Association of Commonwealth Universities represents over 480 universities from Commonwealth countries.- History :In 1912, the University of London took the initiative to assemble 53 representatives of universities in London to hold a Congress of Universities of the Empire...
, the Association of MBAs
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
, the European Quality Improvement System
European Quality Improvement System
The European Quality Improvement System is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development...
, the European University Association
European University Association
The European University Association represents and supports more than 850 institutions of higher education in 46 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies...
, and Universities UK
Universities UK
Universities UK began life as the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century when there were informal meetings involving Vice-Chancellors of a number of universities and Principals of university colleges...
, but is not a member of the Russell Group
Russell Group
The Russell Group is a collaboration of twenty UK universities that together receive two-thirds of research grant and contract funding in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1994 to represent their interests to the government, parliament and other similar bodies...
of leading research intensive universities.
History
The University of Bath can trace its roots to a technical schoolTechnical school
Technical school is a general term used for two-year college which provide mostly employment-preparation skills for trained labor, such as welding, culinary arts and office management.-Associations supporting technical schools:...
established in 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...
100 years earlier, the Bristol Trade School of 1856. In 1885 the school became part of the Society of Merchant Venturers
Society of Merchant Venturers
The Society of Merchant Venturers is a private entrepreneurial and charitable organisation in the English city of Bristol, which dates back to the 13th century...
and was renamed the Merchant Venturers' Technical College (whose alumni include the physicists Paul Dirac
Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS was an English theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics...
and Peter Higgs
Peter Higgs
Peter Ware Higgs, FRS, FRSE, FKC , is an English theoretical physicist and an emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh....
), an institution founded as a school in 1595. Meanwhile, in the neighbouring city of Bath, a pharmaceutical
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
school, the Bath School of Pharmacy, was founded in 1907. This became part of the Technical College in 1929.
In 1949, the college came under the control of the Bristol Education Authority and was renamed the Bristol College of Technology, which was subsequently changed again, in 1960, to the Bristol College of Science and Technology when it became one of ten technical colleges under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
The administration of education policy in the United Kingdom began in the 19th century. Official mandation of education began with the Elementary Education Act 1870 for England and Wales, and the Education Act 1872 for Scotland...
. The college was mainly housed in the former Muller's Orphanage
New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol
The New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, commonly known as the Muller Homes, were an orphanage in the district of Ashley Down, in the north of Bristol. They were built between 1849 and 1870 by the Prussian evangelist George Müller to show the world that God not only heard, but answered, prayer...
at Ashley Down, Bristol, which still houses part of the City of Bristol College
City of Bristol College
City 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...
whilst the remainder has been converted into residential housing.
In 1963, the government completed an inquiry into the state of higher education in the United Kingdom. This was known as the Robbins Committee report
Robbins Report
The Robbins Report was commissioned by the British government and published in 1963. The Committee met from 1961 to 1963...
. It was this report that paved the way for the college (along with a number of other institutions
Plate glass university
The term plate glass university has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education. In some cases these were older schools with new Royal Charters, now making them universities...
) to assume university status.
Although the grounds of Kings Weston House
Kings Weston House
Kings Weston House is a historic building in Kings Weston Lane, Kingsweston, Bristol, England.It was built between 1710 and 1725 was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for Edward Southwell on the site of an earlier Tudor house, and remodelled 1763 by Robert Mylne. A significant architectural feature is...
, in Bristol, were briefly considered - which then, and until 1969, accommodated the College's School of Architecture and Building Engineering - the City of Bristol was unable to offer the expanding college an appropriately sized single site. Following discussions between the College Principal and the Director of Education in Bath, an agreement was reached to provide the college with a new home in Claverton Down
Claverton Down
Claverton Down is a suburb on the south-east hilltop edge of Bath, Somerset, England. It is linked to the Bathwick area of the city by Bathwick Hill....
, Bath, on a greenfield site
Greenfield land
Greenfield land is a term used to describe undeveloped land in a city or rural area either used for agriculture, landscape design, or left to naturally evolve...
overlooking the city of Bath.
Construction of a purpose-built campus in Bath began in 1964, with the first building, now known as 4 South, completed in 1965, and the Royal Charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
was granted in 1966. Over the subsequent decade, new buildings were added as the campus took shape. A campus in Oakfield, 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...
, was opened in 2000.
