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Collegiate university in London, England

University of the Arts London

Sometime name	London Institute, 1986–2004
Type	Public
Established	1986
Chancellor	Grayson Perry
Vice-Chancellor	James Purnell
Authoritative staff	ii,559 (2017)[1]
Students	18,290 HE (2016/17)[ii]
Undergraduates	fourteen,760 (2016/17)[2]
Postgraduates	3,530 (2016/17)[two]
Other students	one,342 FE (2017)[1]
Location	London , United Kingdom 51°31′4″N 0°half dozen′59″W  /  51.51778°Northward 0.11639°Due west  / 51.51778; -0.11639 Coordinates: 51°31′4″North 0°6′59″W  /  51.51778°N 0.11639°W  / 51.51778; -0.11639
Affiliations	Universities United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland
Website	arts.ac.uk

University of the Arts London is a collegiate university in London, England, specialising in arts, design, way and the performing arts.^[3] Information technology is a federation of half-dozen arts colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea Higher of Arts, the London College of Communication, the London Higher of Way, and the Wimbledon Higher of Arts. It was established every bit a university in 2003, and took its nowadays name in 2004.

History [edit]

The Rex's Cross campus of Central Saint Martins

The university has its origins in seven previously independent art, design, fashion and media colleges, which were brought together for administrative purposes to form the London Institute in 1986.^[4] They were: Saint Martin'southward School of Art; Chelsea School of Fine art; the London College of Printing; the Central Schoolhouse of Art and Design; Camberwell School of Arts and crafts; the College for Distributive Trades; and the London College of Fashion.^[five] The colleges were originally established between nearly 1850 and the early twentieth century.

Nether the Education Reform Act of 1988, the London Institute became a unmarried legal entity, and the start courtroom of governors was instated in the following yr, 1989. The starting time appointed rector was John McKenzie.^[5] The establish was granted degree-awarding powers in 1993 past the Privy Council. Sir William Stubbs was appointed rector after the retirement of McKenzie in 1996. A glaze of artillery was granted to the institute in 1998.^[5] Will Wyatt was appointed chairman of governors in 1999, and Lord Stevenson of Coddenham was installed equally the get-go chancellor in 2000.^[v]

On the retirement of William Stubbs as rector in 2001, Sir Michael Bichard was appointed and encouraged the London Found to employ for university condition. The London Establish originally chose not to employ because its individual colleges were internationally recognised in their own right.^{[half dozen]} In 2003, the London Plant received Privy Council approval for university status; it was renamed University of the Arts London in 2004.^[7]

Wimbledon Schoolhouse of Art joined the university as a sixth higher in 2006, and was renamed Wimbledon College of Arts. Sir John Tusa was appointed chairman, replacing Will Wyatt, in 2007.^[v] Nigel Carrington was appointed rector in 2008, replacing Michael Bichard.^[five]

From 2008 to 2010, staff were made redundant and courses closed. At the London College of Advice, where 16 of the xix courses were discontinued in 2009, staff resigned and students demonstrated and staged a sit-in in protest at the cuts in budget and staff numbers.^{[8] [9]}

Central Saint Martins moved to a purpose-built complex in King'south Cross in June 2011.^{[10] [xi]}

In 2015 Grayson Perry was appointed to succeed Kwame Kwei-Armah as chancellor of the university.^{[12] [13]}

James Purnell was appointed Vice Chancellor and President, replacing Nigel Carrington from March 2021.^[14]

Colleges [edit]

The University of the Arts London has six constituent colleges:

Camberwell College of Arts [edit]

Camberwell School of Craft was established past the Technical Education Lath of the London County Council on 10 January 1898, in a edifice beside the South London Gallery, with the fiscal support of John Passmore Edwards and post-obit advancement by Edward Burne-Jones, Lord Leighton, Walter Crane and Thousand. F. Watts. The subjects taught were mainly technical until a Fine Arts section was established betwixt the Wars. The school became office of the London Institute in January 1986, and was renamed Camberwell College of Arts in 1989.^[15]

