Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University
Motto	Discere Mutari Est
Motto in English	"To Learn is to Change"
Established	1992
Type	Public
Endowment	£2.4 million[1]
Chancellor	Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Vice-Chancellor	Professor John Vinney
Students	17,502[2]
Undergraduates	14,380[2]
Postgraduates	2,022[2]
Location	Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset, England 50°44′36″N 1°53′49″W / 50.743213°N 1.896901°W / 50.743213; -1.896901Coordinates: 50°44′36″N 1°53′49″W / 50.743213°N 1.896901°W / 50.743213; -1.896901
Campus	Suburban Talbot Campus (primary campus) Lansdowne Campus
Affiliations	University Alliance ACU
Website	http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk

Bournemouth University is a university in and around the large south coast town of Bournemouth, UK (although its main campus is actually situated in neighbouring Poole). It has several well respected (John Kimble, 1999) departments including The School of Applied Sciences (which focuses upon Archaeology, Anthropology, Geography and Forensic Sciences), The School of Health and Social Care, The School of Tourism, The Business School, School of Design, Engineering & Computing and The Media School.

The reputed Bournemouth Media School^[3] is recognised as the only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice.^[4]

BU was a finalist for two of the most coveted prizes in UK higher education – the 2009 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards for ‘University of the Year’ and ‘Research Project of the Year’ for the archaeological examination of early human footprints conducted by professor Matthew Bennett in the School of Applied Sciences.

Traditionally known for its focus on professional courses, in the 2000s Bournemouth University invested in research to underpin its curriculum and maximise its contribution to the regional and national economies^[5]; the University already has a variety of specialist research groups including The Market Research Group.^[6]

The Library at Bournemouth University has won two national awards: in 2007 the Library Design Award of the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) for a large university;^[7] and in 2009 the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Award for "Outstanding Library Team".^[8]

The university's heraldic motto is Discere Mutari Est (To Learn is to Change).

History

Bournemouth University Crest

• Bournemouth Municipal College
• 1970s Bournemouth College of Technology
• September 1976 Dorset Institute of Higher Education
• 1990 Bournemouth Polytechnic
• 27 November 1992 Bournemouth University

Support for alternative medicine

The university validates courses in chiropractic for the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, an associate college of Bournemouth University.^[9]

Campuses

Main entrance on the Talbot Campus

Bournemouth University has two campuses: Talbot Campus and Lansdowne Campus. They offer 782 different courses.

Talbot Campus

50°44′36″N 1°53′49″W / 50.743213°N 1.896901°W / 50.743213; -1.896901

The Talbot Campus is situated at Fern Barrow on the Poole side of the boundary with Bournemouth. It is where the main University buildings are located, including the students' union and the main library. The campus also contains cafes and refectories, Dylan's and The Loft bars, a doctors' surgery, shop and a branch of Santander.

Lansdowne Campus

50°43′22″N 1°51′53″W / 50.722647°N 1.8646°W / 50.722647; -1.8646

The Landsdowne Campus is just outside Bournemouth's town centre, housing six teaching and administrative buildings, the students' union nightclub and various halls of residence located around Christchurch Road, Oxford Road and Holdenhurst Road. Unlike Talbot, Lansdowne is not a self-contained campus..

Halls of Residence

University accommodation is divided among eight halls of residence:

• Cranborne House – situated on Lansdowne Road near the Lansdowne Campus.
• Purbeck House – on Oxford Road near the Lansdowne Campus, opposite Cranborne House.
• Student Village – 54 houses of up to seven bedrooms adjacent to the Talbot Campus.
• Hurn House – on Christchurch Road in the centre of the Lansdowne Campus.
• Corfe House – a block of five and six bedroom flats situated in Poole town centre.
• Lyme Regis House – A newly built halls of residence built by the university next to the newly built Executive Business Centre at Lansdowne.
• Okeford House – a privately-owned residence in Winton, between the Talbot and Lansdowne Campuses.^[10]
• Abbotsbury House – for nursing students.
• Chesil House – Newly built accommodation situated near the Lansdowne Campus that compromises of 210 rooms and 24 fully self-contained apartments dedicated to postgraduate students

Organisation

Bournemouth University is currently divided into the following schools:

• The School of Applied Sciences (Archaeology, Anthropology, Geography and Forensic Sciences)
• The Media School – home to the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, the National Centre for Computer Animation and the Centre for Broadcasting History Research^[11]
• The School Design, Engineering & Computing – home to the Festival of Design & Innovation^[12]
• The Business School
• The School of Health and Social Care
• The School of Tourism – home to the International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research

Rankings

Overall UK University Rankings

	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993
Times Good University Guide	59th	58th[13]	57th=[13]	62nd=[14]	69th[15]	85th	83rd[16]	82nd	80th	83rd[17]	90th	90th	96th	96th	90th	88th=	87th=	81st=	90th
Guardian University Guide	38th	32nd[18]	37th[19]	48th[20]		80th	76th	37th	66th
The Complete University Guide	55th[21]	54th[22]	56th=[23]	66th[24]
The Daily Telegraph					66th				69th
FT									92nd		95th[25]	97th[26]	97th[27]
Sunday Times University Guide		67th[28]	68th=[13]	65th[13]	69th[29]	64th[29]	66st[30]	75th[30]	72nd	69th[31]	77th[31]	72nd[32]	85th=[31]	78th[31]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of Bournemouth University

• David Amess – Member of Parliament
• Angela Browning – Member of Parliament
• Hannah Fernando – News Editor, Heat Magazine
• Rachel Jones – Producer of The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1
• Rebecca Huxtable – Assistant Producer of The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1
• Dan O'Hagan – Commentator, BBC Match of the Day
• Gary Taphouse – Commentator, Football First on Sky Sports
• Reza Dehghani- Founder of Criminal Clothing
• Karl Neilson – Television director
• Natasha Scribbins – candidate on The Apprentice series seven

Honorary doctorates

Honorary doctorates have been awarded to:

• Anthony Minghella – Film director
• Peter Kosminsky – Film Writer and Director
• Murray Walker – Motor sports commentator
• Fergal Keane – BBC journalist
• Peter Alliss – Golf commentator
• Bill Bryson – Travel writer
• Martin Clunes – Comedy actor
• Andy Summers – Guitarist and composer
• Mark Austin – Journalist and newsreader
• Justin King – CEO of Sainsbury's
• Alex James – English musician, songwriter and journalist
• Ian Livingstone OBE - fantasy author and entrepreneur

References

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External links

• Bournemouth University at the Open Directory Project
• Bournemouth University Students' Union website
• Bournemouth University's Student Newspaper – The Wire

Video clips

• Official Bournemouth University YouTube channel
• National Centre of Computer Animation YouTube channel