In November 1966, the first degree ceremony was held at the Assembly Rooms
Bath Assembly Rooms
The Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769, are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath in England which are now open to the public as a visitor attraction...
in Bath.
Discoveries from city records reveal that there were plans in the mid-19th Century to build a college of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
on the very same site, which would have resulted in a university of a very different character. Such plans, however, did not come to fruition.
The university logo features the so-called Gorgon
Gorgon
In Greek mythology, the Gorgon was a terrifying female creature. The name derives from the Greek word gorgós, which means "dreadful." While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a...
's head which is taken from charges on the University's coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
. The emblem evokes Bath's Roman past, with its fusion of Sul
SUL
SUL may stand for:* Sulaimaniyah International Airport* ICAO-code of Air Sul, а defunct Portuguese airline* ISO-639-3 code of Surigaonon language* Sul, Norway* South Region, Brazil...
, local goddess of hot springs (probably identical with the Brythonic and Gallic goddess Sul/Sulla – 'The Bright One') and Minerva
Minerva
Minerva was the Roman goddess whom Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic...
, the Roman goddess of wisdom, leading to the creation of Sulis
Sulis
In localised Celtic polytheism practised in Britain, Sulis was a deity worshipped at the thermal spring of Bath . She was worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother...
-Minerva, the patroness goddess of Bath – perhaps an apt symbol for an English academic institution with strong European links. Originally from the pediment of the Roman Temple of Sulis Minerva, the male face may represent a local or Gallic/Celtic variation of the classical mythological gorgon Medusa, as found on the aegis and shield of Athena/Minerva.
Campus and facilities
Main campus
The university's main campus is located on Claverton DownClaverton Down
Claverton Down is a suburb on the south-east hilltop edge of Bath, Somerset, England. It is linked to the Bathwick area of the city by Bathwick Hill....
, two kilometres from Bath. The campus is compact; it is possible to walk from one end to the other in fifteen minutes.
Architectural plans of the university show that the design involved the separation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, with road traffic on the ground floors and pedestrians on a raised central thoroughfare, known as the Parade. Buildings would line the parade and student residences built on tower blocks rise from the central thoroughfare.
Such plans were mostly adhered to. At the centre of the campus is the Library and Learning Centre, a 24/7 facility offering computing services, information and research assistance as well as books and journals. A number of outlets, including restaurants, bars and fast-food outlets, plus three banks, a union shop, a small supermarket and an oriental supermarket, as well as academic blocks, are housed around the parade. Buildings are named based on their location relative to the library - 1 East, 2 East and so forth based on their distance from the library with the same applying to the south and west. Odd-numbered buildings are on the same side of the parade as the library, and even-numbered buildings are on the opposite side.
Buildings along the east-west axis are mostly directly accessible from the parade, which is generally considered to be "level two", but later additions, such as 7 West, 9 West, 3 West North and 8 East, follow this rule less strictly. 7 West is generally only accessible via 5 West or 9 West, and 3 West North, 9 West and 8 East have entrances at ground level at varying distances from the main parade. Buildings on the south of the campus, 1 South to 4 South, are accessible via roads and pedestrian walkways by the university lake and gardens.
Buildings, like many so-called plate glass universities
Plate glass university
The term plate glass university has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education. In some cases these were older schools with new Royal Charters, now making them universities...
, were constructed in a functional, modernistic style using concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
, although such designs were later derided for lacking the charm of the Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
red-brick universities or the ancient and medieval ones. In Bath, there is a particular contrast between the concrete campus and the Georgian style
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...
architecture of the World Heritage City
World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
of Bath.
The eastern part of the campus is dominated by the Sports Training Village, built in 1992 and enhanced in 2003 with an extension.
The northern perimeter of the university is bounded by student residences Westwood, Eastwood, Brendon Court, Polden Court (Postgraduate students), Solsbury Court, Marlborough Court and Woodland Court. The original plan for students to be housed in tower blocks above the parade continues with a small number of rooms (110) in Norwood House. However, the second tower block, Wessex House, now hosts a number of offices rather than residences.
The university owns buildings in the City of Bath, mostly student residences dotted around town, although Carpenter House is also home to a life-long learning centre and a business facility (the Innovation Centre).
Major campus development continues, including a new multifunction building (office and teaching rooms) near the East Car Park and the construction of further Arts facilities is due to begin in 2013.
