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The Art Institute of Bournemouth says:

The Institute is a creative community where staff and students share a passion for and a commitment to the disciplines of arts, design and media. Course leaders, lecturers and technicians all enjoy a wealth of practical experience in their subject area and the majority remain actively engaged in their own work through research, practice or both activities. This work is used to inform their approach to your learning. Industry Liaison Groups and Visiting Tutors from arts, design and media companies also help ensure that our staff and students are informed of current working practices and technological developments within these areas. Importantly, we offer a specialist environment which reflects the way in which individuals and communities work together in the creative industries and where we can give you the professional skills, knowledge and confidence to realise your ambitions and to succeed in your chosen career.

We are committed to your needs: our course recruitment is kept to a level which allows a good student:tutor ratio, hence more individually focused teaching from staff who will know you and your work. Our facilities include well-equipped studios, workshops and the relevant tools and equipment to allow you to experiment and learn required industry skills. We encourage your input: each course has a representational system allowing you a collective voice in the development and shaping of our community and ensures that the quality of each course remains strong and its content relevant. Students are also invited to nominate members to all key Institute committees and to sit on interview panels for academic staff recruitment.

Our reputation is underpinned by consistently good reports from the body which monitors us, the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). Their most recent audit gave the Institute the highest possible grade; awarding ‘broad confidence’ in the management of the quality of our courses. The report also commended the academic standards on offer and highlighted many features of good practice, including the contribution of technician tutors to students’ learning and the provision of library services.

Importantly, our strengths are also recognised by our students. The results of this year’s National Student Survey placed the Institute 22^nd out of 129 universities and colleges overall, with joint 4th position for our student advice and support and joint 6th position for the enthusiasm of our teaching staff. Of the 95 of these offering arts and design courses, we were placed in joint 10^th position overall and joint 2nd position for our library provision.  

We are proud of our achievements and are committed to ensuring that the Institute and its courses continue to offer a learning experience of the highest quality and real relevance.  Students who are successful in securing a place with us will join our exciting and developing community and will in turn, we hope, become influential members of the creative industries.

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One of the UK’s Universities is Queens University, Please follow the link to get more information

Professor Peter Gregson says:

Queen’s combines the best of tradition with a progressive outlook. It is an institution with a world-class academic reputation as reflected in the award of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2006, the fourth time the University has been honoured in this way.

As a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities, Queen’s is building on its tradition of excellence to secure a future for its students – the leaders of tomorrow. They can look forward to being taught to the highest standards by academics who are both world-class teachers and researchers.

Queen’s is currently investing over £200 million in students, staff and facilities. Our distinctive campus will be further enhanced by the new landmark library, redevelopment of the Elms student village, and major refurbishment of the Physical Education Centre and the Students’ Union.  Academic developments range from a substantial expansion in Medicine to new postgraduate courses in Governance and Sustainable Development, from the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology to the Sonic Arts Research Centre, and from the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry to novel approaches to "green technology".

Since I took up my post as President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s in August 2004, I have found Belfast to be an exciting, dynamic city which is embracing cultural and economic development. Queen’s is, and will remain, central to this development.

Making people feel at home is a marvellous characteristic of the citizens of Belfast, and Queen’s enthusiastically supports and participates in this.  Queen’s also plays a pivotal role in the life of Northern Ireland through its contribution to the professions, the arts and culture, social development and economic prosperity.

Our web pages offer a wealth of information on these and other aspects of Queen’s role, as well as highlighting the "Queen’s Experience", our term for the rewarding intellectual experience which the University offers, coupled with its rich cultural, social, sporting and political life.

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For more and detailed information please do visit the official website of the University.

They say:

On 1st August 2007, the University of Paisley and Bell College merged to create Scotland’s biggest modern university with campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley.

With over 18,000 students and almost 2,000 staff, the University is unique in its geographical coverage across the West of Scotland.

• Wide range of academic, social and sporting facilities

• Friendly campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley

• Extensive range of programmes from degree and certificate level to MSc

• Courses in business, computing, engineering and science, media, language and music, health, nursing and midwifery, social sciences and education.

And also The University is currently working on plans for the development of a new £71.2million campus for the University in Ayr. The new campus will provide Ayrshire with one of Scotland’s most modern, environmentally friendly and sustainable Higher Education learning environments. The new campus at Ayr is estimated to cost £75.1m and is scheduled for completion by summer 2010.

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By continuing to invest in internationally excellent research and by providing an outstanding learning environment for talented students from all backgrounds our aim is not only to maintain this position, but to improve upon it, thereby retaining our status as one of the select number of institutions which are regarded as being the best in the world.

Our mission

Our mission is to undertake leading-edge, internationally-competitive research while offering a challenging student-centred learning environment. Through our status as a leading international university, we aim to sustain and add value to Scottish culture and society, to the natural environment and to the national economy.

A long pedigree

Founded in 1451, we are the fourth oldest university in the United Kingdom and have nearly 16000 undergraduates, 4000 postgraduates and 4000 adults in continuing education. We welcome students from over 80 countries.

A research powerhouse

The University is a major research powerhouse, with our annual research contract income in the top ten of UK universities. An exceptional 96% of our research-active staff are in areas which have been independently assessed as producing research of international importance.

Outstanding teaching quality

We offer an exceptional breadth of undergraduate student choice across the physical and life sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, together with a rapidly-expanding range of postgraduate courses. Our teaching quality has been independently rated as among the top ten in the UK and our medical and veterinary schools are consistently rated amongst the very best in the UK.

Working together

We cannot succeed alone and we work closely with partners and friends in the city, Scotland and beyond to ensure that we are an internationally successful university at the heart of Glasgow.

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