De Montfort University
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De Montfort University is a public
research and teaching university
situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester
, England, adjacent to the River Soar
and the Leicester Castle Gardens
. 40% of the University's research was deemed 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' in the United Kingdom Research Assessment Exercise
, highlighting particular strength in English literature
, where it equalled the University of Cambridge
. The University has the second highest number of National Teaching Fellows
of all UK universities.
The University, being within close proximity of the Leicester Castle
complex, houses numerous listed buildings including the 15th century Magazine Gateway
and the early 14th century Trinity House. The campus has seen several recent developments as part of a ten-year £200 million initiative by the University, such as the £35 million Hugh Aston
Building; constructed to bring students from the Faculty of Business and Law closer to the centre of the University's infrastructure.
The University is organised into four faculties: Art, Design and Humanities; Business and Law; Health and Life Sciences; and Technology (comprising Computing Sciences and Engineering). There is also the Institute of Creative Technologies.
, a 13th century Earl of Leicester
credited with establishing the first parliament
in 1265.
, Building
and Machine Drawing
.
By 1897, it was clear the buildings being used were no longer suitable, and so £25,000 was raised to build 'a very handsome school that would be enormous credit to the town and … so that it would answer its purpose for the next 100 years'. The building in question is the Hawthorn Building, which today still houses the sciences; in the shape of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. At the time of the first phase of the Hawthorn Building construction, there were 500 art students and 1,000 technical students. In 1903, a letter from Her Majesty's Inspector
praised the success of the technical subjects. Ever increasing demand for courses prompted an extension to the Hawthorn Building in 1909. In 1919, further properties were rented. Her Grace, the Duchess of Atholl, laid the foundation stone of Hawthorn's new west wing in 1927; by which time the establishment was known under by the joint name of The Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology.
In 1930, the college was recognised for the External Degree course in Pharmacy
of the University of London
, and the Pharmaceutical Chemist Diploma of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
. In 1934, the University of London recognised the college as suitable for preparing students for the External Degree in Engineering, and so the courses on offer developed apace. The prospectus for 1936-37 includes details of various technically based schools, including the Schools of Architecture, Building and Building Crafts, and Engineering. The fourth phase of extensions to the Hawthorn Building was completed in 1938-39, and the first student accommodation was secured in 1946 when three houses were purchased "for the provision of hostels for women and men students".
More space was needed to meet the academic demand, and so in 1948, Mr F. Bray, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Education
, opened the converted Downings Warehouse. In 1966, the new Fletcher building was opened by HM The Queen Mother. In the same year, a white paper
, "A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges", was published, leading to the creation of the City of Leicester Polytechnic. Under the provision of the Education Reform Act of 1988, Leicester Polytechnic became a Higher Education
Corporation, with Dame Anne Mueller
appointed Chancellor
in June 1991.
Leicester Polytechnic became De Montfort University in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act
in 1992, establishing it as a degree awarding body in its own right. Originally, the institution aimed to become a multi-campus collegiate university
comprising the entire East Midlands
, and as such, the university swiftly acquired other campuses based in Bedford
, Luton
, Lincoln
, the Scraptoft College of Education in east Leicester, Caythorpe
and Milton Keynes
. The Milton Keynes campus had actually been built by the university in 1981 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth
in 1982, prior to the official foundation of De Montfort University as a New University
. Departments at Milton Keynes included computing
, built environment and business. De Montfort University conducted a series of expansionist mergers with the Bedford College of Higher Education
and with the Lincoln and Caythorpe Colleges in 1994, and then in 1995 with the Leicester-based Charles Frears College of Nursing and Midwifery.
, was opened in 2007 by the BBC's Creative Director Alan Yentob. A new building for the Faculty of Business and Law - the Hugh Aston building - opened in September 2009. The new Business and Law centre has the iconic Magazine Square at its centre and cost £35 million.
The University has approximately 20,500 students, 3,240 staff and an annual turnover in the region of £132.5 million.
, ranked 120th in the world by the Times Higher Education and situated in Jiangsu Province, eastern China. The two universities have launched various initiatives, including a scholarship programme for De Montfort students and doctoral study coupled with English language tuition for students from Nanjing. De Montfort's Institute of Creative Technologies will also advise Nanjing University on a digital recreation of medieval China, following the success of the institute in developing a virtual rendition of Leicester during its Roman
occupation.
The numerous cultural partnerships that the University holds currently include a link with Leicester City Football Club, utilising the University's expertise in sports history to help make the club's heritage more widely available, as well a partnership with the British Library
, which will see the two institutions working together in order to boost research and cultural activities. The University has also collaborated with Leicester in the creation of the Digital Media Centre (DMC) in Leicester city centre, which received £1 million in funding from the University. Through the university's involvement, the DMC will benefit from the latest research in media and related technologies. Students on appropriate courses will have the opportunity to use the production and educational facilities at the Centre.
, underwear, body-wear, swimwear and performance sportswear, which first began after the Second World War. The Faculty also offers the only UK university courses in Footwear Design. One of the Faculty's most innovative courses is its BA (Hons) Game Art Design degree; the first game art course in England to be accredited by Skillset
. Ian Livingstone
, Chair of Skillset's Computer Games Skills Council and Life President
at Eidos, commented that "accreditation is a rigorous process, but De Montfort's course shows what standards can be achieved with a curriculum designed with games industry input from day one." The last government Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE) gave the Faculty's research a 4* rating, indicating world-leading quality.
The Faculty has received praise from other notable individuals, including the Fashion Director of The Daily Telegraph
, Hilary Alexander
, who commented that De Montfort was 'the best underwear and corsetry college in Europe'.
The University deems their Art and Design courses as being "strongly vocational as well as creative", and notes that professional technicians are employed to aid students of the Faculty. Selected students have won prestigious national and international awards, participated in exhibition events, gained placements and sponsorships. The Faculty also has an international presence; running teaching and research projects with Russia, India and China, whilst maintaining close connections with other Faculties within the university, including Technology and Humanities. As of 2010, international students have come to the Faculty from more than 35 countries worldwide, including China, Russia, Ghana
and the USA.
Facilities of the Faculty include the Retail Lab; a facility which aims to support the development of insight into sustainable and resource efficient retail design. The university describes it as allowing a "unique approach to conducting research and development ... [which] places the consumer at the heart of investigations". The facility has a virtual test space for concept evaluations, a dedicated area for conducting training and exhibitions, and a knowledge bank focusing on five specialist areas: legislation, supply chain, build, fit and consumer experience. The Lab works with businesses to identify research and development needs; bringing together researchers from across the university to work on projects. Expertise involved in projects may range from social scientists or technologists to designers. The university's areas of expertise span lighting, architecture, textiles, fashion
, packaging and product design, as well as business and law.
Other facilities include the Design and New Product Development Centre, which provides students with metal and plastics prototyping workshops as well as a dedicated CAD suite; digital studios comprising photography
and video
labs alongside other computer-based facilities; and fashion and textiles workshops. There are also fine art studios available for students' use, as well as more specialist facilities for MA and PhD students.
The Faculty of Humanities offers traditional subjects including English
, History
and Politics
, as well as more modern courses in areas such as Arts Management
and Creative Writing
. In 2008, the Faculty submitted research in five areas for examination in the government's Research Assessment Exercise. These areas comprised English, Film
and Media
, Dance
and Drama
, Music Technology
and History. 87% of the work assessed subsequently achieved international status.
The Faculty currently holds five National Teacher Fellows; the latest being Dr Deborah Cartmell, Reader in English, who was made a Fellow in recognition of excellence in teaching and learning support. Cartmell developed the university's pioneering Master's degree
in Adaptation Studies
and is a founding member of the British Shakespeare Association
and the Association of Adaptation Studies. Other National Teacher Fellows within the Faculty include Rob Brannen, Alasdair Blair and Jayne Stevens.
