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Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University
It has its origins in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Former names Cambridge
Beamont[3] in 1858. The school became Anglia Polytechnic after the School of Art,
Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology and the Essex Institute of Cambridgeshire
Higher Education merged. It became a university in 1992 and was renamed College of Arts
Anglia Ruskin University (after John Ruskin) in 2005. and Technology,
Mid-Essex
It has been listed in the Times Higher Education's (THE) World University Technical
Rankings – being named as one of the top 350 institutions in the world and College,
joint 39th best in the UK [4]. The higher education strategy consulting firm Chelmer
Firetail recognises Anglia Ruskin University as one of the 20 "rising stars" Institute of
in global Higher Education. It is the only UK university to feature in the Higher
top 20.[5]. However, it is ranked as 118th out of 131 universities in the UK Education,
in the Complete University Guide [6]. Essex Institute
of Higher
Education,
Contents Anglia
Polytechnic
History
University
Chelmsford Campus move
Student Complaints, 2014 Motto Excellentia per
Entrepreneurship societatem
Campuses (Latin)
Facilities Motto Excellence
Ruskin Gallery in English through
Images
partnership
Organisation and administration
Type Public university
2018 Merger [26]
Faculties and Departments Pre-2018[26] Established 1858 (as a
Lord Ashcroft International Business School school)
Faculty of Medical Science 1992 (as a
Faculty of Science & Technology university)
Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences
Endowment £ 0.7 m (2015)[1]
Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education
School of Medicine Chancellor Michael Ashcroft
Research Institutes[44] Vice-Chancellor Roderick
Academic profile Watkins
Notable alumni Students 22,245
Notes (2016/17)[2]
External links Undergraduates 18,125
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(2016/17)[2]
History
Postgraduates 4,115
Anglia Ruskin University has its origins
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in the Cambridge School of Art,
Location Cambridge,
founded by William John Beamont in
Chelmsford,
1858. The inaugural address was given
Peterborough
by John Ruskin[7] (often incorrectly
and London,
described as the founder; in fact he
United Kingdom
founded the Ruskin School of Drawing
in Oxford). The original location was Campus Urban
near Sidney Sussex College, later Colours Blue and yellow
moving to its present location in East
Road, Cambridge. The governing body Affiliations EFMD · EUA ·
Henry Acland and John in the 1920s included two remarkable Million+ ·
Ruskin (left), the latter pioneers in the civic history of Universities UK
playing a key role in the Cambridge, Clara Dorothea Rackham
institution's journey forward Website aru.ac.uk (http
and Lilian Mellish Clarke after whom
after foundation. s://aru.ac.uk)
buildings on the East Road campus were
later named. In 1960 this became the
Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (CCAT) In 1989
CCAT merged with the Essex Institute of Higher Education to form
the Anglia Higher Education College. The merged college became a
polytechnic in 1991, using the name Anglia Polytechnic, and was then
awarded university status in 1992.
The university eventually reconsidered a name change and chose Anglia Ruskin University (thus incorporating into
the title the surname of John Ruskin, who gave the inaugural address of the Cambridge School of Art), with the new
name taking effect following the approval of the Privy Council on 29 September 2005.[9]
Former students included the Victorian poet, Augusta Webster, who signed John Stuart Mill's petition for votes of
women in 1866. Past lecturers include Odile Crick, wife of Francis Crick, who created the simple iconic image of
DNA.[10] The musician Syd Barrett, song writer and leading guitarist of the band, Pink Floyd is an alumnus. Author
Tom Sharpe was a lecturer in History at CCAT between 1963 and 1972 and Anne Campbell,[11] the Labour MP for
Cambridge from 1992 to 2005, was formerly a lecturer in Statistics at CCAT. A blue plaque is to be erected to the
leading educationalist, Dame Leah Manning in 2019 at the former ragged school in New Street which was acquired by
the university in 2006 and converted into the Anglia Ruskin University Institute of Music Therapy.
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Three buildings were saved – the East building (built 1931), the Frederick Chancellor building (built 1902), and the
Grade-2-listed Anne Knight building (built in the mid-19th century), which was used by Quakers. The East and
Frederick Chancellor buildings fall under a conservation area, meaning they cannot be demolished without planning
permission, as they are historically important due to their uses in the early days of higher education in Essex. The site
is currently vacant due to the recession halting development which had been planned for many years; however, new
plans have been released by Genesis Housing, who currently own the site.[12][13][14]
The Chelmsford Campus facilities include a mock law court, mock hospital wards and operating theatres and labs.
The article further stated the case of a group of students from the Chelmsford campus, who were abruptly informed
that their Legal Practice Course was moved 45 miles to the Cambridge campus. They would therefore be limited to
only two days of face-to-face teaching, having to watch the remaining lectures online rather than attend them live.
