University of Derby
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The University of Derby is a university
in the city of Derby
, England
. The main site is on Kedleston
Road, Allestree
in the north-west of Derby close to the A38
opposite Markeaton Park
. The University also has a campus in Buxton
, Derbyshire
, known as the Devonshire Campus, a grade II* listed building which dominates the local landscape and has a dome which is over 145 ft (44.2 m) in diameter, bigger than that of St Paul's Cathedral
in London. It was formally opened by Prince Charles in February 2006. A contemporary-styled building for Arts, Design and Technology students on Markeaton
Street in Derby was formally opened in early November 2007 by Richard Branson
. Courses are also run at the Britannia Mill site in Derby and the Chesterfield
Centre for health education.
The University provides nearly 300 study programmes at undergraduate level. Undergraduate programmes as well as short courses, foundation degrees, and postgraduate degrees are generally superintended by individual faculties/research groups and cover most popularly-recognized academic disciplines and subdisciplines. The University's Joint Honours Scheme allows students to combine over 40 subjects from across all four University faculties. Currently the University is home to 21,000 students in all areas of study.
The University offers a variety of resources and facilities to its students, including computing laboratories, a spa (Buxton), two computer games development suites, a life-like hospital teaching environment with robot patients, a well-stocked Learning Resource Centre (opened in 1997) at the Kedleston Road site, a restaurant run by culinary students, a university bus system, conference and/or colloquium settings, multi-functional lecture theatres, art and culture venues, concert venues, recording studios, sport centres, sport halls, fitness suites, outdoor pitches, student union bars and cafes, meditation/prayer rooms, natural/park environments, and frequent exhibitions by local, national and international organisations, businesses and product vendors.
The other line of this confluence began in 1853 with the establishment of the Derby School of Art, which in 1870 became the Derby Central School of Art and the Derby Central School of Science. In 1885, the two schools were reformulated into the Derby School of Art and Technical Institution. Less than a decade later however, 1892, three more mergers took place and the institution became the Derby Municipal Technical College.
), and the Derby and District College of Technology (opened by the Duke of Edinburgh
on 15 May 1964), both situated on Kedleston Road, Allestree. The site was formerly Markeaton Golf Course and cost £2.5m, with a foundation stone placed on July 5, 1957 by Lord (Ernest) Hives, a former managing director of Rolls Royce. Opened by the Duke the day before, the 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) Bishop Lonsdale College in Mickleover
was developed for teacher training courses. At the opening ceremony, the Duke said qualities needed by teachers are the dedication of a saint, the patience of a watchmaker, the sympathy of parents, and the leadership of a general. The Duke spent two days in Derby, staying the night nearby at Okeover Hall
near Ashbourne as a guest of the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
. Half of the places at Mickleover were reserved for C of E trainees and the other half for those with no link to Derby Diocese. The operational split between the two colleges at Kedleston Road was dissolved in 1972 with a mutual initiative for the creation of the Derby College of Art and Technology. Five years afterward, and as previously noted, the described educational lineage married itself with Derby’s diocesan tradition, which had become known institutionally as the Bishop Lonsdale College of Education at Mickleover. There were about 800 students at Mickleover and 1200 at Kedleston Road.
with only six degrees (out of 156 courses) being ratified by the CNAA
. Previous to this, the college's degrees were awarded in a ceremony at the University of Nottingham
. The Matlock College of Education, a traditional Church of England
teacher training college formed in 1946 at Rockside Hall (now a country hotel), combined with Lonsdale in 1983 to create the Derbyshire College of Higher Education, when the Matlock College was having financial difficulties when funding for teacher training was scaled down when school numbers had dropped. In 1985, this college at Matlock was scaled down significantly and closed in 1986. In 1991 the Southern Derbyshire School of Occupational Therapy united with the college. The Southern Derbyshire School of Radiography did the same in 1992.
, then the Chancellor of the University. In January 1994, Britannia Mill (a renovated mill) opened, at a cost of £10m. On 4 March 1994, the B block (business and management subjects, which lies north of the East Tower) was opened by the Conservative MP, Tim Boswell
. Later in autumn 1994, the Atrium was built. In November 1997, the Learning Centre was officially opened, having been built on a former car park. The University of Derby was fully invested, and in 1998 welcomed a synthesis of efforts with the High Peak College of Further Education, Buxton on Harpur Hill – a synthesis to eventually be amalgamated as the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby Buxton, Derby's second campus. In October 2008, Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
was appointed as the third Chancellor of the University.
, security
, computer games
, networks, the Internet
, information technology
, software development
and computer programming
, and Masters degrees and pre-masters courses in advanced computer systems, enterprise computing, computer forensics
and security
. Short courses in a variety of practical computing subjects are also available. Derby is CISCO
accredited and CISCO (CCNA) is an integral part of the BSc (Hons) Computer Networks course. The school has industry standard game labs and recently had three teams in the final eight of the UK stage of the Imagine Cup
. The school has research specialties in the fields of Artificial Intelligence
, Network Security
, Software Engineering
and strategic information system
s.
