University of Wolverhampton (Paperback)

Chapters: . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The University of Wolverhampton is a British university located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre with a second campus at Compton Park, Wolverhampton; a third in Walsall and a fourth in Telford. The institution was known as Wolverhampton Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992. Its roots lie in the 19th Century growth of the Wolverhampton Mechanics Institute (founded 1835); the Wolverhampton Free Library (1870); and the School of Art, established in 1851, which came together as the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College in 1931. The University has nine academic schools, a Graduate School, and cross-disciplinary research centres and institutes. It has approximately 23,000 students and currently offers over 380 undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In 2009, the university received a huge surge in applicants numbering more than 5,500 applications and more than 6,000 phone calls being made mainly related to clearing. The University is noted for its success in encouraging wider participation in higher education and is the only university in Britain where the majority of undergraduates are from working-class backgrounds. It is a member of Million+, the University think-tank. The roots of the University of Wolverhampton lie in the 19th century growth of the Wolverhampton Mechanics Institute (founded 1835), which provided vocational and general education for working men; the Wolverhampton Free Library (1870) which developed technical, scientific, commercial and general classes; and the School of Art, established in 1851. In 1931 His Royal Highness, Prince George, laid the foundation stone for the new Wolv...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=658422