Hartpury College
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Hartpury College is a further education
college and associate faculty of the University of the West of England
situated in the village of Hartpury
, Gloucestershire
.
Hartpury’s link with the University of the West of England
(UWE) began in 1997 when Hartpury was awarded Associate Faculty status.
1999 saw the introduction of the first Master’s Degree programme – an MSc in Equine Science. The college was able to offer Foundation degree programmes from 2003, and 2004 saw the first PhD Student.
Hartpury College was awarded ‘Outstanding College' status by Ofsted
for its further education courses and facilities in November 2009.
The college offers a range of A levels to pre-university sports students including Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, English Literature, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics and Psychology.
There are a number of one year full-time Foundation Studies courses available which offer students a variety of rural related activities as well as an opportunity to improve numeracy, literacy, IT, communication and life skills.
Hartpury College was graded as ‘Outstanding’ across all five cross-college areas by the Ofsted Inspectors:
Overall Effectiveness of Provision - Outstanding Grade 1
Capacity to Improve - Outstanding Grade 1
Outcomes for Learners - Outstanding Grade 1
Quality of Provision - Outstanding Grade 1
Leadership and Management - Outstanding Grade 1
There are many degree study options including subjects in Animal and Land Sciences, Applied Equine Science and Management, Equine Dentistry, (Equine) Veterinary Nursing Science, Sports Coaching, Management and Business.
Postgraduate Programmes
Since 1999, Hartpury College has expanded its range of postgraduate programmes, to include Equine Business Management, Equine Science, Coaching Science and Sports Management.
Accommodation
The College can accommodate over 1,000 residential students on-site. Facilities include catering and self-catering, on-site under 18 accommodation in separate male and female blocks, 24hr student support/warden service, en-suite facilities and communal ‘social’ areas. There a number of leisure facilities, including Legends Bar, Oaks social venue for under 18s and several restaurants.
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and learning facilities include the Frank Parkinson
Learning Resources Centre and the Mark Davison Centre – a 15613 square feet (1,450.5 m²) lecture theatre and classroom complex.
Animal and Veterinary Nursing
Animal and Veterinary Nursing facilities at the College include the Animal Science Centre, a well-stocked animal house, aquariums, vivariums, a hydrotherapy unit, an operating theatre, grooming parlour and an equine veterinary and therapy centre.
Food and Drink Facilities
Food and drink facilities include a butchery training centre at Ensors in Cinderford and a chocolate enrobing
facility at CCFRA.
Home Farm
Home Farm facilities include a service/repair, welding and projects workshop, Home Farm Shoot, a trout lake, woodland, game rearing unit and a farm information centre. The new Malcolm Wharton Centre is a 1500 m2 classroom, office and learning resource centre block for agriculture, countryside (game), farm mechanisation and land-based technology students based at the Home Farm. The build is aiming at the highest BREEAM rating. BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the effective measure used to describe a building's environmental performance.
, Hong Kong
, New Zealand
, Australia
, India
, Nigeria
, South Africa
, USA, Trinidad & Tobago, Sri Lanka
, Russia
, Canada
, Norway
, Ghana
and Zimbabwe
.
, football, netball
, golf
, modern pentathlon
and rowing
, and the college consistently ranks amongst the country's elite in many of those sports.
Hartpury offers a number of scholarships and bursaries to national and international students of exceptional athletic ability.
Facilities at the college include a Sports Academy Centre, grass football and rugby pitches, human performance laboratory, sports rehabilitation suite, rugby and football floodlit rubber crumbs, golf driving range, Modern Pentathlon Combined Event range, fitness and power gyms, performance analysis suite, a nine hole pitch-and-putt golf, squash court, tennis court, and an outdoor swimming pool.
The College is a major equine events venue. Previous international events include the 1994 World Championships for Disabled Riders, 1997 European Pony Championships, 2000 European Young Rider Championships and 2007 FEI World Para Dressage Championships.
Major annual equine events include the Hartpury Festival of Dressage (CDI***), NAF International Hartpury CCI */** CIC*** Horse Trials and the Hartpury Show Jumping Spectacular.
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
college and associate faculty of the University of the West of England
University of the West of England
The University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...
situated in the village of Hartpury
Hartpury
Hartpury is a rural parish of with some 270 homes and a population of about 700. It is situated about north of the city of Gloucester, England. Geographically it lies within the Leadon Vale; administratively it is part of the Forest of Dean....