Completed projects include:
- 3 West North (teaching rooms) in 2005;
- 4 South annexe (research facilities) August 2007;
- Woodland Court, with 353 study bedrooms, September 2008;
- 4 West, complete with Cafe, March 2010;
- A new Student Centre, October 2010
The university continually upgrades its Claverton Down campus with new teaching blocks. A proposal to move the boundary of the green belt
Green belt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges which have a linear character and may run through an...
from where it crosses the campus to its edge, to facilitate further development, was agreed in October 2007 by the local council
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority that was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the County of Avon. It is part of the Ceremonial county of Somerset...
following a public inquiry. In July 2005, building 3 West North (officially opened on 27 October) was completed. The deconstruction of the asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
-contaminated 4 West was completed in mid-2005 and the new 4 West building is being constructed, part of which was opened in September 2009. This included a new easily accessible centre for Student Support Services and a cafe
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
. The remainder of 4 West opened in April 2010 and provides additional teaching and office space. Mathematical Sciences is one department who moved into this space.
The ICIA Arts Complex is planning to add a new building adjacent to the theatre. Construction work is due to start in September 2013.
Over several years, the grounds have received recognition for their outstanding beauty with awards from Bath in Bloom.
Swindon
Under the Gateway Project, the university had planned to build a major new campus next to the Great Western Hospital and the Coate Water nature reserve. The project had met opposition from environmentalists and locals but had met with Government approval. The University withdrew from the project in March 2007 citing "prevailing planning and funding conditions".Academics and courses
The university's major academic strengths have been engineering, the physical scienceScience
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
s, 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 technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
. Today, the university is also strong in management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, 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....
, architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and the social sciences. Courses place a strong emphasis on vocational education
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
; the university recommends students to take a one-year industry placement in the penultimate year of the course, although it there is no formal recognition of these placements on students' final degree certificates.
According to the latest government assessments, Bath has 15 subjects rated "excellent" (the highest on the scale). These are: Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
and Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
; Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
(AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
accredited); Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
; Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
; Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
; Electronic and electrical engineering; Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
(IMechE
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is the British engineering society based in central London, representing mechanical engineering. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers...
accredited); 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...
, Statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
and Operational research; Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
; Molecular Biosciences; Biosciences; Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
; Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
; Sport; Social Policy
Social policy
Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Thus, social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues...
and Administration.
Rankings
According to the Complete University Guide published by The IndependentThe Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, Bath has 23 out of 26 subjects placed within the top 10 in the UK. In addition, Bath's biosciences, physics, mathematics and statistics all achieve maximum points (24/24) in the latest Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Established in 1997, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education works to ensure that higher education qualifications in the United Kingdom are of a sound standard. It protects the public interest by checking how universities and colleges maintain their academic standards and quality...
(QAA).
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |
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| Sunday Times University Guide | 5th | 9th | 9th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 16th | 12th | 10th |
| Times Good University Guide | 12th | 13th | 13th | 15th | 11th | 9th | 13th | 11th= | 5th | 4th | 9th |
| The Complete University Guide | 10th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 9th | ||||||
| Guardian University Guide | 14th | 13th | 9th | 13th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 16th | 13th |
| The Daily Telegraph | 9th | 18th= | 18th | ||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |
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| QS World University Rankings QS World University Rankings The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004.... |
168th | 144th | 144th | 152th | 145th | 153th | 130th | |
| Times Higher Education | 251-275th | 144th | 152nd | 145th | 153rd | 130th | 103rd |
Admissions and students
Admissions require top grades at A-Level with twelve applications for each place, the number of applications rising by 16 per cent in 2007.The university has grown rapidly, particularly in the last few years. As of December 2009, 13,959 students were studying at the university; of whom 9,460 (71%) were undergraduates (full-time and part-time) and 3,758 (29%) were postgraduates.
Over 25% of students are international students (those with non-British domicile), reflecting the university's strong international reputation, with the largest number coming from China (including Hong Kong), Germany and France.
Sports and TeamBath
TeamBath
"Team Bath" redirects here. For the football club, see Team Bath F.C..TeamBath is the brand name of the University of Bath's sports operation...
. The University is host to Team Bath F.C.
Team Bath F.C.