In 2019 Pok Wong, a 2014 graduate of Anglia Ruskin University, received a £61,000 out-of-court settlement from the
University in a dispute about of the quality of teaching. The University has maintained that the payout does not prove
that the university was at fault.[16][17]
Entrepreneurship
Anglia Ruskin was awarded Entrepreneurial University of the Year in the 2014 Times Higher Education (THE)
Awards.[18]
Campuses
The university has campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough, University Centres in King's Lynn and
Peterborough, and collaborative partnerships with institutions in a variety of locations throughout the world,
including London, Berlin, Budapest, Athens, Basel, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Trinidad.
Facilities
Anglia Ruskin's Cambridge Campus is home to one of only 9 optometry schools in the UK, having its own optometry
clinic.[19]
The Cambridge campus has recently been redeveloped, which began with the refurbishment of Helmore, the main
building on East Road, completed in 2006. In 2009, one of the University's largest buildings, Rackham, in the centre
of the campus, was demolished to make way for the new Lord Ashcroft International Business School. The Mumford
Theatre, which presents a range of professional touring, local community and student theatre for both the public and
members of the University, is housed at the centre of the campus. From 2015, a new building at Young Street hosted
the health courses, like nursing, midwifery, paramedic, ODP etc.[20]
The Chelmsford campus houses the Queen's Building (opened in 1995) and the Sawyer's Building (opened in 2001).
The Michael A Ashcroft Building opened in 2003 (renamed the Lord Ashcroft Building); the Mildmay Sports Centre,
and the Tindal Building, in 2005; the William Harvey Building in 2007; The Faculty Building (renamed The Marconi
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Images
Mill pond at Anglia Lord Ashcroft building at Lord Ashcroft building at The David Building is
Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University, the home of Animal and
Chelmsford campus Chelmsford campus Chelmsford campus Environmental research
within the Department of
Life Sciences
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Science and the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education merged to
form the new Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care. The
merger also involved a transition from a department organisation to a school based one. This saw the School of
Economics, Finance and Law move to the new Faculty of Business and Law. The University now contains 13 schools.
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It merged with the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education in 2018 to
become the new Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care.
The Department of Life Sciences was located at the Cambridge campus. Lord Ashcroft Building houses the
State-of-the art industry-standard equipment for teaching includes well- Lord Ashcroft International Business
equipped laboratories, gas and liquid chromatographic systems, and School.
facilities for drugs analysis, toxicology, fire investigation and DNA
analysis.[30]
The Department of Vision & Hearing Sciences was based at the Cambridge
Campus for Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing[32]
Bryant Building, named after
Research: Psychology, Vision, and Environmental Sciences research was historian Sir Arthur Bryant, houses
the Postgraduate Medical Institute
rated as world leading or of international quality in the 2008 UK Research
(PMI) of Anglia Ruskin University.
Assessment Exercise.[33] Successes include discoveries of new animal
species,[34] design of new car bonnets for improved pedestrian safety,[35]
and leading study in the first to study the toxic effects of benzylpiperazine (BZP).[36]
The faculty also housed the Anglia Ruskin University Language Centre, which provided language training and courses
to students, staff and the general public, and supports 11 research clusters, including the Cultures of the Digital
Economy Research Institute (CoDE) Research Institute.
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Anglia Law School runs courses on both Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses, with a mock courtroom on each.
Course provision includes undergraduate, postgraduate, research and professional qualifications. Their LLB (Hons)
Law was rated in the top third of undergraduate law courses in the Guardian League Tables 2013.[37]
The Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education offers courses over a range of study levels, from foundation and
undergraduate degrees to postgraduate qualifications. A variety of disciplines were available from nursing, operating
department practice and social work to midwifery, education studies, public health and laparoscopic surgery.
School of Medicine
On 10 October 2016 Anglia Ruskin announced that they planned to open Essex's first Medical School at its Chelmsford
Campus.[42] The purpose built brand new medical school would be the first undergraduate medical school in Essex
and would cost £20-million to build. The medical school would include state-of-the-art skills facilities, specialist
teaching space, a lecture theatre and a cadaveric anatomy suite.
On 19 May 2017 Anglia Ruskin announced that it has begun works to build the purpose built medical school on its
Chelmsford Campus, due to be opened in September 2018.[23] Chief Executive of Basildon and Thurrock University
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and Southend University Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, Clare Panniker, attended the event alongside other officials.
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On 21 September 2017, the university announced that the General Medical Council had approved its curriculum and
that the university now had official School of Medicine status.[43]
Research Institutes[44]
Anglia Ruskin has 7 research institutes.