Primal Saint Martins [edit]

Cardinal Saint Martins College was formed in 1989 by the merger of Saint Martin'due south School of Art, founded 1854, and the Central School of Fine art and Design, founded as the Central School of Craft in 1896. Drama Centre London, founded in 1963, became part of Primal Saint Martins in 1999,^[16] and the Byam Shaw School of Art, founded in 1910, was merged into CSM in 2003.^[5] The school was renamed Primal Saint Martins Higher of Arts and Design in 2011.^[5]

Chelsea College of Arts [edit]

The Chelsea School of Fine art originated as function of the South-Western Polytechnic, which opened in 1895 and in 1922 became the Chelsea Polytechnic. In 1957 the science department of the polytechnic was renamed Chelsea College of Science and Engineering; the School of Art became independent from it at that time, and merged with the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art to create the Chelsea School of Art in 1964. In 1975 Chelsea merged with Hammersmith College of Art and Building, founded in 1891 by Francis Hawke and taken over by the London County Council in 1904. The Chelsea School of Art became part of the London Institute in 1986 and was renamed Chelsea Higher of Fine art and Design in 1989.^[17]

London College of Advice [edit]

The London College of Printing descends from the St Bride's Foundation Institute Press School, which was established in November 1894 under the City of London Parochial Charities Act of 1883. The Guild and Technical Schoolhouse opened in Clerkenwell in the same yr, but moved a year later to Bolt Court, and became the Bolt Court Technical School; it was later renamed the London County Council Schoolhouse of Photoengraving and Lithography. St Bride'south came under the control of the London County Council in 1922 and was renamed the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades; in 1949 it was merged with the LCC School of Photoengraving and Lithography, forming the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts. In 1960 this was renamed the London College of Press. The press section of the Due north Western Polytechnic was merged into it in 1969. The London Higher of Printing became role of the London Institute in 1986.

The Westminster Mean solar day Continuation Schoolhouse opened in 1921, and was later renamed the College for Distributive Trades. It became part of the London Constitute in 1986. In 1990 it merged with the London College of Printing to grade the London Higher of Printing and Distributive Trades, which in 1996 was renamed the London College of Communication.^[eighteen]

London College of Fashion [edit]

The London College of Fashion derives from three merchandise schools for women, the Shoreditch Technical Institute Girls Trade School, founded in 1906, Barrett Street Trade School, founded in 1915, and Clapham Merchandise School, founded in 1927; all were established by the Technical Education lath of the London Canton Quango to train skilled workers for the habiliment and hairdressing trades.^[nineteen] The Barrett Street school became a technical college later on the 1944 Education Act and was renamed Barrett Street Technical College. Shoreditch also became a technical college; in 1955 information technology merged with Clapham Trade Schoolhouse to form Shoreditch College for the Garment Trades. In 1966 it was renamed Shoreditch Higher for the Wear Industry and in 1967 merged with Barrett Street Technical College to become the London College for the Garment Trades, which in 1974 was renamed the London Higher of Fashion.^{[xx] [21]} It became part of the London Institute in January 1986. In August 2000 it merged with Cordwainers College, founded equally the Leather Trade School by the Leathersellers and Cordwainers Company in 1887 in Bethnal Green, and later renamed the Cordwainers Technical College and, in 1991, Cordwainers College.^[22]

Wimbledon Higher of Arts [edit]

The foundation of Wimbledon College of Arts goes back to 1890, when an fine art class for the Rutlish School for Boys was started. Between 1904 and 1920 this was housed in the Wimbledon Technical Establish in Gladstone Road. It became independent in 1930 and moved to Merton Hall Road in 1940. Theatre pattern was taught from 1932, and became a department in 1948. In 1993 the schoolhouse, which previously had been controlled by the London Borough of Merton, was incorporated as an independent college teaching institution. Wimbledon School of Art became function of University of the Arts London in 2006 and was renamed Wimbledon College of Arts.^[23]

Organisation and administration [edit]

