Roehampton University
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Roehampton University is a campus university situated on two major sites at Roehampton in south-west London, in the United Kingdom. The listed buildings stand in grounds close to Richmond Park and Putney, with central London just a few miles away.
History
The Roehampton Institute of Higher Education was created in 1975 by the federation of four teacher training colleges with nineteenth-century origins. The colleges, in order of foundation, are Whitelands, an Anglican foundation, Southlands, a Methodist foundation, Digby Stuart, named after two pioneers in Catholic education, and Froebel, established to promote the progressive educational philosophy of Friedrich Froebel. Academic work is organised and controlled on an institution-wide basis, but the collegiate structure is still an important feature.
From 1st January 2000, Roehampton became an equal partner of the Federal University of Surrey, changing its name to the University of Surrey Roehampton. The other partner was the University of Surrey (UniS). Whilst working closely together, Roehampton and UniS functioned as independent, self-regulating universities. Both registered students independently and Roehampton students continued to be taught on a Roehampton campus. Because each institution controlled its own property, employed its own staff and registered its own students, applications were made to each institution separately. Applicants used distinct UCAS codes for both Roehampton and UniS.
In late 2003, the University of Surrey Roehampton announced that it would submit an application for independent university title to the Department for Education and Skills, and the application was submitted on 18 March, 2004. The name chosen was Roehampton University. The application was considered by the Privy Council, and on June 23 2004 it was announced that independent University title was to be granted.
On August 1 2004, the University of Surrey Roehampton became Roehampton University.
External links
- Roehampton University web site (http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/)