Team Bath was an English association football club affiliated with the University of Bath in the city of Bath, Somerset at the turn of the 21st century. The club was formed to allow the players to combine professional football with higher education...
as well as some of the UK's top Olympic
Olympic Games
The 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...
athletes. It has one of the best sports facilities in a United Kingdom university, spread over three main sites: two on the Claverton Down campus, known as the Founder's Hall and Sports Training Village (which also hosts the English Institute of Sport
English Institute of Sport
The English Institute of Sport , established in May 2002, is an organisation which provides sport science and medical support services to elite athletes through a nationwide network of expertise and facilities, working with Olympic and Paralympic summer and winter sports, as well as English and a...
for South West England
South West England
South West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region in area, covering and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. ...
); and at the Sulis Club, a few miles away.
In 2009, Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Bath to enable Malaysian athletes preparing for the 2012 London Olympics to train there. The University of Bath is not only capitalised as a venue to prepare athletes for the London Olympics but is also a forward base for sports events like the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the badminton Super Series and cycling circuits in Europe.
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
, four squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
courts, 25- and 50-metre indoor swimming pools, indoor (110m) and outdoor (400m) athletics tracks, multi-purpose sport halls (including basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
and badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
courts), an eight-court indoor tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
hall, a judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
/karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
/jitsu dojo and centres for sports science
Sports science
Sport science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance...
and sports medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
. Outdoor synthetic
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
and natural pitches and grounds cater for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, and American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
. The latest addition to the University's facilities is a Rowing Shed on the River Avon for the Rowing Club, built in 2008. Limited free use of these facilities, with restrictions on times, bookings and frequency of use, can be obtained by students with a membership of the university's sport association. Alternatively, reduced prices are available to students and staff. As of Autumn 2011 students had their free access to the University sports facilities, which had been used to attract potential applicants to the university, removed without consultation.
There are also semi-competitive, recreational sporting events. The largest of these is the Interdepartmental Football Cup (IDFC).
Students' Union
The University of Bath Students' Union (BUSU) has been recognised by the NUS as one of the top three in the UK. It runs over 100 clubs and societies including sports clubs, cultural, arts, interest and faith societies, some notable examples are:- Bath RAGRAG (student society)University Rag societies are student-run charitable fundraising organisations that are widespread in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Most universities in the UK and Ireland, as well as some in South Africa and the Netherlands have a Rag...
collects money for local and national charities, raising over £1 million since 1966 - The Arts Union (including student theatre, musicals, dance, and various musical groups) performs plays and other shows to audiences both on campus and in the town, with support provided by Backstage Technical Services.
- The Students' Union faith groups include Buddhist, ChristianChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
, Islamic and Jewish societies. - Three student media outlets: a fortnightly student newspaper, Bath ImpactBath Impactbathimpact is the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England.- History and format :Student Impact was created from the merger of two former publications at the University of Bath, Spike and Sponge...
; a radio station, 1449AM URB1449AM URB- History :URB , previously URB 963, and currently 1449AM URB launched on May 16, 1973 and is a student-run radio station at the University of Bath. It was launched by Annie Nightingale & Pete Murray from Radio 1. In 1994 and 2003 URB also broadcast under short-term Restricted Service Licences...
; and a television station, Campus TV (CTV)
Notable alumni
Arts and media- Sean LiSean LiSean Li Jia-Hao is a Hong Kong Chinese film actor. He was born in Hong Kong and educated in the United Kingdom and the United States.-Education:...
: Hong Kong film actor - Russell SeniorRussell SeniorRussell Senior is the guitarist and violinist of the band Pulp.Senior grew up in Sheffield. Whilst at University in Bath, he formed the "Dada Society" and appeared as the lead role in a dramatic adaptation of Kafka's The Trial...
: formerly of the band PulpPulp (band)Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks .... - Neil Fox: radio DJ and TV presenter known as "Dr Fox"
- Nigel DickNigel DickNigel Dick is an English music video and film director, writer and musician based in Los Angeles, California. He directed the Band Aid video "Do They Know It's Christmas?", as well as over 300 other music videos.Nigel Dick should not be confused with the Australian Dr...
: pop music video producer - Katherine RobertsKatherine RobertsKatherine Roberts is an English author, best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. She was born in Torquay, England and spent most of her childhood in Devon and Cornwall, England...
: author - Chuck PfarrerChuck PfarrerCharles Patrick "Chuck" Pfarrer, III is an American novelist, screenwriter, and former U.S. Navy SEAL from Biloxi, Mississippi.-Biography:...
: American screenwriter, novelist, former US Navy SEAL - Keith ChristmasKeith ChristmasKeith Christmas is an English singer and songwriter. In 1969 his first album Stimulus was released...