The Faculty is based within the Clephan Building, which was refurbished specifically for its use. Most classes and lectures associated with the Faculty take place in the building and all of its academic and support staff are based there. It comprises a large amount of teaching accommodation, equipped with the latest audio-visual equipment in order to facilitate a modern learning environment. There is a Student Advice Centre on the ground floor, as well as an Academic Guidance Centre and resources rooms with more specialist facilities. These include the Arts Management resources room, a newsroom for prospective journalists, and a digital Music Technology recording studio, labs and performance area. The Clephan Building also houses a dedicated Computer Centre for Humanities students. This Centre includes a Media lab with Apple Power-Mac computers, cinema screens and creative software applications. There is no fee incurred for students of the university wishing to use these facilities.
The Clephan Building plays host to the internationally recognised Cultural Exchanges
event, which features guests and speakers from the arts, media, literature, politics and film. It began in 2000, and attracts upwards of 4,000 visitors annually. Recent visitors to the festival have included the screenwriter
and novelist Andrew Davies
, famous for his work in the field of adaptation; novelist Adele Parks, a highly acclaimed women's fiction author nominated for the Romantic Novelist of the Year award; and Janet Street-Porter
, a British media personality, journalist, television presenter and producer
. The main programme is often complemented by workshops, day conferences and performing arts events, with heavy involvement on the part of the university's students. The festival is in fact run by students on the BA (Hons) Arts and Festival Management course.
Recently, the Faculty has collaborated with two other European universities to offer a new Master's course, based in its International Centre for Sports History and Culture: the MA Management, Law and Humanities of Sport. Organised by Centre International d'Etude du Sport (CIES) and endorsed by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the course was created to promote management education within the sports world. It is ostensibly recognised as one of the top graduate programmes in sport, The Humanities of Sport module is organised by the International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort, whilst the Management of Sport module is taught by SDA Bocconi School of Management in Italy and the final Sports Law module by Université de Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Course patrons have included Joseph S. Blatter, Lord Coe, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sergei Bubka
. As of 2010, the course has produced more than 200 graduates from over 70 different nations.
The course also includes an extensive guest speaker and field visit programme with visits to leading sports organisations such as the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), FIFA, UEFA
, All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, the Professional Footballers Association, Manchester United as well as others. 79% of FIFA Master graduates now work in sport, employed by such organisations as Nike
China, FIFA (Switzerland), IOC (Switzerland), Adidas
(Germany), Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur (Germany), MLS Major League Soccer
(USA) and USA Rugby (USA). The course's academic committee is headed by Professor Denis Oswald; a member of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board and Head of the Co-ordination Commission for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Business School.
The Leicester Business School was regarded by The Sunday Times as one of the top 10 business schools in the UK, whilst the 2007 National Student Survey
ranked it seventh out of 110 institutions for student satisfaction.
It comprises more than 4000 students and 150 academic staff, making it one of the larger providers of business and management education in the UK. The School offers a variety of degree courses, including undergraduate, specialist Master's, MBA and research degrees; taught by the School's six Departments of Accounting and Finance
, Corporate Development
, Human Resource Management
, Marketing
, Public Policy
and Strategy and Management
. All students of the Business School have the opportunity to take part in placement schemes, offering students one year paid employment (taken after their second year) with UK and multinational employers such as HSBC
, the Audit Commission
, Xerox
, Siemens
, Intel, Cadburys and the NHS
, among others.
The university summarises the Leicester Business School's primary facets as follows;
The Faculty of Business and Law is based in the Hugh Aston Building; a £35 million investiture officially opened in March 2010 by Patrick McKenna
, founder and Chief Executive of Ingenious Media
, one of the country's leading media investment companies. The event took place in the presence of a cross section of the local and academic community. Various activities took place during the day, including a mock court trial, a performance of the music of Hugh Aston, a Tudor
composer
, a lecture by Patrick McKenna and a celebratory lunch and reception. The construction of the building released the 14th Century Magazine Gateway from four lanes of traffic, allowing an attractive tree-lined square to be created; the Magazine Square.
The facility caters for 6,000 students and staff in total, and as well as having numerous large lecture theatres equipped with audio-visual technologies, it contains a mock courtroom, law library and dedicated law clinic. There is also a bespoke suite for postgraduate and professional education. Social spaces within the building include a café, public atriums, and a bookshop. The building was made using sustainable low maintenance construction materials, with the primary goal of maximising natural daylight and ventilation. The building received an 'excellent' rating by the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM). The building's namesake, Hugh Aston, died in November 1558 and was a leading figure of his generation; serving at different times as Coroner
, Mayor
and Member of Parliament
for the borough of Leicester, as well as being one of the foremost early Tudor composers.
The Faculty is based in the Hawthorn Building, which was previously an Arts College; boasting an art-deco turn style and stage area which now functions as a lecture theatre. David Bowie
and Jimi Hendrix
were reported to have played at the venue in the 1960s. There are ancient archways visible on the lower ground floor; supposedly remnants from a monastery which occupied the site prior to the building's construction. Perhaps owing to this, there are reports of a ghostly monk prowling the corridors. The Faculty underwent a major change in 2000 when the School of Biology, based at Scraptoft Campus, moved to the Leicester Campus, and the faculty will become fully centred around the university's City campus in 2011 when the School of Nursing relocates from the Charles Frears campus.
The four schools interrelate so as to allow collaboration across subject boundaries in teaching, consultancy and research. Between them, the Schools cover not just laboratory sciences but mentioned above but Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy; Community Studies; Criminal Justice; Counselling and Psychotherapy; Criminology; Environmental Awareness; Management; Protection and Technology; Forensic Science; Health and Community Studies; Midwifery; Nursing; Pharmacy; Psychology; Social Work; and Speech and Language Therapy. New courses include a Foundation in Healthcare Science, and new postgraduate courses include MSc Advanced Biomedical Science, MSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MSc in Pharmaceutical Quality by Design.
The Faculty also boasts six Teacher Fellows who are driving pedagogic research across the four schools.
, information technology
, artificial intelligence
, robotics
, telecommunications and video production
. The main faculty building is the Queens Building (pictured), its unique design means that the building has no need for heating as it controls the temperature though a series of vents.
In 2005/6, De Montfort University was highly rated by both external examiners and the Quality Agency Audit (QAA) for its academic planning, staff training and the support given to students.
The University also runs its own award schemes to promote and disseminate good teaching practice, an approach which was highly praised by the QAA. Its Curriculum Innovation Awards recognise the contributions of teams to programme design and delivery while the Vice Chancellors' Distinguished Teaching Awards are voted for by students.
The building is a three floor steel frame construction with a glass curtain wall frontage designed by Ellis Williams Architects, the company responsible for the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
in Gateshead. It was constructed by Balfour Beatty on the site of the old Stibbe building, at a cost of £8.5 million and is central to De Montfort University's 'Masterplan', which seeks to regenerate the Leicester campus environment.
It houses the De Montfort University Students' Union, comprising various societies such as Demon FM a student radio station that runs 24 hours a day on a community licence; Demon TV; and The Demon, a student-run newspaper published fortnightly through term time. The Students' Union also runs its own lettings agency, known as DSU Lettings. There is a food court situated in the building, as well as a bar/venue named 'Level 1' and a pub named 'The Graduate'. There is also a Spar supermarket.
There are also syndicate rooms available for use by students, comprising interactive whiteboards as well as DVD and video facilities; providing students with an opportunity to collaborate and rehearse presentations. Kimberlin Library has an overall seating capacity of around 1150, of which around 450 have PC or MAC provision. The upper floors of the library cater for more traditional Quiet and Silent study needs. DMU Library Services gained a satisfaction rating of 4.2 in the 2010 National Student Survey.