, general law, business law, international law
, social and public law, commercial law
, arts and media law, and legal studies. There is also the opportunity to pursue the MPhil or PhD degree. The National Student Survey recently rated Derby's law course number one in four categories including overall. In the latest Guardian
Law league table, Derby was joint first in teaching and value added. However, it is profitable to note that the university as well as many others frequently argue the validity of university rankings. See Criticism of college and university rankings (2007 United States)
. Notable research holdings include the private papers of Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice
and the travaux preparatoires of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi. The school provides considerable support for pro bono
legal work in the community. Its work in criminology has a similar feel in that it encourages justice and diversity in the Criminal Justice System.
, management
and purchasing
. Specific areas therein are available for study at the foundational up to the doctoral level. The school has affiliations with The Association of Business Schools, the European Foundation for Management Development
, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
, Institute of Leadership and Management, and The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
.
at the certificate, diploma, master and doctoral levels. The centre’s efforts are separated into two distinct wings; Management Development, and Enterprise, with Lifelong Learning
awards also offered.The goals of the centre are to stimulate 'the entrepreneurial spirit' thusly transforming individuals and organizations, to engender and disseminate new understanding and practice-based approaches in entrepreneurial management, to generate synergies between management development, leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation, and to lead the Faculty of Business, Computing and Law's relationships with businesses as partners and clients.
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, American Studies
, general humanities
, Film and Television Studies, History
, Theatre
, Creative Writing
, Media Studies
and Media Production. A full choice of subjects up to research opportunities including (MA incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip) and specialist MPhil and PhD are available. The school has working relationships with US colleges and universities, the publishing industry and practicing writers, cultural institutions such as Derby Museum and Art Gallery, media institutions such as BBC Radio Derby and the Derby Evening Telegraph, heritage sites such as Kedleston Hall, Haddon Hall, Chatsworth and the Derwent Valley Heritage Corridor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, the University bought the lease to Derby Playhouse
and renamed it as Derby Theatre. The Theatre Arts degree programme is accommodated in the theatre
, Photography
, graphic design
, Fashion Studies, and Textile
design were based at the Britannia Mill site but are now at the Markeaton site. The new site opened for business in September 2007 and comprises new Studio and teaching facilities including two performance auditoria, a TV studio, extensive computing suites and a dedicated Apple Mac Training Centre. Subjects available within the school include MPhil and PhD specialities. Entrepreneurial students have the opportunity to establish themselves through the university’s Banks’ Mill Studios, a building of 38 workspace studios that houses a community of artists, designers and makers that receive subsidised rent, business support, one-to-one mentoring, signposting and a workshop programme.
, mechanical engineering
, manufacturing engineering
, electrical engineering
, electronics
, motorsport
technology, music
technology, Popular Music, Live Event Technology and product design
are taught at the School of Technology. Previously housed at Kedleston Road, the school has now re-located, along with the School of Humanities and the School of Art and Design, to the new £21 million Markeaton site, an eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable site with workshops, auditoria, studios, a student shop, a café, an Apple centre, and a print bureau.
, PGCE
, MA
, Ed.D, and PhD
courses. The University's B.Ed (Hons) course is a 3/4 year course, consisting of school placements in mainstream schools and special schools and lectures and workshops on the main University campus.
In the first year 9 weeks of school placement are completed of which 4 weeks are a teaching block.
In the second year again 9 weeks of placement are completed but this time with a 5 week teaching block, which consists of 80% teaching by the 5th weeks and 3 days solo teaching. In the second year students are able to opt to complete the course in 3 years, this is subject to grades and a formal interview. The 3 year route however, means no specialism. In the 2nd year 1 week is also spent in a special school. In addition to the aforesaid, the school offers several other foundation, undergraduate, professional, and postgraduate options up to the doctoral level including:
(MA incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip in Guidance Studies), Graduate Teacher Programme, Online (MA),
MA Education (incorporating PG Cert and PG Dip), Education (EdD), MPhil and PhD specialities.
, nursing
, clinic
al skills and radiography
. The school runs a clinical suite which has radiographic imaging equipment, bone density measuring equipment, six bed training ward, counselling rooms, a clinical treatment room with 20 bays, a video linked anatomical modelling laboratory, a computerised mannequin for simulating complex medical and emergency conditions, and a primary care centre which includes GP consulting rooms. In April 2008 the school won the Partnership With The NHS award.
, chemistry
, ecology
, forensic science, psychology
, geology
, and geography
. These subject options entail short courses up to doctoral work. The school notes that fieldwork is integral to their courses and that there are opportunities to do fieldwork locally via the Peak District, Derby, Nottingham and the rural areas around them, or overseas via Western Europe, Africa and Asia. Recent awards students have earned include; The Human Kinetic Award, Top Biosciences Student Award, The Best Forensic Project Student Award, The Best Forensic Chemist Student Award, The Usherwood Award, and The Achievement in Biosciences Prize from Oxford University Press.