: English folk/rock musician - Mike Graham (journalist)Mike Graham (Journalist)Michael Graham is a British journalist. He is best known for his work as a presenter on national commercial speech radio station Talksport...
: journalist and radio broadcaster for TalkSportTalkSPORTTalksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom.... - Dave Hall: bass-guitarist with British rock band The Moles.
Government, law and public policy
- Edward LowassaEdward LowassaEdward Ngoyai Lowassa is a former Prime Minister of Tanzania, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete. He took office on 30 December 2005 and resigned on 7 February 2008 following a parliamentary committee report on corruption within the cabinet....
: former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania - Yang Jiechi: Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
- Don Foster: Liberal DemocratLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Bath - Sandra GidleySandra GidleySandra Julia Gidley is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament for Romsey in Hampshire from 2000 to 2010, when she lost her seat to Conservative MP Caroline Nokes.-Biography:...
: former Liberal Democrat MP for Romsey - Mansoor HekmatMansoor HekmatMansoor Hekmat was an Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement. He opposed the Shah and, after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, led the Worker-Communist Party of Iran , which is opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran...
: Iranian Communist Leader - Eric JoyceEric JoyceEric Stuart Joyce is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Falkirk since 2005. Joyce served as a Private in the Black Watch before attending University and subsequently rejoining the army as a commissioned officer...
: LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
MP for Falkirk - Diana Mary OrganDiana Mary OrganDiana Mary Organ is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...
: former LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
MP for the Forest of Dean - T S KrishnamurthyT S KrishnamurthyTaruvai Subayya Krishnamurthy was the Chief Election Commissioner of India . His main assignment as C.E.C was to oversee the 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha...
: former Chief Election Commissioner of IndiaChief Election Commissioner of IndiaThe Chief Election Commissioner heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures... - Peter ButcherPeter ButcherPeter Butcher is a British diplomat. From 2005 to 2009 he was the Ambassador to Turkmenistan.Butcher attended the University of Bath, graduating in Development Studies. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974. After serving as a desk officer until 1979, Butcher served in Peru and...
: British diplomat and Ambassador to TurkmenistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states... - Mohammad Tufik RahimMohammad Tufik RahimMohammad Tofiq Rahim Is an Iraqi Kurdish politician. Born in Sulaimaniyah city in 1953, Rahim is currently the official spokesman for the Kurdistan region's largest opposition group.-Early Life:...
: former Iraqi Minister of Industry and Mines - Sir Stephen Gary George DaltonStephen DaltonAir Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Gary George Dalton, KCB, BSc, FRAeS, RAF is the current Chief of the Air Staff and professional head of the Royal Air Force.-RAF career:...
: Chief of Air Staff, RAF
Business
- Justin KingJustin King (businessman)Justin Matthew King, CBE is a British businessman, who is the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, parent company of the supermarket chain Sainsbury's.King was previously Director of Food at Marks and Spencer and has held senior positions at Asda...
: CEO of Sainsbury's - Stewart TillStewart TillStewart Till, CBE is the chairman and chief executive of United International Pictures, the biggest film distributor in the world....
: Chairman of United International PicturesUnited International PicturesUnited International Pictures is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios , to distribute some of the two studios' films theatrically outside the United States , Canada, and the Anglophone...
and Millwall FC - Bob WigleyBob WigleyBob Wigley is the former senior vice president and chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA .He has held a number of management positions at Merrill Lynch, serving from 2003 to 2004 as chairman of EMEA Corporate Banking, global co-head of Telecom and Media Investment Banking in 2002, co-head of U.K...
: former Chairman Merrill LynchMerrill LynchMerrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
, Europe, Middle East and Africa - Sir Julian Horn-Smith: former COO of VodafoneVodafoneVodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
- Nick Terry: former Director and Chairman of BDPBuilding Design PartnershipBuilding Design Partnership is a firm of architects and engineers employing over 1200 staff in the UK and internationally.-Foundation:The firm was founded in 1961 by George Grenfell Baines with architects Bill White and John Wilkinson, quantity surveyor Arnold Towler and eight associate partners:...
- Paul S Allen: business magnate and President of Cognis Corp
- Thomas Pellerau: Inventor & Winner of The Seventh Series of The ApprenticeThe Apprentice (UK series seven)Series Seven of The Apprentice is a British reality television series. The series started on BBC One on 10 May 2011, and ran for 12 hour-long weekly episodes, as in all previous years...