A third learning space called 'the greenhouse' with accommodation for another 200 study spaces is planned for Summer 2011 to coincide with the relocation of the Charles Frears campus to the city centre.
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
research and teaching university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, England, adjacent to the River Soar
River Soar
The River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands.-Description:It rises near Hinckley in Leicestershire and is joined by the River Sence near Enderby before flowing through Leicester , Barrow-on-Soar, beside Loughborough and Kegworth, before joining the Trent near...
and the Leicester Castle Gardens
Leicester Castle
Leicester Castle is located in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of the city centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south....
. 40% of the University's research was deemed 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' in the United Kingdom Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
, highlighting particular strength in English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, where it equalled the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. The University has the second highest number of National Teaching Fellows
National Teaching Fellowship
The Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship scheme recognises and rewards individual excellence in teaching in higher education in England and Northern Ireland. Fifty awards are made annually. The scheme began in 2000, with total funding per year of £2.5 million.-External links:***...
of all UK universities.
The University, being within close proximity of the Leicester Castle
Leicester Castle
Leicester Castle is located in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of the city centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south....
complex, houses numerous listed buildings including the 15th century Magazine Gateway
Magazine Gateway
The Magazine Gateway is a Grade I listed building in Leicester, built circa 1410 as a gate into the Newark and Leicester Castle.It acquired its present name during the English Civil War when it was used for the storage of munitions....
and the early 14th century Trinity House. The campus has seen several recent developments as part of a ten-year £200 million initiative by the University, such as the £35 million Hugh Aston
Hugh Aston
Hugh Aston was an English composer of the early Tudor period. While little of his music survives, he is notable for his innovative keyboard writing.- Life :...
Building; constructed to bring students from the Faculty of Business and Law closer to the centre of the University's infrastructure.
The University is organised into four faculties: Art, Design and Humanities; Business and Law; Health and Life Sciences; and Technology (comprising Computing Sciences and Engineering). There is also the Institute of Creative Technologies.
Name
De Montfort University is named after Simon de MontfortSimon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester , sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from other Simon de Montforts, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. He led the barons' rebellion against King Henry III of England during the Second Barons' War of 1263-4, and...
, a 13th century Earl of Leicester
Earl of Leicester
The title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.-Early creations:...
credited with establishing the first parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
in 1265.
Origins
The University's origins trace back to the Leicester School of Art, established in 1870 on a voluntary basis. The school quickly expanded in response to the changing needs of late 19th century industry; leading to the introduction of subjects such as EngineeringEngineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, Building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
and Machine Drawing
Technical drawing
Technical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....
.
By 1897, it was clear the buildings being used were no longer suitable, and so £25,000 was raised to build 'a very handsome school that would be enormous credit to the town and … so that it would answer its purpose for the next 100 years'. The building in question is the Hawthorn Building, which today still houses the sciences; in the shape of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. At the time of the first phase of the Hawthorn Building construction, there were 500 art students and 1,000 technical students. In 1903, a letter from Her Majesty's Inspector
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, responsible for the inspection of public and independent, primary and secondary schools, as well as further education colleges, community learning, Local Authority Education Departments and teacher...
praised the success of the technical subjects. Ever increasing demand for courses prompted an extension to the Hawthorn Building in 1909. In 1919, further properties were rented. Her Grace, the Duchess of Atholl, laid the foundation stone of Hawthorn's new west wing in 1927; by which time the establishment was known under by the joint name of The Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology.
In 1930, the college was recognised for the External Degree course in Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
of the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, and the Pharmaceutical Chemist Diploma of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was formerly the statutory regulatory and professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales...
. In 1934, the University of London recognised the college as suitable for preparing students for the External Degree in Engineering, and so the courses on offer developed apace. The prospectus for 1936-37 includes details of various technically based schools, including the Schools of Architecture, Building and Building Crafts, and Engineering. The fourth phase of extensions to the Hawthorn Building was completed in 1938-39, and the first student accommodation was secured in 1946 when three houses were purchased "for the provision of hostels for women and men students".
More space was needed to meet the academic demand, and so in 1948, Mr F. Bray, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
The administration of education policy in the United Kingdom began in the 19th century. Official mandation of education began with the Elementary Education Act 1870 for England and Wales, and the Education Act 1872 for Scotland...
, opened the converted Downings Warehouse. In 1966, the new Fletcher building was opened by HM The Queen Mother. In the same year, a white paper
White paper
A white paper is an authoritative report or guide that helps solve a problem. White papers are used to educate readers and help people make decisions, and are often requested and used in politics, policy, business, and technical fields. In commercial use, the term has also come to refer to...
, "A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges", was published, leading to the creation of the City of Leicester Polytechnic. Under the provision of the Education Reform Act of 1988, Leicester Polytechnic became a Higher Education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
Corporation, with Dame Anne Mueller
Anne Mueller (British civil servant)
Dame Anne Elisabeth Mueller, DCB, MA was a British civil servant and academic. She was described as "the most successful woman civil servant of her generation".-Early years:...
appointed Chancellor
Chancellor (education)
A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
in June 1991.
Leicester Polytechnic became De Montfort University in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act
Further and Higher Education Act 1992
The Further and Higher Education Acts 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within the United Kingdom. The most visible result was to allow thirty-five polytechnics to become universities. In addition the Act created bodies to fund higher...
in 1992, establishing it as a degree awarding body in its own right. Originally, the institution aimed to become a multi-campus collegiate university
Collegiate university
A collegiate university is a university in which governing authority and functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges...
comprising the entire East Midlands
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...
, and as such, the university swiftly acquired other campuses based in Bedford
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
, Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
, Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, the Scraptoft College of Education in east Leicester, Caythorpe
Caythorpe, Lincolnshire
Caythorpe is a large village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A607, 5 miles south from Leadenham and 8 miles north from Grantham. Caythorpe Heath stretches east of the village to Ermine Street and Byards Leap.-Village:Caythorpe Grade I listed...
and Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
. The Milton Keynes campus had actually been built by the university in 1981 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
in 1982, prior to the official foundation of De Montfort University as a New University
New Universities
The term new universities has been used informally to refer to several different waves of new universities created or renamed as such in the United Kingdom. As early as 1928, the term was used to describe the then-new civic universities, such as Bristol University and the other "red brick...
. Departments at Milton Keynes included computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
, built environment and business. De Montfort University conducted a series of expansionist mergers with the Bedford College of Higher Education
Bedford College of Higher Education
Bedford College of Higher Education was a higher education institution in Bedford, England, specializing in teacher training.-History:Until 1976, three separate institutions offered tertiary education in Bedford: Bedford College of Physical Education in Landsdowne Road , Bedford College of...
and with the Lincoln and Caythorpe Colleges in 1994, and then in 1995 with the Leicester-based Charles Frears College of Nursing and Midwifery.
Present day
Since 2000, the University's expansionist policy has been reversed, with all outlying campuses being sold off. The institution divested itself of the last of these, Charles Frears (another site within Leicester), in 2011. The proceeds from these sales have been ploughed back into the Leicester City Campus, which has consequently seen a large amount of development including the construction of two new buildings and the extensive refurbishment of a third, the Edith Murphy building (formerly Bosworth House) to house the students and staff of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, previously based at Charles Frears. The Performance Arts Centre for Excellence (PACE), funded by a £4.5 Million grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for EnglandHigher Education Funding Council for England
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since...
, was opened in 2007 by the BBC's Creative Director Alan Yentob. A new building for the Faculty of Business and Law - the Hugh Aston building - opened in September 2009. The new Business and Law centre has the iconic Magazine Square at its centre and cost £35 million.