The Academy is a college pedagogy corporation established under Section 121 of the Education Reform Act 1988, and is an exempt charity under charity legislation.^[i]

In the financial year to 31 July 2017, the university had a total income (including share of articulation ventures) of £281.iv million and total expenditure of £264.0 meg.^[24] Sources of income included £214,624 million from tuition fees and education contracts, £28,400 meg from Funding body grants, £ane,439 one thousand thousand from inquiry grants and contracts, £2,718 meg from endowment and investment income and £34,227 million from other income.^[24]

Rankings, research and recognition [edit]

Rankings

National rankings
Complete (2022)[25]	43
Guardian (2022)[26]	26
Times / Dominicus Times (2022)[27]	94
Global rankings
British Government assessment
Didactics Excellence Framework [28]	Silver

In 2019 and once again in 2021, the academy was ranked number 2 for art and design in the QS World University Rankings.^{[29] [30]}

UAL received an overall ranking of 84 out of 124 in the 2019 Complete University Guide league tables, down from 48th place in 2013 and 59th in the 2012 ranking. It scored 56.v out of 100 for graduate prospects, and 3.94 out of 5 for pupil satisfaction with educational activity.^[31]

UAL was ranked 75th in the 2019 Guardian University Guide ^[32] and 21st out of 67 institutions in the Art subject table.^[33]

In the Quality Assurance Agency results in 2004, Camberwell College of Arts and the London Higher of Communication were awarded 23 out of 24 for art and design; Primal Saint Martins College of Art and Design and Chelsea College of Art and Design were awarded 22; London Higher of Manner was awarded 21.^[34] The OFSTED report in March 2012 gave the University'southward farther didactics provision an overall rating of "skillful".

The 2001 Inquiry Assessment Exercise published results past subject area on a point scale from i, 2, 3a, 3b, 4, 5 to v*, the University achieved a 5 rating. In 2006–07, this rating equated to a QR grant of £8.six million.^[35] In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the Times Higher Instruction's RAE league tables placed the university 44th out of 132 universities in the establishment-wide tabular array. In the 'Fine art and Design' subject field tables it was placed 22nd out of 72 submissions (for 'submission A' – the majority of the elective colleges) and 23rd out of 72 submissions (for 'submission B' – Wimbledon Higher of Art alone).^[36] The academy had the largest number of researchers in the arts and design field of study (237.89 full-time equivalent staff); it was followed by Glasgow School of Art with 76.85 equivalent staff. More than one-half the academy's inquiry was rated equally "world leading" or "internationally excellent", and 77.5 per cent as internationally significant.^{[37] [38]} An open-access collection of its research outputs, including text and multi-media items, was developed in 2009 by the Kultur project of the Joint Information Systems Committee^[39]

A Queen's Ceremony Prize was awarded to Camberwell Higher of Arts for the conservation of "works of fine art on paper" in 1996. The prize was also awarded to Central Saint Martins College of Fine art and Design for its contributions to the British way industry, and for nurturing the creativity of students, in 1998.^[twoscore] Cordwainers College of London Higher of Mode was awarded the prize for its continued excellence in shoe and accessory blueprint, development and educational activity practise in 2008.^[41] The University of the Arts London was among the twenty winners of the prize in 2013, for its "industrial and product design".^[42]

Primal Saint Martins and the London Higher of Communication have been awarded Skillset Media Academy status, recognising the achievements in the expanse of media, interactive design and movie respectively.^[43]

Chelsea College of Arts and the London Higher of Fashion share the "Creative Learning in Practice Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning". The center is funded by the British government in recognition of the two colleges' results in developing student learning.^[44]

Pupil life [edit]

The academy has thirteen halls of residence in various parts of London.^[45] It is quaternary amongst United Kingdom institutions by number of international students.^[46]

The University of the Arts London Students' Union offers various services to students.^[47] It publishes a magazine, Less Mutual More Sense.^[48]

References [edit]

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27. ^ "Good University Guide 2022". The Times. 17 September 2021.
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