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
.
History
Hartpury College was established in the post-Second World War era of the late 1940s as a small agricultural college with 50 students. The college remained relatively unchanged until 1990, when current Principal Malcolm Wharton joined, initiating a rapid expansion programme, starting with the provision of a larger variety of further education courses. The first higher education programme in Equine Studies was introduced in 1992, followed by the first degree programme in Equine Science in 1994.Hartpury’s link with the University of the West of England
University of the West of England
The University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...
(UWE) began in 1997 when Hartpury was awarded Associate Faculty status.
1999 saw the introduction of the first Master’s Degree programme – an MSc in Equine Science. The college was able to offer Foundation degree programmes from 2003, and 2004 saw the first PhD Student.
Hartpury College was awarded ‘Outstanding College' status by Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
for its further education courses and facilities in November 2009.
Further education
Hartpury College offers a number of further education opportunities in areas such as Agriculture and Countryside, Animal Care, Veterinary Nursing, Equine Studies, Horticulture and Landscape Design, Sport, and Outdoor Adventure and Uniformed Public Services.The college offers a range of A levels to pre-university sports students including Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, English Literature, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics and Psychology.
There are a number of one year full-time Foundation Studies courses available which offer students a variety of rural related activities as well as an opportunity to improve numeracy, literacy, IT, communication and life skills.
Ofsted Outstanding
Hartpury College was graded as ‘Outstanding’ by an Ofsted Inspection in November 2009. The Inspection Report gave the College Grade 1 – the highest possible - for all cross college aspects of its work. Hartpury is currently one of only three specialist residential colleges in the UK to be graded as Outstanding.Hartpury College was graded as ‘Outstanding’ across all five cross-college areas by the Ofsted Inspectors:
Overall Effectiveness of Provision - Outstanding Grade 1
Capacity to Improve - Outstanding Grade 1
Outcomes for Learners - Outstanding Grade 1
Quality of Provision - Outstanding Grade 1
Leadership and Management - Outstanding Grade 1
Higher education
Undergraduate ProgrammesThere are many degree study options including subjects in Animal and Land Sciences, Applied Equine Science and Management, Equine Dentistry, (Equine) Veterinary Nursing Science, Sports Coaching, Management and Business.
Postgraduate Programmes
Since 1999, Hartpury College has expanded its range of postgraduate programmes, to include Equine Business Management, Equine Science, Coaching Science and Sports Management.
Campus and Facilities
The main campus covers an area of 200 hectares and is based 4 miles (6.4 km) from Gloucester and 12 miles (19.3 km) from Cheltenham.Accommodation
The College can accommodate over 1,000 residential students on-site. Facilities include catering and self-catering, on-site under 18 accommodation in separate male and female blocks, 24hr student support/warden service, en-suite facilities and communal ‘social’ areas. There a number of leisure facilities, including Legends Bar, Oaks social venue for under 18s and several restaurants.
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and learning facilities include the Frank Parkinson
Frank Parkinson
Frank Parkinson was a British electrical engineer, most notable for early electric lighting installations, such as light bulbs and electric motors...
Learning Resources Centre and the Mark Davison Centre – a 15613 square feet (1,450.5 m²) lecture theatre and classroom complex.
Animal and Veterinary Nursing
Animal and Veterinary Nursing facilities at the College include the Animal Science Centre, a well-stocked animal house, aquariums, vivariums, a hydrotherapy unit, an operating theatre, grooming parlour and an equine veterinary and therapy centre.
Food and Drink Facilities
Food and drink facilities include a butchery training centre at Ensors in Cinderford and a chocolate enrobing
Enrober
An enrober is a machine used in the confectionery industry to coat a food item with a coating medium, typically chocolate. Foods coated by enrobers include nuts, ice cream, toffee and other miscellaneous candy items, biscuits and cookies. Enrobing is essentially a mechanized form of hand-dipping...
facility at CCFRA.
Home Farm
Home Farm facilities include a service/repair, welding and projects workshop, Home Farm Shoot, a trout lake, woodland, game rearing unit and a farm information centre. The new Malcolm Wharton Centre is a 1500 m2 classroom, office and learning resource centre block for agriculture, countryside (game), farm mechanisation and land-based technology students based at the Home Farm. The build is aiming at the highest BREEAM rating. BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the effective measure used to describe a building's environmental performance.