- Robert CravenRobert CravenRobert Craven is an English author of business books and a popular keynote speaker. His area of focus is entrepreneurship and business growth.-Career:...
: business author
Academia
- Sheila ForbesSheila ForbesSheila Forbes, CBE , is a British educator, consultant and manager. She became Principal of St Hilda%27s College%2C Oxford in August 2007....
: Principal St Hilda's, Oxford and Deputy Chair, British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,... - Salleh Mohammad YasinSalleh Mohammad YasinSalleh Mohammad Yasin is a Malaysian Academic with expertise in the areas of Microbiology. He is currently the Director of the International Institute for Global Health based at the United Nations University in Kuala Lumpur....
: Director of International Institute for Global Health at the United Nations UniversityUnited Nations UniversityThe United Nations University is an academic arm of the United Nations established in 1973, which serves purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The UNU undertakes research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of...
and Former Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Malaysia - Doug AltmanDoug AltmanProfessor Douglas G. Altman is a British statistician. He is the Founder and Director of Centre for Statistics in Medicine and Cancer Research UK Medical Statistics Group....
: founder and Director of Centre for Statistics in MedicineCentre for Statistics in MedicineThe Centre for Statistics in Medicine in Oxford, United Kingdom was founded and directed by Professor Douglas G. Altman in 1988. In 1995 it was based at the Institute of Health Sciences in Headington, Oxford, and relocated to the annexe of Wolfson College, Oxford in 2005.The CSM incorporates the...
and Cancer Research UKCancer Research UKCancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...
Medical Statistics Group. - Florence WambuguFlorence WambuguFlorence Muringi Wambugu is a plant pathologist and virologist. She is known for her advocacy of using biotechnology to increase food production in Africa.-Education:...
: African plant pathologist - David SkrbinaDavid SkrbinaDavid Skrbina is a pioneer of ecophilosophy. He stood for the office of Lieutenant Governor for the U.S. state of Michigan as the Green Party candidate in 2006, as the running mate of Douglas Campbell....
: pioneer of ecophilosophy - Tim Brennan: inventor of VivoBarefootVivobarefootVivobarefoot is a shoe technology aimed to offer the optimum biomechanics and posture commonly associated with walking barefoot and barefoot running, invented by Tim Brennan and developed by British shoe company Terra Plana, and advocated within the barefoot movement and barefoot running community...
footwear - Benjamin Bowman: Lawsuit fetishist
Sports
- Amy WilliamsAmy WilliamsAmy Joy Williams MBE is an English skeleton racer and Olympic gold medallist. Originally a runner, she began training in skeleton after trying the sport on a push-start track at the University of Bath...
: skeleton: Britain's gold medallist at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games - graduated with a Foundation Degree in Sports Performance in 2007 - Ben RushgroveBen RushgroveBen Rushgrove, is a professional disability runner. He set a world record for the T36 200m at the 2007 Visa Paralympic World Cup, becoming the first athlete to achieve under 25 seconds in the event. He represented Great Britain in the T36 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics...
: athletics: winner of the T36 100m silver medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sports Performance in 2009 - Marilyn OkoroMarilyn OkoroMarilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...
: athletics: 400m and 800m runner who made her Olympic debut in Beijing and represented England at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Graduated with a degree in French and Politics in 2007 - Sam WealeSam WealeSamuel "Sammy" Weale is a British modern pentathlete who has competed at the Olympic Games. Weale competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, China, and finished 10th in the men's modern pentathlon. His identical twin Chris is a goalkeeper who has played for Leicester City...
: modern pentathlon: represented Great Britain at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and in July 2010 he became the first British man to win an individual medal at a Modern Pentathlon European Championships, when he won silver in Debrecen, Hungary. Graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sports Technology in 2005. - Richard MantellRichard MantellRichard Mantell is an English field hockey full back, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 10 February 2003. He is nicknamed Rick or Ricky or Tricky, and played club hockey for Canterbury.Currently Mantell is playing for Reading...
: hockey: played for the GB team finishing 5th at the Beijing Olympic Games, he graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science in 2004. - Pamela CookeyPamela CookeyPamela Cookey is an English netball player, usually posted to goal attack . Cookey was a surprise inclusion in the England national netball team as a seventeen-year-old, for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, but was unable to participate due to a knee injury...