The University has approximately 20,500 students, 3,240 staff and an annual turnover in the region of £132.5 million.
Affiliations and partnerships
The University has special arrangements with more than 80 universities and colleges in over 25 countries, including Nanjing UniversityNanjing University
Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...
, ranked 120th in the world by the Times Higher Education and situated in Jiangsu Province, eastern China. The two universities have launched various initiatives, including a scholarship programme for De Montfort students and doctoral study coupled with English language tuition for students from Nanjing. De Montfort's Institute of Creative Technologies will also advise Nanjing University on a digital recreation of medieval China, following the success of the institute in developing a virtual rendition of Leicester during its Roman
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
occupation.
The numerous cultural partnerships that the University holds currently include a link with Leicester City Football Club, utilising the University's expertise in sports history to help make the club's heritage more widely available, as well a partnership with the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, which will see the two institutions working together in order to boost research and cultural activities. The University has also collaborated with Leicester in the creation of the Digital Media Centre (DMC) in Leicester city centre, which received £1 million in funding from the University. Through the university's involvement, the DMC will benefit from the latest research in media and related technologies. Students on appropriate courses will have the opportunity to use the production and educational facilities at the Centre.
The Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities
Created from a merger of the previous Faculty of Art and Design and the Faculty of Humanities, it boasts the only university courses in the world to specialise in lingerieLingerie
Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...
, underwear, body-wear, swimwear and performance sportswear, which first began after the Second World War. The Faculty also offers the only UK university courses in Footwear Design. One of the Faculty's most innovative courses is its BA (Hons) Game Art Design degree; the first game art course in England to be accredited by Skillset
Skillset
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council which supports skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative media industries competitive and productive.-History:It was founded 1992 and is jointly funded by industry and government...
. Ian Livingstone
Ian Livingstone
Ian Livingstone OBE is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. He is a co-writer of the first Fighting Fantasy gamebook, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and co-founder of Games Workshop....
, Chair of Skillset's Computer Games Skills Council and Life President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
at Eidos, commented that "accreditation is a rigorous process, but De Montfort's course shows what standards can be achieved with a curriculum designed with games industry input from day one." The last government Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
(RAE) gave the Faculty's research a 4* rating, indicating world-leading quality.
The Faculty has received praise from other notable individuals, including the Fashion Director of The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, Hilary Alexander
Hilary Alexander
Hilary Alexander is a British journalist and the Fashion Director of The Daily Telegraph.-Biography:Alexander was born in New Zealand and is a passionate traveller, long distance walker, gardener and cat-lover...
, who commented that De Montfort was 'the best underwear and corsetry college in Europe'.
The University deems their Art and Design courses as being "strongly vocational as well as creative", and notes that professional technicians are employed to aid students of the Faculty. Selected students have won prestigious national and international awards, participated in exhibition events, gained placements and sponsorships. The Faculty also has an international presence; running teaching and research projects with Russia, India and China, whilst maintaining close connections with other Faculties within the university, including Technology and Humanities. As of 2010, international students have come to the Faculty from more than 35 countries worldwide, including China, Russia, Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
and the USA.
Facilities of the Faculty include the Retail Lab; a facility which aims to support the development of insight into sustainable and resource efficient retail design. The university describes it as allowing a "unique approach to conducting research and development ... [which] places the consumer at the heart of investigations". The facility has a virtual test space for concept evaluations, a dedicated area for conducting training and exhibitions, and a knowledge bank focusing on five specialist areas: legislation, supply chain, build, fit and consumer experience. The Lab works with businesses to identify research and development needs; bringing together researchers from across the university to work on projects. Expertise involved in projects may range from social scientists or technologists to designers. The university's areas of expertise span lighting, architecture, textiles, fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
, packaging and product design, as well as business and law.
Other facilities include the Design and New Product Development Centre, which provides students with metal and plastics prototyping workshops as well as a dedicated CAD suite; digital studios comprising photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
labs alongside other computer-based facilities; and fashion and textiles workshops. There are also fine art studios available for students' use, as well as more specialist facilities for MA and PhD students.
The Faculty of Humanities offers traditional subjects including English
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, as well as more modern courses in areas such as Arts Management
Arts administration
Arts Administration is the business end of an arts organization responsible for facilitating the day-to-day operation of the organization and fulfilling its mission...
and Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
. In 2008, the Faculty submitted research in five areas for examination in the government's Research Assessment Exercise. These areas comprised English, Film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and Media
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
, Dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
and Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, Music Technology
Music technology
Music technology is a term that refers to all forms of technology involved with the musical arts, particularly the use of electronic devices and computer software to facilitate playback, recording, composition, storage and performance. This subject is taught at many different educational levels,...
and History. 87% of the work assessed subsequently achieved international status.
- The results for English placed the university near the top of the table, ranking 9th out of 87 universities in the UK in the Times Higher Education Listing.
- 40% of the university's research into English was given the highest grade of 4*, indicating world leading quality and placing the Faculty alongside the universities of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
for its research. - History was rated as having 85% of its work of international standing – credited by the university as a testimony to the success of its International Centre for Sports History and Culture.
- Film and Media Studies also moved up the league tables; rated by the Times Higher listings as 15th, higher than Oxford University. 25% of the work in this area was judged to be world leading, with 90% ranked as international in its reach.
- Dance and Drama were also judged to have world-leading research, with 80% of its activities being judged as international in profile. The Centre for Music, Technology and Innovation, known for its international collaborations, has been judged to have 85% of its research activities and outputs in the international category; with 15% of that work in the category of 'world leading'.
The Faculty currently holds five National Teacher Fellows; the latest being Dr Deborah Cartmell, Reader in English, who was made a Fellow in recognition of excellence in teaching and learning support. Cartmell developed the university's pioneering Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in Adaptation Studies
Literary adaptation
Literary adaptation is the adapting of a literary source to another genre or medium, such as a film, a stage play, or even ace video game...
and is a founding member of the British Shakespeare Association
British Shakespeare Association
The British Shakespeare Association is a professional association of teachers, researchers, theatre practitioners, community workers and other professions who work with the plays of William Shakespeare. The BSA has run four biennial international conferences, the most recent of which was held at...
and the Association of Adaptation Studies. Other National Teacher Fellows within the Faculty include Rob Brannen, Alasdair Blair and Jayne Stevens.
The Faculty is based within the Clephan Building, which was refurbished specifically for its use. Most classes and lectures associated with the Faculty take place in the building and all of its academic and support staff are based there. It comprises a large amount of teaching accommodation, equipped with the latest audio-visual equipment in order to facilitate a modern learning environment. There is a Student Advice Centre on the ground floor, as well as an Academic Guidance Centre and resources rooms with more specialist facilities. These include the Arts Management resources room, a newsroom for prospective journalists, and a digital Music Technology recording studio, labs and performance area. The Clephan Building also houses a dedicated Computer Centre for Humanities students. This Centre includes a Media lab with Apple Power-Mac computers, cinema screens and creative software applications. There is no fee incurred for students of the university wishing to use these facilities.
The Clephan Building plays host to the internationally recognised Cultural Exchanges
Cultural Exchanges festival
The Cultural Exchanges festival is an annual cultural festival held at De Montfort University, Leicester, England. The festival started in the year 2000 and is held over 5 days attracting up to 4,000 people each year....
event, which features guests and speakers from the arts, media, literature, politics and film. It began in 2000, and attracts upwards of 4,000 visitors annually. Recent visitors to the festival have included the screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and novelist Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies (writer)
Andrew Wynford Davies is a British author and screenwriter. He was made a Fellow of BAFTA in 2002.-Education and early career:...