International Students
The international student population at Hartpury College has grown rapidly over the past few years, with up to 120 students from 30 different countries studying at the college. These countries include ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, USA, Trinidad & Tobago, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, 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 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
.
Hartpury Sport
Hartpury operates a very large sports programme at both university and U18 level. There are academies in rugby unionRugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, football, netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, modern pentathlon
Modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...
and rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, and the college consistently ranks amongst the country's elite in many of those sports.
Hartpury offers a number of scholarships and bursaries to national and international students of exceptional athletic ability.
Facilities at the college include a Sports Academy Centre, grass football and rugby pitches, human performance laboratory, sports rehabilitation suite, rugby and football floodlit rubber crumbs, golf driving range, Modern Pentathlon Combined Event range, fitness and power gyms, performance analysis suite, a nine hole pitch-and-putt golf, squash court, tennis court, and an outdoor swimming pool.
Hartpury Equine
Hartpury College has extensive equine facilities including eight indoor and outdoor arenas including a purpose built championship indoor arena complex, cross-country courses up to CIC*** level, Home Farm Stud, stabling for 230 (including over 100 boxes for student DIY livery), on-site equine therapy centre, rehabilitation centre which includes a water and high- speed treadmill and science laboratories.The College is a major equine events venue. Previous international events include the 1994 World Championships for Disabled Riders, 1997 European Pony Championships, 2000 European Young Rider Championships and 2007 FEI World Para Dressage Championships.
Major annual equine events include the Hartpury Festival of Dressage (CDI***), NAF International Hartpury CCI */** CIC*** Horse Trials and the Hartpury Show Jumping Spectacular.
Rugby union
- Callum BlackCallum BlackCallum Black is an Irish rugby union player for Ulster in the RaboDirect Pro12. He has represented Ireland at Under 18, Under 19 and Under 21 levels. He will join Ulster fro the 2011/12 season.He plays as a loosehead prop....
- Joe CarlisleJoe CarlisleJoe Carlisle is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a fly-half. He played on loan at Coventry RFC in the 09/10 season.-External links:* * -References:...
- Matt EvansMatt Evans (rugby player)Matt Evans is a Canadian international rugby union player. Matt Evans is a utility back and has played in various back-line positions including fly-half, centre, wing, and full-back.Evans competed at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship representing Canada...
- Greg KingGreg King (rugby union)Greg King is an English rugby union player, formerly of Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership, who moved to Moseley for the 2011/12 season.He plays as a centre.-External links:*...
- Dave Lewis
- Jonny MayJonny MayJonny May is a rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Guinness Premiership for Gloucester Rugby. He plays as an outside centre.He has also played as a dual-registered player for Moseley.-History:...
- James MerrimanJames MerrimanJames Merriman is a Welsh rugby union footballer with Bristol Rugby. A flanker, he has captained the Wales Under 21 side and played for the Wales national rugby union team team. He was part of the Welsh sevens team that won the World Rugby Sevens Cup in 2009.-External links:*...
- Dan NortonDan Norton (rugby union)Dan Norton is a rugby union player for Bristol Rugby in the Guinness Championship. He plays as a winger.Norton was at the Gloucester academy and dual registered with Moseley for both the 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons....
- Jordi PasqualinJordi PasqualinJordi Pasqualin is a rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Aviva Premiership for Newcastle Falcons after signing from Gloucester in the Summer of 2011...
- Andries Pretorious
- Tom Savage
- Charlie SharplesCharlie SharplesCharlie Sharples is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Guinness Premiership for Gloucester. He plays as a wing....
- Ed ShervingtonEd ShervingtonEd Shervington , is a Welsh rugby union player, in the position of hooker for Worcester Warriors.Born in Newport, Shervington debuted for Neath RFC against Aberavon RFC in 2003...
- Henry TrinderHenry TrinderHenry Richard Trinder is an English rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a centre or on the wing....
- Dan TuohyDan TuohyDan Tuohy is an Ireland international rugby union player, currently playing for Ulster Rugby. He plays as a lock.-Career:Tuohy started rugby on the wing for Weston-super-Mare R.F.C...
- Alex CuthbertAlex CuthbertAlex Cuthbert is a Welsh rugby union player. A winger, he currently playing for Cardiff Blues.-Early life:Alex went to Newent Community School, Gained a Diploma at Hartpury College and studied at UWIC.-International career:...