Studies, Occupational Therapy
, Therapeutic Arts, and Complementary Medicines. The range of courses offer the chance to study from the foundation to the doctoral award. The school is active locally, regionally and nationally in areas such as youth justice, asylum
and immigration
, community development
, social inclusion, child protection, crime
and policing, alcohol
and drug
use, bullying and bereavement studies. The school also operates a complementary therapies clinic which offers, among other things, shiatsu
, reflexology
, aromatherapy massage, and Swedish massage.
This campus is located in the Grade II* listed 18th century former stable block, The Devonshire Dome. Housing what was once the worlds largest dome
with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft), it was purchased in 2001 as a derelict former hospital, and opened in 2003.
, service sector management, spa
management, events management, hairdressing and salon
management, hospitality management
, hotel management, recreation
, sports coaching, sports psychology, sports therapy
, and martial arts
. The school runs a fine dining restaurant called The Dome and has practice and competition kitchens with plasma screens throughout for the demonstration of culinary techniques. The school offers the only honours course in international Spa Management within the United Kingdom and has recently opened their newly refurbished spa facilities at the Devonshire campus to support the curriculum. Students also have opportunities to visit spas in Eastern Europe and Malta as part of the programme. Students who have completed A level, BTEC or other similar qualifications can apply to join the programme. On select courses, students can study up to the doctoral level.
iCeGS also provides a number of learning programmes including Masters in Guidance Studies (e-learning), work-based learning opportunities and doctoral programmes. The Centre also provides the Ask iCeGS information and library service and holds a wide range of books and documents relating to careers and guidance.
iCeGS is led by Dr Tristram Hooley and includes Tony Watts and James P Sampson as visiting Professors.
. There are routes to study and research on to a PhD.
bookshop, the student union shop (Keddies), hairdressers, a clothes shop and Lloyds TSB
cash machine.
It also includes a range of catering facilities, serving hot meals, salads, light snacks, and drinks. These facilities, provided by Scolarest
, have been criticised by the student magazine Dusted in October 2007 as being grossly expensive. Five minutes' walk away (via the pedestrian entrance near the Clinical Skills Suite) is the Park Farm shopping area of Allestree with more reasonable prices. They are linked to the University by a bus-service (UniBus) which runs throughout the day and evening, starting at Derby Midland railway station
.
Buxton students have one halls of residence, High Peak Halls.
(UDSU) is the representative organisation for students at the university, and is based at the "Students' Union Quarter" at the Kedleston Road site.
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...
in the city of Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
, 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 main site is on Kedleston
Kedleston
Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. It lies to the north-west of Derby, and nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Mugginton, and Kirk Langley.-History:...
Road, Allestree
Allestree
-Climate:Due to its location in southern Derbyshire, Allestree has a temperate climate with a small variation in daily and annual temperatures. The warmest month is July, with an average temperature range of 11.4 °C to 21.3 °C, and the coolest month is January, with a range of...
in the north-west of Derby close to the A38
A38 road
The A38, part of which is also known as the Devon Expressway, is a major A-class trunk road in England.The road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. It is long, making it one of the longest A-roads in England. It was formerly known as the Leeds — Exeter Trunk Road,...
opposite Markeaton Park
Markeaton
Markeaton is a village within Derby in the East Midlands of England.The name possibly means Boundary - Island Village, which had stood at this site since Medieval times....
. The University also has a campus in Buxton
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England. Located close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park"...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, known as the Devonshire Campus, a grade II* listed building which dominates the local landscape and has a dome which is over 145 ft (44.2 m) in diameter, bigger than that of St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...
in London. It was formally opened by Prince Charles in February 2006. A contemporary-styled building for Arts, Design and Technology students on Markeaton
Markeaton
Markeaton is a village within Derby in the East Midlands of England.The name possibly means Boundary - Island Village, which had stood at this site since Medieval times....
Street in Derby was formally opened in early November 2007 by Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
. Courses are also run at the Britannia Mill site in Derby and the Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
Centre for health education.
The University provides nearly 300 study programmes at undergraduate level. Undergraduate programmes as well as short courses, foundation degrees, and postgraduate degrees are generally superintended by individual faculties/research groups and cover most popularly-recognized academic disciplines and subdisciplines. The University's Joint Honours Scheme allows students to combine over 40 subjects from across all four University faculties. Currently the University is home to 21,000 students in all areas of study.
The University offers a variety of resources and facilities to its students, including computing laboratories, a spa (Buxton), two computer games development suites, a life-like hospital teaching environment with robot patients, a well-stocked Learning Resource Centre (opened in 1997) at the Kedleston Road site, a restaurant run by culinary students, a university bus system, conference and/or colloquium settings, multi-functional lecture theatres, art and culture venues, concert venues, recording studios, sport centres, sport halls, fitness suites, outdoor pitches, student union bars and cafes, meditation/prayer rooms, natural/park environments, and frequent exhibitions by local, national and international organisations, businesses and product vendors.
