Anglia Ruskin University
Overview
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, with a total student population of around 30,000.
Anglia Ruskin University has its origins in the Cambridge School of Art opened in 1858 by John Ruskin
John Ruskin
John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...
: William John Beamont
William John Beamont
William John Beamont , was an English clergyman and author.-Life:Beamont was born at Warrington, Lancashire, 16 January 1828, being the only son of William Beamont, solicitor, of that town, and author of Annals of the Lords of Warrington, and other works...
was also involved in the founding. 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.