Academic profile
Anglia Ruskin University's academic excellence has been recognised by the
Rankings
UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 12 areas classed as generating
"world-leading" research. The results of the Research Excellence National rankings
Framework (REF) 2014 released on 18 December show that Anglia Ruskin Complete (2020)[45] 118
is making a significant impact on economies, societies, the environment Guardian (2019)[46] 103
and culture in all corners of the globe. The 12 subject areas within Anglia
Times / Sunday Times 122
Ruskin classified by REF 2014 as producing world-leading research are:
(2019)[47]
Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy; Architecture,
Built Environment and Planning; Art and Design: History, Practice and Global rankings
Theory; Business and Management Studies; Communication, Cultural and THE (2019)[48] 301–
Media Studies, Library and Information Management; English Language 350
and Literature; Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology; British Government assessment
History; Law; Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts; Psychology,
Teaching Excellence Silver
Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Social Work and Social Policy.[50]
Framework[49]
An investigation performed at the end of 2007 by the QAA reveal that as a
result of its investigations, the audit team's view of Anglia Ruskin University is that "confidence can reasonably be
placed in the soundness of the institution's present and likely future management of the academic standards of the
awards that it offers and the quality of the learning opportunities available to students".[51] However, an external
inspection of Initial Teacher Education revealed inadequacies in 2010. The areas highlighted were the effectiveness of
the provision in securing high quality outcomes for trainees, and the extent to which the training and assessment
ensures that all trainees progress to fulfil their potential given their ability and starting points.[52] It was only the
Primary ITE that was found to be inadequate in the inspection, the Secondary and FE ITE were awarded a mark of
satisfactory. Since this inspection the Primary ITE has been awarded 'satisfactory' grades by Ofsted in May 2011 and
'good' in 2012.
Anglia Ruskin was named the UK 'Entrepreneurial University of the Year' at the Times Higher Education (THE)
Awards 2014.[53] Anglia Ruskin University was awarded a First in the Green League 2012 by People & Planet.[54] The
league is based on ten environmental criteria, both policy and performance related. It incorporates data obtained
through the Freedom of Information Act, including the percentage of waste recycled and CO2 emissions for each
individual institution. Anglia Ruskin University has been named as one of the most upwardly mobile universities in
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the world.[5] The list, produced by Higher Education strategy consultants Firetail and published by Times Higher
Education, includes Anglia Ruskin as one of the 20 "rising stars" in global Higher Education. Anglia Ruskin is the only
UK university to feature in the top 20. Nine of the "rising stars" are located in the United States, with universities in
Australia, South Korea, Japan, Germany and Finland completing the list. It has been listed in the Times Higher
Education's (THE) World University Rankings for the first time – being named as one of the top 350 institutions in
the world and joint 38th best in the UK.[55]
Notable alumni
Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, English investor, billionaire and
former Conservative vice chairman
Eddie Ballard, former English cricketer for Cambridge UCCE and
Hertfordshire
Syd Barrett and David Gilmour, Pink Floyd members
Chris Beckett, academic, author and science-fiction novelist
Manish Bhasin, sports journalist and BBC presenter
Henry Brock, specialist linguist at University of Cambridge and
illustrator
John Burnside, academic and T. S. Eliot Prize winning author
Elsie Vera Cole, artist
Nick Crane, English geographer and TV presenter
Sarah-Jane Crawford, TV Presenter, Radio Presenter and Model
Geraldine Finlayson, researcher and director of John Mackintosh Hall The bust of Lord Ashcroft, an
Peter Fluck and Roger Law, creators of Spitting Image alumnus of the university and after
Angela Hartnett, entrepreneur and chef whom its business school as well as
the building where it is housed is
Junius Ho, Hong Kong politician and solicitor
named, can be seen at the
Kim Howells, Labour politician and former Chair of the Intelligence and
Security Committee university's Cambridge campus
Patrick Le Quément, automobile engineer and former chief designer at
Renault
Devant Maharaj, former Senator and Minister of Food Production, Trinidad and Tobago
Ian Miller, English footballer
Tony Palladino, English cricketer
Shoo Rayner, author and illustrator
Nicky Richards, CEO and Chief Investment Officer MLC Asset Management
Andrew Sayer, English economist, professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Labour politician, Commonwealth Secretary-General, government
policy-maker, former minister, attorney general and president of Chatham House
Ronald Searle, creator of St Trinian's
Michal Shalev, author and illustrator of children's books
Mark Wood, businessman, accountant and chairman of NSPCC
Barbara Yung, Hong Kong actress
Notes
1. "ARU Annual Report 2014-2015" (http://web.anglia.ac.uk/finance/ARU-Annual-Report-2014-2015-FINAL-16-Dec-
2015.pdf) (PDF). Anglia Ruskin University. p. 27. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
2. "2016/17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile" (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/
table-1.csv) (CSV). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
3. Searby, Peter (1997), A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 3 1750–1870 (https://books.google.com/b
ooks?id=VoMPRz8nYQEC&pg=PA39), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 39, ISBN 978-0-521-35060-0,
retrieved 22 February 2013
4. "Best universities in the UK" (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-
uk). Times Higher Education (THE). 26 September 2018.
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External links
Official website (https://aru.ac.uk/)
Anglia Ruskin University (http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/anglia-ruskin)
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