Early years
Over the years, two dozen bodies have contributed to the university's formation. The first of these was founded in 1851 as the Derby Diocesan Institution for the Training of Schoolmistresses. Albeit under different names so to reflect maturing objectives, the institution flourished as an individual entity for some 120 years before merging with another developing educational artery to help form what was then known as the Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, 1977.The other line of this confluence began in 1853 with the establishment of the Derby School of Art, which in 1870 became the Derby Central School of Art and the Derby Central School of Science. In 1885, the two schools were reformulated into the Derby School of Art and Technical Institution. Less than a decade later however, 1892, three more mergers took place and the institution became the Derby Municipal Technical College.
Kedleston Road
In 1928, the Technical College split into the Derby School of Art and the Derby Technical College. By 1955, the two had become the Derby and District College of Art (opened on 22 September 1966 by Paul Reilly, Director of the Council of Industrial DesignDesign Council
The Design Council is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as a charity.Registered charity number 272099.- In the beginning :The Design Council started in 1944 as the Council of Industrial Design...
), and the Derby and District College of Technology (opened by the Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh
The Duke of Edinburgh is a British royal title, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has been conferred upon members of the British royal family only four times times since its creation in 1726...
on 15 May 1964), both situated on Kedleston Road, Allestree. The site was formerly Markeaton Golf Course and cost £2.5m, with a foundation stone placed on July 5, 1957 by Lord (Ernest) Hives, a former managing director of Rolls Royce. Opened by the Duke the day before, the 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) Bishop Lonsdale College in Mickleover
Mickleover
Mickleover is a suburb located two miles west of the city centre and is the most westerly suburb of the City of Derby in the United Kingdom.-History:...
was developed for teacher training courses. At the opening ceremony, the Duke said qualities needed by teachers are the dedication of a saint, the patience of a watchmaker, the sympathy of parents, and the leadership of a general. The Duke spent two days in Derby, staying the night nearby at Okeover Hall
Okeover Hall
Okeover Hall is a privately owned Grade II* listed country house in Staffordshire. It is the family seat of the Okeover family, who have been in residence since the reign of William Rufus. The house lies at the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, which lies on the far side of the small River Dove...
near Ashbourne as a guest of the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Since 1689, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire.*Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon...
. Half of the places at Mickleover were reserved for C of E trainees and the other half for those with no link to Derby Diocese. The operational split between the two colleges at Kedleston Road was dissolved in 1972 with a mutual initiative for the creation of the Derby College of Art and Technology. Five years afterward, and as previously noted, the described educational lineage married itself with Derby’s diocesan tradition, which had become known institutionally as the Bishop Lonsdale College of Education at Mickleover. There were about 800 students at Mickleover and 1200 at Kedleston Road.
Merger with Mickleover Education College
After the 1977 union and subsequent formation of the Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, four other educational institutions would add their respective sector-related talents. In March 1981, the college held its first graduation ceremony with formal academic caps and gownsAcademic dress
Academic dress or academical dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, primarily tertiary education, worn mainly by those that have been admitted to a university degree or hold a status that entitles them to assume them...
with only six degrees (out of 156 courses) being ratified by the CNAA
Council for National Academic Awards
The Council for National Academic Awards was a degree awarding authority in the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1992. The CNAA awarded academic degrees at polytechnics, Central Institutions and other non-university institutions such as Colleges of Higher Education until they were awarded university...
. Previous to this, the college's degrees were awarded in a ceremony at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
. The Matlock College of Education, a traditional Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
teacher training college formed in 1946 at Rockside Hall (now a country hotel), combined with Lonsdale in 1983 to create the Derbyshire College of Higher Education, when the Matlock College was having financial difficulties when funding for teacher training was scaled down when school numbers had dropped. In 1985, this college at Matlock was scaled down significantly and closed in 1986. In 1991 the Southern Derbyshire School of Occupational Therapy united with the college. The Southern Derbyshire School of Radiography did the same in 1992.
Transformation to university
It was also in 1992, via the Further and Higher Education Acts, that the Derbyshire College of Higher Education became the only school of higher education in the country to be upgraded directly to a university. On 31 October 1992, the T block (science subjects, which lies to the north of the North Tower) was opened by Princess AlicePrincess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
, then the Chancellor of the University. In January 1994, Britannia Mill (a renovated mill) opened, at a cost of £10m. On 4 March 1994, the B block (business and management subjects, which lies north of the East Tower) was opened by the Conservative MP, Tim Boswell
Tim Boswell
Timothy Eric "Tim" Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho is an English Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Daventry from 1987 until he retired at the 2010 general election.-Education:...
. Later in autumn 1994, the Atrium was built. In November 1997, the Learning Centre was officially opened, having been built on a former car park. The University of Derby was fully invested, and in 1998 welcomed a synthesis of efforts with the High Peak College of Further Education, Buxton on Harpur Hill – a synthesis to eventually be amalgamated as the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby Buxton, Derby's second campus. In October 2008, Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, KCVO, CBE , is a British peer. He is the only surviving son of the 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, the former Deborah Mitford. He succeeded to the dukedom following the death of his father on 3 May 2004...
was appointed as the third Chancellor of the University.