, famous for his work in the field of adaptation; novelist Adele Parks, a highly acclaimed women's fiction author nominated for the Romantic Novelist of the Year award; and Janet Street-Porter
Janet Street-Porter
Janet Street-Porter is a British media personality, journalist and television presenter. She was editor for two years of The Independent on Sunday. She relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002...
, a British media personality, journalist, television presenter and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. The main programme is often complemented by workshops, day conferences and performing arts events, with heavy involvement on the part of the university's students. The festival is in fact run by students on the BA (Hons) Arts and Festival Management course.
Recently, the Faculty has collaborated with two other European universities to offer a new Master's course, based in its International Centre for Sports History and Culture: the MA Management, Law and Humanities of Sport. Organised by Centre International d'Etude du Sport (CIES) and endorsed by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the course was created to promote management education within the sports world. It is ostensibly recognised as one of the top graduate programmes in sport, The Humanities of Sport module is organised by the International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort, whilst the Management of Sport module is taught by SDA Bocconi School of Management in Italy and the final Sports Law module by Université de Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Course patrons have included Joseph S. Blatter, Lord Coe, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sergei Bubka
Sergei Bubka
Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka ; is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. Repeatedly voted the world's best athlete, he represented the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991....
. As of 2010, the course has produced more than 200 graduates from over 70 different nations.
The course also includes an extensive guest speaker and field visit programme with visits to leading sports organisations such as the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(IOC), FIFA, UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
, All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, the Professional Footballers Association, Manchester United as well as others. 79% of FIFA Master graduates now work in sport, employed by such organisations as Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
China, FIFA (Switzerland), IOC (Switzerland), Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
(Germany), Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur (Germany), MLS Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
(USA) and USA Rugby (USA). The course's academic committee is headed by Professor Denis Oswald; a member of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board and Head of the Co-ordination Commission for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The Faculty of Business and Law
The Faculty of Business and Law incorporates the Leicester Business School and the Leicester De Montfort Law School. The Faculty has a long history of international partnerships; in 1997, it collaborated to help found a business school in India - the Daly CollegeDaly College
The Daly College, located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was founded by Sir Henry Daly of the British Indian Army during India's colonial British Raj. It was established in 1881, and is one of the oldest co-educational boarding school in the world....
Business School.
The Leicester Business School was regarded by The Sunday Times as one of the top 10 business schools in the UK, whilst the 2007 National Student Survey
National student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
ranked it seventh out of 110 institutions for student satisfaction.
It comprises more than 4000 students and 150 academic staff, making it one of the larger providers of business and management education in the UK. The School offers a variety of degree courses, including undergraduate, specialist Master's, MBA and research degrees; taught by the School's six Departments of Accounting and Finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
, Corporate Development
Corporate development
Corporate Development refers to the planning and execution of a wide range of strategies to meet specific organizational objectives. The kinds of activities falling under corporate development may include initiatives such as recruitment of a new management team, plans for phasing in or out of...
, Human Resource Management
Human resource management
Human Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...
, Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, Public Policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
and Strategy and Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
. All students of the Business School have the opportunity to take part in placement schemes, offering students one year paid employment (taken after their second year) with UK and multinational employers such as HSBC
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
, the Audit Commission
Audit Commission
The Audit Commission is a public corporation in the United Kingdom.The Commission’s primary objective is to improve economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local government, housing and the health service, directly through the audit and inspection process and also through value for money...
, Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
, Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, Intel, Cadburys and the NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
, among others.
The university summarises the Leicester Business School's primary facets as follows;
- 'Excellent' rated teaching and student support by the Government's Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), most recently achieving maximum scores in Public Policy and Accounting and Finance.
- Research of international excellence, including a 5* rating for Public Policy in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
- Placement opportunities an option for all BA Honours students.
- A member of the Association of Business Schools (ABS).
- An Association of Chartered Certified AccountantsAssociation of Chartered Certified AccountantsFounded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is the global body for professional accountants offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification . it is one of the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy bodies with 147,000 members and 424,000 students in 170...
(ACCA) Premier Status Centre, one of only 24 in the world.
- A Chartered Institute of Management AccountantsChartered Institute of Management AccountantsThe Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is a United Kingdom-based professional body offering training and qualification in management accountancy and related subjects, focused on accounting for business; together with ongoing support for members.CIMA is one of a number of professional...
(CIMA) Quality Partner. - A Chartered Institute of MarketingChartered Institute of MarketingThe Chartered Institute of Marketing claims to be the world's largest organisation of professional marketers. It is based in UK with over 40,000 members worldwide. It's headquarters are in Cookham near Maidenhead, CIM offers professional development to marketing practitioners across the world...
(CIM) Accredited Study Centre. - An Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM) Key Educational Partner.
- Chartered Management InstituteChartered Management InstituteThe Chartered Management Institute is a professional institution for managers, based in the United Kingdom.In addition to supporting its members, the organisation encourages management development, carries out research, produces a wide variety of publications on management interests, and publishes...
(CMI) accredited Management programmes. - Chartered Institute of HousingChartered Institute of HousingThe Chartered Institute of Housing is the professional body for those working in the housing profession in the UK. It has a royal charter, gained in 1984. Currently CIH has over 21,000 members, mostly in the UK but also overseas, notably in Hong Kong...
(CIH) accredited Housing qualifications. - A Chartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentChartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentThe Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is Europe's largest professional institute for people management and development. It is located in Wimbledon, London, England. The organisation has over 135,000 members across 120 countries, and achieved chartered status in 2000...
(CIPD) Centre of Excellence, one of only 11 in the United Kingdom.
The Faculty of Business and Law is based in the Hugh Aston Building; a £35 million investiture officially opened in March 2010 by Patrick McKenna
Patrick McKenna
Patrick McKenna born May 8, 1960 in Sylvania, Saskatchewan is a Canadian comedic and actor. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television series The Red Green Show, Marty Stephens on Traders, and the Trudeau miniseries. McKenna is a member of Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
, founder and Chief Executive of Ingenious Media
Ingenious Media
Ingenious Media is a UK media investment and advisory group founded in 1998 by Patrick McKenna who is its Chief Executive Officer....
, one of the country's leading media investment companies. The event took place in the presence of a cross section of the local and academic community. Various activities took place during the day, including a mock court trial, a performance of the music of Hugh Aston, a Tudor
Tudor period
The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, a lecture by Patrick McKenna and a celebratory lunch and reception. The construction of the building released the 14th Century Magazine Gateway from four lanes of traffic, allowing an attractive tree-lined square to be created; the Magazine Square.
The facility caters for 6,000 students and staff in total, and as well as having numerous large lecture theatres equipped with audio-visual technologies, it contains a mock courtroom, law library and dedicated law clinic. There is also a bespoke suite for postgraduate and professional education. Social spaces within the building include a café, public atriums, and a bookshop. The building was made using sustainable low maintenance construction materials, with the primary goal of maximising natural daylight and ventilation. The building received an 'excellent' rating by the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM). The building's namesake, Hugh Aston, died in November 1558 and was a leading figure of his generation; serving at different times as Coroner
Coroner
A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...
, Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the borough of Leicester, as well as being one of the foremost early Tudor composers.
The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
History of the Faculty
The Faculty of Health and Life Science is De Montfort's largest faculty, housing roughly 400 full-time and part-time staff, as well as approximately 5000 students. It is composed of four interconnected schools: Allied Health Sciences, Applied Social Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery and the Leicester School of Pharmacy.The Faculty is based in the Hawthorn Building, which was previously an Arts College; boasting an art-deco turn style and stage area which now functions as a lecture theatre. David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
and Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
were reported to have played at the venue in the 1960s. There are ancient archways visible on the lower ground floor; supposedly remnants from a monastery which occupied the site prior to the building's construction. Perhaps owing to this, there are reports of a ghostly monk prowling the corridors. The Faculty underwent a major change in 2000 when the School of Biology, based at Scraptoft Campus, moved to the Leicester Campus, and the faculty will become fully centred around the university's City campus in 2011 when the School of Nursing relocates from the Charles Frears campus.