: netball: One of England's world-class players, she was a member of the England team that won bronze at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She captains TeamBath in netball's Superleague. Graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration in 2008 - Kate HoweyKate HoweyKate Louise Howey is a former British judoka, the only British judoka to have competed at four Olympic Games. Howey is also the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals...
: Judo: one of Britain's greatest judo players, she represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games; winning bronze at Barcelona in 1992 and silver in Sydney. She has also carried the Union Flag, at the head of the Great Britain team in Athens. Graduating from the University of Bath with a Foundation Degree in Sports Performance in 2008. - Rachel Howard: badminton: She has won the elite Circuit in 2007/8 also, winning gold in the woman's singles in Sussex 2006 at the ASICS National Elite Open Circuit. In 2006 at the University of Bath's ASICS National Elite Open Circuit Grand Finals, she won silver in the women's singles. Graduated with a BSc (Hons) Psychology in 2007 and is studying MSc Mental Health Studies, Institute of Psychiatry KCL (2009–11).
- Barry Scollo: tennis: He graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in Coach Education and Sports performance in 2002, and a BA (Hons) Coach Education and Sports Development in 2004, also an MA Education in 2005. Achieved a career high ATP singles of 1291 in 1999 and went on to be Director of Coaching at the TeamBath Tennis Academy. Named an LTA coach of the year in 2009.
- Katy LivingstonKaty LivingstonKaty Livingston is a British modern pentathlete who has competed at the Olympic Games.-Early life:...
: modern pentathlon: one of Britain's most successful pentathletes, she competed in Beijing Olympics, finishing seventh and won individual bronze at the 2008 World Championships.. Her achievements in 2007, earned her a British Olympic Association's modern pentathlon Olympic athlete of the year award. Graduated with a BA (Hons) Coach Education and Sports Development in 2007. - Andy BrownAndy Brown (Engineer)Andy Brown is a British Engineer currently acting as Chief Engineer at Chip Ganassi Racing.-Career:Brown studied Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Bath graduating in 1981. He then joined British Aerospace , before leaving in 1984 to join March Engineering...
: former Chief Engineer of Formula One team Brabham and Chief Engineer at Chip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. They have won 4 Champ Car, 3 Indy Racing League and 1 Grand-Am championships... - Matt StevensMatt Stevens (rugby player)Matthew Stevens is an English rugby union player, who plays at prop for Saracens F.C. and .He can cover both sides of the scrum and most of his England caps have come at tighthead. He formerly played for Bath Rugby club...
: BathBath RugbyBath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
and EnglandEngland national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player - Steve BorthwickSteve BorthwickStephen William "Steve" Borthwick is an English rugby union footballer who plays lock for Saracens F.C....
: Former Bath and England rugby union player, currently with Saracens. Graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Politics in 2003. - Mark HardingesMark HardingesMark Andrew Hardinges is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
: cricketer - James Hudson: London IrishLondon IrishLondon Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
and England SaxonsEngland SaxonsEngland Saxons is the current name of England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England A... - Joe El-AbdJoe El-AbdJoe El-Abd is a rugby union player. He currently plays for Toulon in the French Top 14.El-Abd began playing rugby at Hove RFC and at the University of Bath, and after an unsuccessful spell with Bath Rugby, he joined Caerphilly RFC and later Bristol Rugby in 2003, where he has spent the best part...
: Bristol RugbyBristol RugbyBristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'... - Gareth ReesGareth Rees (cricketer)Gareth Peter Rees is a Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Glamorgan....
: Glamorgan CCC cricketer - Rachel DunnRachel DunnRachel Dunn is an English international netball player. Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa, and was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 2010 World Netball...
: international English netball player - Jon SleightholmeJon SleightholmeJonathan Mark Sleightholme is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for Wakefield, Bath, Northampton Saints, Yorkshire, England Sevens and England....
: former English Rugby player - Marcus Bateman: Great British Rower
- Adam Freeman Pask: Great British Rower
External links
- University of Bath official website
- University of Bath Students' Union
- Bath Rag
- Backstage Technical Services
- Impact, the student newspaper
- School of Architecture website
- Team Bath - Rowing
- Crew Bath - Rowing
- Bath Live Action Dramatic Encounters Society
- MusicSoc - Bath University Music Society
- University of Bath Chamber Choir
- BUST - University of Bath Student Theatre