School of Computing
The school supervises undergraduate through doctoral studies in areas that include B.Sc. degrees in computer forensicsComputer forensics
Computer forensics is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media...
, security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
, computer games
Computer Games
"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...
, networks, the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, information technology
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...
, software development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
and computer programming
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
, and Masters degrees and pre-masters courses in advanced computer systems, enterprise computing, computer forensics
Computer forensics
Computer forensics is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media...
and security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
. Short courses in a variety of practical computing subjects are also available. Derby is CISCO
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
accredited and CISCO (CCNA) is an integral part of the BSc (Hons) Computer Networks course. The school has industry standard game labs and recently had three teams in the final eight of the UK stage of the Imagine Cup
Imagine Cup
Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together young technologists worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. The Imagine Cup comprises five major technology competitions, including Software Design, and four challenges...
. The school has research specialties in the fields of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, Network Security
Network security
In the field of networking, the area of network security consists of the provisions and policies adopted by the network administrator to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of the computer network and network-accessible resources...
, Software Engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
and strategic information system
Strategic information system
The concept of Strategic Information Systems or "SIS" was first introduced into the field of information systems in 1982-83 by Dr. Charles Wiseman, President of a newly formed consultancy called "Competitive Applications," The concept of Strategic Information Systems or "SIS" was first introduced...
s.
School of Law and Criminology
The School of Law and Criminology provides study options in criminologyCriminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
, general law, business law, international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
, social and public law, commercial law
Commercial law
Commercial law is the body of law that governs business and commercial transactions...
, arts and media law, and legal studies. There is also the opportunity to pursue the MPhil or PhD degree. The National Student Survey recently rated Derby's law course number one in four categories including overall. In the latest Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Law league table, Derby was joint first in teaching and value added. However, it is profitable to note that the university as well as many others frequently argue the validity of university rankings. See Criticism of college and university rankings (2007 United States)
Criticism of college and university rankings (2007 United States)
Criticism of college and university rankings refers to a 2007 movement which developed among faculty and administrators in American Institutions of Higher Education. It follows previous movements in the U.S...
. Notable research holdings include the private papers of Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice
Gerald Fitzmaurice
Sir Gerald Gray Fitzmaurice GCMG, QC was a British barrister and judge.He was born on 24 October 1901, the younger son of Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice and Mabel Gertrude Gray. He studied at Malvern College and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained a Bachelor of...
and the travaux preparatoires of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi. The school provides considerable support for pro bono
Pro bono
Pro bono publico is a Latin phrase generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment or at a reduced fee as a public service. It is common in the legal profession and is increasingly seen in marketing, technology, and strategy consulting firms...
legal work in the community. Its work in criminology has a similar feel in that it encourages justice and diversity in the Criminal Justice System.
The Derbyshire Business School
The Derbyshire Business School covers accounting, mathematicsMathematics
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...
, 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...
and purchasing
Purchasing
Purchasing refers to a business or organization attempting for acquiring goods or services to accomplish the goals of the enterprise. Though there are several organizations that attempt to set standards in the purchasing process, processes can vary greatly between organizations...
. Specific areas therein are available for study at the foundational up to the doctoral level. The school has affiliations with The Association of Business Schools, the European Foundation for Management Development
European Foundation for Management Development
The European Foundation for Management Development is an international membership organization, based in Brussels, Belgium. Europe's largest network association in the field of management development, it has over 700 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in...
, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is the global body for professional accountants offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification . it is one of the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy bodies with 147,000 members and 424,000 students in 170...
, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is a United Kingdom-based professional body offering training and qualification in management accountancy and related subjects, focused on accounting for business; together with ongoing support for members.CIMA is one of a number of professional...
, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is Europe's largest professional institute for people management and development. It is located in Wimbledon, London, England. The organisation has over 135,000 members across 120 countries, and achieved chartered status in 2000...
, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply is a global organisation working for the purchasing and supply professions. CIPS is the world’s largest procurement and supply professional organisation. It is the worldwide centre of excellence on purchasing and supply management issues...
, Institute of Leadership and Management, and The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications is a learned society promoting applied mathematics based in the United Kingdom. Sharing a very similar name, and the acronym IMA, it should not be confused with the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, an organization located at the...
.
Centre for Entrepreneurial Management
The centre offers concentrations within management and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
at the certificate, diploma, master and doctoral levels. The centre’s efforts are separated into two distinct wings; Management Development, and Enterprise, with Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning
Lifelong learning is the continuous building of skills and knowledge throughout the life of an individual. It occurs through experiences encountered in the course of a lifetime...
awards also offered.The goals of the centre are to stimulate 'the entrepreneurial spirit' thusly transforming individuals and organizations, to engender and disseminate new understanding and practice-based approaches in entrepreneurial management, to generate synergies between management development, leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation, and to lead the Faculty of Business, Computing and Law's relationships with businesses as partners and clients.
Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology
School of Humanities
The School of Humanities provides courses in EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
, general 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....
, Film and Television Studies, 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...
, Theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, 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...
, Media Studies
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
and Media Production. A full choice of subjects up to research opportunities including (MA incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip) and specialist MPhil and PhD are available. The school has working relationships with US colleges and universities, the publishing industry and practicing writers, cultural institutions such as Derby Museum and Art Gallery, media institutions such as BBC Radio Derby and the Derby Evening Telegraph, heritage sites such as Kedleston Hall, Haddon Hall, Chatsworth and the Derwent Valley Heritage Corridor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, the University bought the lease to Derby Playhouse
Derby Playhouse
Derby Theatre is a theatre situated in Derby, England. Formerly known as the Derby Playhouse, it was operated by Derby Playhouse Ltd from its opening in 1975 until 2008, when the company ceased operating after a period in administration...
and renamed it as Derby Theatre. The Theatre Arts degree programme is accommodated in the theatre
School of Art and Design
Film and Video, Fine ArtFine art
Fine 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"....
, Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, Fashion Studies, and Textile
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
design were based at the Britannia Mill site but are now at the Markeaton site. The new site opened for business in September 2007 and comprises new Studio and teaching facilities including two performance auditoria, a TV studio, extensive computing suites and a dedicated Apple Mac Training Centre. Subjects available within the school include MPhil and PhD specialities. Entrepreneurial students have the opportunity to establish themselves through the university’s Banks’ Mill Studios, a building of 38 workspace studios that houses a community of artists, designers and makers that receive subsidised rent, business support, one-to-one mentoring, signposting and a workshop programme.
School of Technology
Courses in architectural conservation, construction management, civil engineeringCivil 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...
, 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...
, manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing engineering is a field dealing with different manufacturing practices and the research and development of processes, machines and equipment.-Overview:...
, electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, motorsport
Motorsport
Motorsport or motorsports is the group of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition...
technology, 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...
technology, Popular Music, Live Event Technology and product design
Product design
-Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...
are taught at the School of Technology. Previously housed at Kedleston Road, the school has now re-located, along with the School of Humanities and the School of Art and Design, to the new £21 million Markeaton site, an eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable site with workshops, auditoria, studios, a student shop, a café, an Apple centre, and a print bureau.
School of Education
The School of Education provides for the study of FdA, FdSc, BEdBed
A bed is a large piece of furniture used as a place to sleep, relax, or engage in sexual relations.Most modern beds consist of a mattress on a bed frame, with the mattress resting either on a solid base, often wooden slats, or a sprung base...
, PGCE
PGCE
PGCE can stand for:* Postgraduate Certificate in Education, an English, Welsh and Northern Irish teacher-training qualification that includes master's credits...
, MA
Master 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...
, Ed.D, and PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
courses. The University's B.Ed (Hons) course is a 3/4 year course, consisting of school placements in mainstream schools and special schools and lectures and workshops on the main University campus.
In the first year 9 weeks of school placement are completed of which 4 weeks are a teaching block.
In the second year again 9 weeks of placement are completed but this time with a 5 week teaching block, which consists of 80% teaching by the 5th weeks and 3 days solo teaching. In the second year students are able to opt to complete the course in 3 years, this is subject to grades and a formal interview. The 3 year route however, means no specialism. In the 2nd year 1 week is also spent in a special school. In addition to the aforesaid, the school offers several other foundation, undergraduate, professional, and postgraduate options up to the doctoral level including:
(MA incorporating PG Cert/PG Dip in Guidance Studies), Graduate Teacher Programme, Online (MA),
MA Education (incorporating PG Cert and PG Dip), Education (EdD), MPhil and PhD specialities.
School of Health
Ranging from foundation degrees to doctorate degrees, the School of Health houses many prospects for study; pharmacyPharmacy
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...
, 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....
, clinic
Clinic
A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
al skills and 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....
. The school runs a clinical suite which has radiographic imaging equipment, bone density measuring equipment, six bed training ward, counselling rooms, a clinical treatment room with 20 bays, a video linked anatomical modelling laboratory, a computerised mannequin for simulating complex medical and emergency conditions, and a primary care centre which includes GP consulting rooms. In April 2008 the school won the Partnership With The NHS award.
School of Science
The School of Science covers biologyBiology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
, forensic science, psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
, and 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...
. These subject options entail short courses up to doctoral work. The school notes that fieldwork is integral to their courses and that there are opportunities to do fieldwork locally via the Peak District, Derby, Nottingham and the rural areas around them, or overseas via Western Europe, Africa and Asia. Recent awards students have earned include; The Human Kinetic Award, Top Biosciences Student Award, The Best Forensic Project Student Award, The Best Forensic Chemist Student Award, The Usherwood Award, and The Achievement in Biosciences Prize from Oxford University Press.
School of Social Care and Therapeutic Practice
This branch of the Faculty of Education, Health & Sciences administers the subjects of Applied Social and Community Studies, Applied Mental HealthMental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
Studies, 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...