Undergraduate Courses
The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences offers around 30 undergraduate health and science-related degree courses, and where relevant these courses are accredited by professional bodies. For example, Forensic Science BSc Honours is accredited by Forensic Science Society, and Biomedical Science BSc Honours is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and endorsed by the Health Professions Council. Its sister degree Medical Science BMedSci Honours has more of a clinical focus and attracts students wishing to go on to study medicine. A full list of the courses offered by the Faculty can be found on the university's website: Health and Life Science Courses.The four schools interrelate so as to allow collaboration across subject boundaries in teaching, consultancy and research. Between them, the Schools cover not just laboratory sciences but mentioned above but Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy; Community Studies; Criminal Justice; Counselling and Psychotherapy; Criminology; Environmental Awareness; Management; Protection and Technology; Forensic Science; Health and Community Studies; Midwifery; Nursing; Pharmacy; Psychology; Social Work; and Speech and Language Therapy. New courses include a Foundation in Healthcare Science, and new postgraduate courses include MSc Advanced Biomedical Science, MSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MSc in Pharmaceutical Quality by Design.
Research
- The faculty has been awarded £2M for development from the HEFCE Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF) 2 initiative, funding cutting edge laboratory facilities. Other current developments include the installation of a Scanning Electron Microcope, the first of its kind in Europe, in December 2010.
- Social Work has received £200,000 from the HEFCE Capability Initiative to embark on further development of already successful areas such as ethnicity, Connexions, criminal justice and parenting.
- Nursing and Midwifery are part of a £250,000 JISC/HEA programme to produce Open Educational Resources for continuing professional development (TIGER).
- The School of Allied Health Sciences has received £125,000 as part of the JISC/HEA Open Educational Resource programme to release resources on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (Sickle Cell Anaemia OER). The school participated in the pilot phase building the Virtual Analytical Laboratory(VAL), a freely available laboratory skills resource with over 200 pages of multimedia resources which now attracts over 10,000 visitors a year.
The Faculty also boasts six Teacher Fellows who are driving pedagogic research across the four schools.
The Faculty of Technology
Originally Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering, renamed on 1 October 2008. Descended via the former Leicester Polytechnic from the old Leicester College of Technology. The Faculty of Technology offers courses across a range of animation, computer game programmingGame programming
Game programming, a subset of game development, is the programming of computer, console or arcade games. Though often engaged in by professional game programmers, many novices may program games as a hobby...
, information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
, telecommunications and video production
Video production
Video production is videography, the process of capturing moving images on electronic media even streaming media. The term includes methods of production and post-production...
. The main faculty building is the Queens Building (pictured), its unique design means that the building has no need for heating as it controls the temperature though a series of vents.
The Institute of Creative Technologies
The Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), which opened at De Montfort University in 2006, undertakes interdisciplinary research in emerging areas at the intersection of Science, the Digital Arts and the Humanities. The Institute offers an MA in Creative Technologies, a highly interdisciplinary course of study with modules across the faculties of Art and Design, Computing Science and Engineering, and Humanities. Post-graduate students are engaged in research in a wide variety of areas reflecting the inter/transdisciplinary nature of the IOCT.University Executive Board
The members of the University Executive Board include:- Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dominic Shellard
- Chief Operating Officer, Dr Claire Baines
- Senior Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor, Dr David Fletcher
- Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation, Professor Heidi Macpherson
- Pro Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning, Professor Andy Downton (with effect from May 2011)
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Business and Law, Professor David Wilson
- Dean of Art and Design, Dr Gerard Moran
- Dean of Health and Life Sciences, Professor Barry Mitchell
- Interim Dean of Humanities, Professor Tim O'Sullivan
- Dean of Technology, Professor Adrian Hopgood
- Director of Finance, Mr John Cunningham
- Director of Human Resources, Mr Ben Browne
- Director of External Relations, Mrs Kerry Law
Reputation
The University has one of the largest numbers of Teacher Fellows of any UK University and was awarded Centre of Excellence status for its performance practice teaching and student support. This award has enabled further investment in research as well as the construction of a new building with state-of-the-art performance studios, rehearsal areas and the latest technology.In 2005/6, De Montfort University was highly rated by both external examiners and the Quality Agency Audit (QAA) for its academic planning, staff training and the support given to students.
The University also runs its own award schemes to promote and disseminate good teaching practice, an approach which was highly praised by the QAA. Its Curriculum Innovation Awards recognise the contributions of teams to programme design and delivery while the Vice Chancellors' Distinguished Teaching Awards are voted for by students.
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| Guardian University Guide | 77rd | 82nd | 81st | 81st | 83rd | 47th | 77th | |||||
| Sunday Times University Guide | 69th | 87th | 90th | 91st | 96th | 90th | 98th | 94th | 82nd | 67th | 66th | |
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| Independent - Complete University Guide | 66th | 88th |
Campus Centre
The Campus Centre offers numerous facilities for students at De Montfort University. The building was completed in September 2003, and sits at the heart of De Montfort University's Leicester City site, fulfilling a number of functions and providing a wide range of services. According to the university, the building's 6,000 square metres contains:- Retail outlets
- University catering for staff and students
- An office base and entertainment venue for the Students Union
- State-of-the-art facilities for Dance and Theatre students
- The University's Chaplaincy
- Flexible space for exam, exhibition and conference activities
- Conference facilities available.
The building is a three floor steel frame construction with a glass curtain wall frontage designed by Ellis Williams Architects, the company responsible for the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is an international centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne alongside the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, North East England, United Kingdom...
in Gateshead. It was constructed by Balfour Beatty on the site of the old Stibbe building, at a cost of £8.5 million and is central to De Montfort University's 'Masterplan', which seeks to regenerate the Leicester campus environment.
It houses the De Montfort University Students' Union, comprising various societies such as Demon FM a student radio station that runs 24 hours a day on a community licence; Demon TV; and The Demon, a student-run newspaper published fortnightly through term time. The Students' Union also runs its own lettings agency, known as DSU Lettings. There is a food court situated in the building, as well as a bar/venue named 'Level 1' and a pub named 'The Graduate'. There is also a Spar supermarket.
The Kimberlin Library
Opened in 1977, extended in 1997 and extensively refurbished in 2007, The Kimberlin Library is open 24 hours a day during term time, enabling students to study whenever it suits their schedule. There is also an @ccess anywhere scheme, allowing students to access a portion of the library's facilities remotely, at any time. The new Learning Zone on the ground floor provides space for group and individual work and has workstations with power supplies for laptops.There are also syndicate rooms available for use by students, comprising interactive whiteboards as well as DVD and video facilities; providing students with an opportunity to collaborate and rehearse presentations. Kimberlin Library has an overall seating capacity of around 1150, of which around 450 have PC or MAC provision. The upper floors of the library cater for more traditional Quiet and Silent study needs. DMU Library Services gained a satisfaction rating of 4.2 in the 2010 National Student Survey.
The Eric Wood Learning Zone
The ground floor of the adjacent Eric Wood Building was extended and developed into a Learning Zone, providing 180 more modern study places and up-to-date study facilities. This was opened on 12 January 2009.A third learning space called 'the greenhouse' with accommodation for another 200 study spaces is planned for Summer 2011 to coincide with the relocation of the Charles Frears campus to the city centre.
