UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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Granted university status in 2001. Predecessor colleges have been delivering quality education in Gloucestershire since 1834. International reputation for achievements in sustainability and is the only university in the UK to have been ranked in the top five of the People and Planet Green League each year since it began. Leading the way at elite sporting level, are the University of Gloucestershire All Golds, the only university owned professional rugby league club in the world. The 2010 Quality Assurance Agency audit of the university recorded a judgement of full confidence in the institution’s management of academic standards and of the quality of learning opportunities available to students.

A wide range of awards carry recognition by external professional bodies such as the British Psychological Society, the Law Society and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

The University of Gloucestershire is a Skillset Media Academy. 8 staff have been designated National Teaching Fellows by the Higher Education Academy.

A recognised Centre of Excellence in Rural Research is located in the university's Countryside and Community Research Institute. A thriving postgraduate research community with traditional and taught doctorates, including a highly successful DBA. The government's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results for Higher Education institutions shows that the University has work of 'world-leading' quality in five of its research areas. Health and Social Care, Sports Science, Media, Art and Communications, Education, Humanities, Environmental Science, Social Science, Business. Placements are a key aspect of many of our undergraduate programmes. The university offers reliable and practical knowledge to students and there is a dedicated placement team on each campus. Over 2,000 students each year go on placement.

Regency Cheltenham is home to two of campuses, the Park and Francis Close Hall, with Oxstalls campus situated just minutes from the heart of historic Gloucester. Equidistant from Birmingham and Bristol, Gloucestershire offers bustling towns and stunning scenery within two hours reach of London. Bus links are provided between campuses in Cheltenham and Gloucester at a subsidised flat rate fee of £1.00. This also applies to all Stagecoach bus services in and around Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Over 30 different sports clubs with support available for new. Teams in the BUCS Premier League include men's and women's football; men's and women's futsal; women's hockey, netball and rugby league. The Rugby League 1sts are in BUCS Super 8 League (national top 8 university rugby league teams). UNIversal sport programme also offers a range of opportunities for students to get involved in sport, from taster sessions in alternative sports such as dodgeball and ultimate frisbee to more traditional sport drop in sessions including badminton, tennis, volleyball and 5-a-side football, a series of exercise to music sessions including running groups, zumba and body conditioning classes.

The recreational UNIversal League programme offers students the opportunity to enter teams into our formalised UNIversal Leagues in a range of sports.