, Therapeutic Arts, and Complementary Medicines. The range of courses offer the chance to study from the foundation to the doctoral award. The school is active locally, regionally and nationally in areas such as youth justice, asylum
Right of asylum
Right of asylum is an ancient juridical notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries...
and immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
, community development
Community development
Community development is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities....
, social inclusion, child protection, crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
and policing, alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
and drug
Drug
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
use, bullying and bereavement studies. The school also operates a complementary therapies clinic which offers, among other things, shiatsu
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is Japanese for "finger pressure;" it is a type of alternative medicine consisting of finger and palm pressure, stretches, and other massage techniques. There is no scientific evidence proving that shiatsu can treat any disease, but shiatsu practitioners promote it as a way to help people...
, reflexology
Reflexology
Reflexology, or zone therapy, is an alternative medicine involving the physical act of applying pressure to the feet, hands, or ears with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion...
, aromatherapy massage, and Swedish massage.
University of Derby Buxton
Dome
A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome structures made of various materials have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory....
with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft), it was purchased in 2001 as a derelict former hospital, and opened in 2003.
School of Culture and Lifestyle
The School of Culture and Lifestyle supports courses in outdoor activities management, countryside management, culinary arts, tourismTourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
, service sector management, spa
Spa
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...
management, events management, hairdressing and salon
Beauty salon
A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women...
management, hospitality management
Hospitality management studies
Hospitality management is the academic study of the hospitality industry. A degree in Hospitality management is often conferred from either a university college dedicated to the studies of hospitality management or a business school with a department in hospitality management studies...
, hotel management, recreation
Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun"...
, sports coaching, sports psychology, sports therapy
Therapy
This is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...
, and martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
. The school runs a fine dining restaurant called The Dome and has practice and competition kitchens with plasma screens throughout for the demonstration of culinary techniques. The school offers the only honours course in international Spa Management within the United Kingdom and has recently opened their newly refurbished spa facilities at the Devonshire campus to support the curriculum. Students also have opportunities to visit spas in Eastern Europe and Malta as part of the programme. Students who have completed A level, BTEC or other similar qualifications can apply to join the programme. On select courses, students can study up to the doctoral level.
International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS)
iCeGS is based on the University's Kedleston Road site. The centre specialises in research and professional development activity in the areas of career and career guidance. Much of this research is published through the Centre's Occasional Paper's series which can be viewed online.iCeGS also provides a number of learning programmes including Masters in Guidance Studies (e-learning), work-based learning opportunities and doctoral programmes. The Centre also provides the Ask iCeGS information and library service and holds a wide range of books and documents relating to careers and guidance.
iCeGS is led by Dr Tristram Hooley and includes Tony Watts and James P Sampson as visiting Professors.
Biological Sciences Research Group
The Biological Sciences Research Group maintains many national and international connections and is interdisciplinary in scope and method. Current research interest are: cryopreservation for plant conservation, comparative DNA analysis for evolutionary studies, biomedical research, nuptial feeding in insects, toxic metals and biota interactions, aquatic microbial ecology, forensics, and vascular plants. The research group supervises master and doctoral courses.Centre for Psychological Research in Human Behaviour
Owning a developed national and international network and as a focal underpinning of taught undergraduate and postgraduate studies, the centre produces research in varied areas including; facial imaging scales for medical anxiety, life event exposure, sensation seeking and personality, modelling, learning, rule discovery, vocabulary acquisition, cognition, constructivity, distress prediction, postnatal perineal morbidity, memory, recall, speech, neurology, hypnotherapy, research methods, diversity, object assembly, and behaviour. MPhil/PhD programmes are available.Community Regeneration Research Centre
The Community Regeneration Research Centre exists to contribute to the maturation and general quality of habitated areas be they rural, suburban, or urban. Utilizing healthy links with community organisations the centre heads consultancy, research, mentoring and training efforts for a variety of sub disciplines. MPhil and PhD engagement is accessible.Culture, Landscape, and Lifestyle Research Group
The Culture, Landscape, and Lifestyle Research Group is a hybrid enterprise indulging heavily in both the social sciences and humanities. The members and methods of this group are of international notoriety and presently lend themselves to areas such as; leisure, market evaluations, entrepreneurship, creative industries, conflict and identity, consumption, cultural space, education and change, heritage, regeneration, representation, third world development, global adjustment, and visual culture. The group facilitates MPhil and PhD programmes.Health, Nursing and Therapeutic Research Group
The Health, Nursing and Therapeutic Research Group participates in consultancy and research in several areas. Aetiology, continuous professional development, ethics and learning disabilities, child protection, dementia and care, therapeutic writing, distributory justice, nursing assessment, IT and education, domestic abuse treatment, and user involvement constitute a small sampling of present areas of activity. The group also oversees and partners with student research for various masters and doctoral awards.Research Centre for Advanced Innovation & Management