Future plans
According to the university, £186.5 million has been invested into its campus and surroundings in recent years, with the aim of "[offering] students the most inspiring working environments and access to industry standard, state-of-the-art facilities". These developments include;- Art and Design Buildings:
- Plans are in progress for a brand new dedicated Art and Design building on the edge of the River Soar.
- Sports Facilities:
- There are plans for a £6 million expansion of the John Sandford Sports Centre. This will include expanded facilities and a swimming pool for use by students and the general public.
- Health Centre:
- The university has sold land on Grasmere Street to allow space for a brand new Health Centre. This is still in the planning stage but will provide a full health care service for both students of the university and the local community.
- Public Squares:
- The current buildings of the Gateway site are to be demolished, creating a new public square and improving the area. This will link with other public squares across the campus, and new landscaping, lighting, street furniture and public art structures will create a 'one campus' feel and a vibrant and pleasant place to study.
Notable academics
- Gavin BryarsGavin BryarsRichard Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism.-Early life and career:Born in Goole, East...
(composer) - James Stevens CurlJames Stevens CurlJames Stevens Curl , PhD , DiplArch , DipTP , FSA, FSAScot, AABC, MRIAI, RIBA, FRIAS, MRTPI., is a noted architectural historian, architect, and author....
(architectural historian, architect and author) - Gary Day (academic)Gary Day (academic)Gary Day is a British academic and lecturer in English literature at De Montfort University, Leicester.He has written books on F. R. Leavis, literary criticism and class, and is also co-editor for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Eighteenth Century Literature...
- Christopher DuffyChristopher DuffyChristopher Duffy is a British military historian. Duffy read history at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1961 with the PhD. Afterwards, he taught military history at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the college of the British General Staff...
- Simon Emmerson (composer)
- Desmond Fernandes
- David Greenaway (economist)David Greenaway (economist)David Greenaway is a British economist. He is currently professor of economics and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, having succeeded Sir Colin Campbell on 1 October 2008. Greenaway is the director of the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy which he...
- Ian Hall
- Robert HewisonRobert HewisonRobert Alwyn Petrie Hewison is a British cultural historian.He was educated at Bedford School, Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1965, MA in 1970, MLitt in 1972, and DLitt in 1989.For most of his professional life he has made a living...
- Christopher HobbsChristopher HobbsChristopher Hobbs is an English experimental composer, best known as a pioneer of British Systems music.-Life and career:...
- Derek HockridgeDerek HockridgeDerek Hockridge was born in 1934 in Wales and brought up in Birmingham. His degree at the University of Wales, Cardiff, was followed by teacher training at St Edmund Hall, Oxford...
- John HoskinJohn HoskinJohn Hoskin was a British sculptor from Cheltenham. He began drawing when he returned from Germany after serving in the Second World War. Terry Frost, a painter from the St. Ives school encouraged him to become a sculptor. John while working as an architect's draftsman but longing to become an...
- Andrew HugillAndrew HugillAndrew Hugill is a British composer, performer, writer, professor and researcher.-Biography:Andrew Hugill studied composition with Roger Marsh at the University of Keele between 1976 and 1980, and in 1983 he founded the ensemble "George W. Welch"...
- Chris Joseph (writer/artist)Chris Joseph (writer/artist)Chris Joseph is British/Canadian multimedia writer and artist who also creates work under the name 'babel'. He was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and now lives in London, UK....
- Stephen Thomas KnightStephen Thomas KnightStephen Thomas Knight MA PhD . F.A.H.A., F.E.A. currently holds the position of Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University in the School of English, Communications and Philosophy. His areas of expertise include English literature, Medieval literature, Cultural studies, Crime fiction,...
- Leigh LandyLeigh LandyLeigh Landy is a composer and musicologist of Dutch and American citizenship. He holds a Research Chair at De Montfort University where he directs the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre....
- Jim Marshall (UK politician)Jim Marshall (UK politician)James Marshall was a British Labour Party politician.-Education:Marshall was born into a working class family in the Attercliffe district of Sheffield...
- Simon Mills (writer/artist/programmer)
- Garth PaineGarth PaineGarth Paine is a musician, composer, installation artist, interactive systems designer and academic.-Biography:Dr. Garth Paine received his PhD from RMIT University in 2003, examining Unencumbered Human Movement in Interactive Immersive Environments, which was some of the earliest multi-dimensional...
- Nicholas J. PhillipsNicholas J. PhillipsNicholas John Phillips was an English physicist, notable for the development of photochemical processing techniques for the color hologram...
- Kate PullingerKate PullingerKate Pullinger is a Canadian novelist and author of digital fiction currently lecturing at De Montfort University, England. She was born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and went to high school on Vancouver Island. She dropped out of McGill University, Montreal after a year and a half and...
- John Richards (musician)John Richards (musician)John Stephen Richards is a musician and composer working in the field of electronic music. Since 1999, he has predominantly explored performing with self-made instruments and creating interactive environments for composition....
- Martin RieserMartin RieserMartin Rieser,is Professor of Digital Creativity, in the Institute of Creative Technologies, in De Montfort University, Leicester-Background:...
- Michael Scott (academic)Michael Scott (academic)Michael Scott is a British academic and university administrator. A Professor of English literature, he is currently Vice-Chancellor of Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, Wales....
- Debbie SellDebbie SellDebbie Sell, OBE, FRCSLT is a leading British speech and language therapist.-Life and career:Sell qualified in 1976 with a diploma in speech Pathology and Therapeutics from the College of Education in Leicester. Her first appointment as a speech therapist was at Whipps Cross Hospital where she...
- Dominic ShellardDominic ShellardProfessor Dominic Marcus Shellard was born on 24 April 1966 in Orpington, Kent, and is an English academic and educationalist who has written extensively on post-war British theatre. He is currently Vice Chancellor of De Montfort University.-Early life:...
- Dave Smith (composer)Dave Smith (composer)Dave Smith is an English experimental composer and musical performer. After attending Solihull School, he read music at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In the 1970s, Smith was a member of the Scratch Orchestra and a performer/composer in ensembles with John Lewis, Michael Parsons, Howard Skempton,...
- Sue Thomas (author)Sue Thomas (author)Sue Thomas is an author and Professor of New Media in the Faculty of Humanities and the Institute of Creative Technologies at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK...
- John Young (composer)John Young (composer)John Young is an electroacoustic music composer born March 4, 1962 in Christchurch, New Zealand, and currently living in Leicester, UK.He studied at the University of Canterbury, completing a doctorate on the manipulation of environmental sound sources in electroacoustic music...
- See also Academics of De Montfort University.
Notable alumni
- Martin BallardMartin BallardMartin Ballard is an English radio presenter for the BBC in the East Midlands with twenty five years of broadcasting experience...
, sportscaster - Christopher Bell, military historian
- Louis de BernièresLouis de BernièresLouis de Bernières is a British novelist most famous for his fourth novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine...
, novelist - Zarina BhimjiZarina BhimjiZarina Bhimji is a Ugandan Asian photographer and film maker, who was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2007.-Life and work:...
, photographer and filmmaker - JS ClaydenJS ClaydenJS Clayden is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman of the band Pitchshifter. He moved to several towns in the United Kingdom, settling in Nottingham, England for a number of years before emigrating to Los Angeles, California...
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, founder of PSI RecordsPSI RecordsPSI Records is an independent record label based in Nottingham, United Kingdom and Los Angeles, United States formed in 2002 by Pitchshifter frontman JS Clayden and his brother Mark Clayden.-History:... - Marverine ColeMarverine ColeMarverine Cole is a British radio and television presenter and news reporter from Birmingham, England. She has worked for BBC Midlands Today, BBC Radio WM, Imagine FM, ITV Central News, Sky News, and Touch FM....