As a research and consultancy group of the Faculty of Business, Computing, and Law, the Research Centre for Advanced Innovation & Management has placed itself in diverse arenas of typical mass appeal with particular attention being paid to applied and practice-based applications. Expertise includes but is not limited to: entrepreneurship, management and innovative practice, business opportunities, knowledge management, marketing, finance, risk management, optimisation, virtual reality, measurement science and technology, AI, commercial law, welfare law, data mining, human resources, software, medical imagery, purchasing, and accounting strategy. Students are able to study for the DBA, MPhil, or PhD.Research Centre for Education and Professional Practice
The Research Centre for Education and Professional Practice studies and disseminates material on virtually every core aspect of historical and contemporary education. Members of the centre have published widely in their respective fields and are of the aspiration to translate their expertise into both public and academic knowledge, both theory and practice. In conjunction with present research activities the mentioned fields include; religion and education, behaviour management, cultural diversity in education, educational psychology, learning, motivation, post compulsory education, telephonics in education, social justice, curriculum and sociomoral epistemology, student feedback, improving performance, nursing and health education, substance abuse education, race and education, dyslexia, organizational change, student self-esteem, violence and education, and bilingual education. Students are able to pursue the MPhil, PhD, or Ed.D degrees.Signal Processing Applications Research Group
The Signal Processing Applications Research Group dwells within the Electronics and Sound area of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology. SPARG has robust relationships with the industry and has placed many graduates with engineering research partners. The key areas of research are real-time Digital Signal Processing and the applications of signal processing in the aim to positively complement a myriad of technological issues. Individual expertise is had in: spatial audio-capture, psychoacoustics and spatial perception in artificial environments, embedded systems, manipulation and transmission of spatial sound, multimodal spatial information display, perceptual testing and signal processing, synthesis, and digital music technology and spatial musicSpatial music
Spatial music, music in space, or space music uses the localization of sounds in physical space as a compositional element in music, in sound art, and in sound editing for audio recordings, film, and video...
. There are routes to study and research on to a PhD.
The Open Studio
With national and international collaboration, The Open Studio functions as a physical and virtual domain for creative development that is experimental, reflective, and culturally and interpersonally encouraging. Studio spaces, conferences, seminars, exhibitions and the internet are all used in the facilitation of this function. Main areas of research activity are but are not limited to: photography, sculpture, painting, mixed media, film, design, art theory, art history, visual environment, and non-traditional media. There is potential within The Open Studio to study up to a doctorate degree.Student facilities
The Atrium, built in 1994, is a large concourse at the Kedleston Road site, which includes a branch of Waterstone'sWaterstone's
Waterstone's is a British book specialist established in 1982 by Tim Waterstone that employs around 4,500 staff throughout the United Kingdom and Europe....
bookshop, the student union shop (Keddies), hairdressers, a clothes shop and Lloyds TSB
Lloyds TSB
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, established in Birmingham, England in 1765 and traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group which traces its origins to 1810...
cash machine.
It also includes a range of catering facilities, serving hot meals, salads, light snacks, and drinks. These facilities, provided by Scolarest
Compass Group
Compass Group plc is a global contract foodservice and support services company headquartered near London, United Kingdom. It is the largest contract foodservice company in the world and has operations in over 50 countries...
, have been criticised by the student magazine Dusted in October 2007 as being grossly expensive. Five minutes' walk away (via the pedestrian entrance near the Clinical Skills Suite) is the Park Farm shopping area of Allestree with more reasonable prices. They are linked to the University by a bus-service (UniBus) which runs throughout the day and evening, starting at Derby Midland railway station
Derby Midland railway station
Derby railway station , also known as Derby Midland Station, is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in England. Owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains, the station is also used by CrossCountry services and one Northern Rail service...
.
Student Residences
The residences for Derby students are based in the "student quarter" between the Kedleston Road campus and the centre of town. They are:- Sir Peter Hilton Court on Agard Street
- Nunnery Court on Nuns Street
- Princess Alice Court on Bridge Street
- Laverstoke Court on Peet Street
- St Christopher's Court on Ashbourne Road
- Peak Court, with entrances on Lodge Lane and Bridge Street
Buxton students have one halls of residence, High Peak Halls.
Students' Union
The University of Derby Students' UnionStudents' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
(UDSU) is the representative organisation for students at the university, and is based at the "Students' Union Quarter" at the Kedleston Road site.
Notable alumni
- Sylvia Barrie, Big Brother 9Big Brother 2008 (UK)Big Brother 2008 was the ninth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, that aired on Channel 4 and E4. The series was launched on 5 June 2008, and ran for 13 weeks until 5 September 2008. The winner of Big Brother 2008 was Rachel Rice who beat bookies' favourite Michael Hughes...
contestant - Idris KhanIdris KhanIdris Khan is an artist based in London.His work comprises digital photographs that superimpose iconic text or image sets into a single frame , or every Bernd and Hilla Becher spherical gasholder.-Khan received a First in his BA from the...
, artist and photographer - Devon MalcolmDevon MalcolmDevon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...
, cricketer