, radio and television presenter, Sky news reporter - Laura ColemanLaura ColemanLaura Coleman is an English model, who won the Miss England 2008 beauty pageant.-Biography:Born in Melton Mowbray, Coleman comes from a family of beauty pagent winners. Her maternal grandmother Irene become Miss Army Pin-Up and Miss Lovely Legs in the 1940s...
, model, Miss England 2008 - Dorothy CrossDorothy CrossDorothy Cross is an artist born in Cork, Ireland. Working with diverse media, which includes sculpture, photography, video and installation she represented Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale...
, artist, sculptor - Charles DanceCharles DanceWalter Charles Dance, OBE is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown , Dr Clemens, the doctor of penitentiary Fury 161, who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante in Alien 3 ,...
, actor - Pete DonaldsonPete DonaldsonPete Donaldson, is a Radio and Television presenter, Producer and Voice Over Artist who is best known for his radio shows on Xfm London and Xfm Manchester, alongside his work on the Alex Zane Breakfast Show and the Lauren Laverne Breakfast Show He also featured on the Danny Wallace Saturday show on...
, broadcaster - Keeley DonovanKeeley DonovanKeeley Emma Donovan is a news and weather presenter for the BBC on local television and radio in the Yorkshire and Humber region.-Early life:...
, BBC presenter - Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, international ski jumper
- Alun Evans, journalist, Football Association of WalesFootball Association of WalesThe Football Association of Wales is the governing body of association football in Wales. It is a member of FIFA, UEFA and the IFAB.Established in 1876 , it is the third-oldest national association in the world, and is one of the four associations The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is the...
CEO and senior lecturer - Liam FahyLiam FahyLiam Fahy is a shoe designer from Zimbabwe. His eponymous company specializes in luxury ladies shoes, and is famous for its conceptual design ethos.-Biography:Liam was born to Peter and Jane Fahy in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe...
, footwear designer - Mike FoyleMike FoyleMike Foyle is a British producer, composer and DJ of progressive electronic dance music.-Background:Mike Foyle was born in Southampton, England in October 1985. His Father is a session musician and band member playing cello, piano, bass guitar and acoustic guitar. At the age of 8, Mike began...
, music producer - Aaron French, head of media studies
- Christian FurrChristian FurrChristian Furr is an English painter. He was, at the age of 28, the youngest artist to officially paint Queen Elizabeth II.He was born in Heswall, Wirral, England....
, artist - Andy GottsAndy GottsAndy Gotts is a celebrity photographer from London, England. He is most noted for his black and white portraits of Hollywood actors.Gotts' work has been published internationally and has appeared in many magazines; GQ, Empire, FHM, Total Film, Stern, French Vogue, Glamour, El Mundo, OK Salute!, io...
, photographer - MJ HibbettMJ HibbettMark John Hibbett is an English guitarist singer-songwriter, often compared to Billy Bragg and Richard Digance.With his band The Validators, Hibbett came to widespread online notice in 2000 with "", an ode to the ZX Spectrum and other home microcomputers of the 1980s...
, singer-songwriter - Eric Johnson, co-presenter, The Wright StuffThe Wright StuffThe Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Channel 5 each weekday morning from 9:15 to 11:10am....
- Kim Joo-Sung, football player
- Akram KhanAkram Khan (dancer)Akram Khan, MBE is a dancer whose background is rooted in his classical kathak training and contemporary dance.-Career:Khan was born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin. He began dancing and trained in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak at the age of seven. He studied with Sri...
, dancer - Simba MakoniSimba MakoniSimbarashe Herbert Stanley Makoni is a Zimbabwean politician and was a candidate for the March 2008 presidential election against incumbent Robert Mugabe. He was Minister of Finance and Economic Development in President Robert Mugabe's cabinet from 2000 to 2002...
, Zimbabwean politician - Helen Milligan - regional retail manager at GreggsGreggsGreggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
and runner-up on The Apprentice series seven (2011) - Lewis MoodyLewis MoodyLewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
, international rugby player - Geordan MurphyGeordan MurphyGeordan Edward Andrew Murphy is an Irish rugby union rugby player and plays fullback or wing for the English club Leicester Tigers and Ireland....
, professional Irish rugby union player (Leicester TigersLeicester TigersLeicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
) - Nicola PellowNicola PellowNicola Pellow was a member of the WWW Project at CERN, working with Tim Berners-Lee. She joined the project in November 1990, while an undergraduate maths student at Leicester Polytechnic ....
, web browser designer - Budge PountneyBudge PountneyAnthony Charles Pountney is the former Director of Rugby at Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at flanker for Northampton and Scotland...
, professional rugby union player of Scotland - QBoyQBoyQBoy is a UK-based rapper, producer, DJ, writer and presenter. One of the original few out rappers in hip-hop circa 2001 that became pioneers of the new sub-genre colloquially known as "homo hop"...
, rapper, producer - Andrew John ReedAndy ReedAndrew John Reed is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for the key marginal Constituency of Loughborough from 1997 to 2010.He is a notable sports enthusiast, a fortuitous coincidence as "Loughborough is home to the most comprehensive sports development...
, former MP for LoughboroughLoughboroughLoughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University... - Janet RegerJanet RegerJanet Reger was an English lingerie designer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s for her opulent lingerie designs.-External links:* Daily Telegraph * BBC News...
, iconic lingerie designer - Nick RustonNick Ruston-Biography:Nick Ruston is a British artist and sculptor, most recognised for his scratch paintings depicting contemporary popular culture...
, artist and sculptor - Michael ScottMichael Scott (academic)Michael Scott is a British academic and university administrator. A Professor of English literature, he is currently Vice-Chancellor of Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, Wales....
, academic - Debbie SellDebbie SellDebbie Sell, OBE, FRCSLT is a leading British speech and language therapist.-Life and career:Sell qualified in 1976 with a diploma in speech Pathology and Therapeutics from the College of Education in Leicester. Her first appointment as a speech therapist was at Whipps Cross Hospital where she...
, speech and language pathology therapist - David ShrigleyDavid Shrigley-Life and career:Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968, the younger of two children born to Rita and Joseph Shrigley. Shrigley grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England...
, artist - Ken Shuttleworth, architect
- Angela Smith, former MP for BasildonBasildon (UK Parliament constituency)Basildon was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
- Sir Peter SoulsbyPeter SoulsbySir Peter Alfred Soulsby is a British Labour Party politician and the current Mayor of Leicester. He was the Member of Parliament for Leicester South from 2005 until he resigned in order to contest the new post of mayor in April 2011...
, MP, British Labour Party politician and Mayor of LeicesterDirectly elected mayor of LeicesterThe directly elected mayor of Leicester is responsible for the executive function of Leicester City Council. The incumbent is Sir Peter Soulsby of Labour.-Elections:The first mayoral election on 5 May 2011 saw Peter Soulsby elected as mayor.... - David TaylorDavid Taylor (British politician)David Leslie Taylor was an English Labour Co-operative politician, who was the Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire from 1997 until his death in 2009.-Biography:...
, British politician - Andrew WarrenAndrew WarrenAndrew M. Warren is an author, spy and former CIA operative, who served as Station Chief of the CIA field office in Algiers during 07-2008....
, journalist - Simon WellsSimon WellsSimon Wells is an English-American film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great grandson of famous author, H. G. Wells.Born in Cambridge, he attended De Montfort University where he studied audio-visual design...
, film director
- See also Alumni of De Montfort University.
External links
- De Montfort University – Official website
- De Montfort Students' Union – Official website
- Cultural Exchanges - Cultural Exchanges Festival website
- DMU Animation - Students' Animation Design website
- Demon Crew - Students' Creative Writing website
- DMU Library Services - DMU Library Services homepage