The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds,West Yorkshire,England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884 it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine and was renamed Yorkshire College. It became part of the federal Victoria University in 1887,joining Owens College and University College Liverpool. In 1904 a royal charter was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII.
Lancaster University is a public research university in Lancaster,Lancashire,England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter,as one of several new universities created in the 1960s.
The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford,West Yorkshire,England. A plate glass university,it received its royal charter in 1966,making it the 40th university to be created in Britain,but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832.
The University of Buckingham (UB) is a non-profit private university in Buckingham,England and the oldest of the country's six private universities. It was founded as the University College at Buckingham (UCB) in 1973,admitting its first students in 1976. It was granted university status by royal charter in 1983.
The University of Central Lancashire is a public university based in the city of Preston,Lancashire,England. It has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge,founded in 1828. Previously known as Harris Art College,Preston Polytechnic and Lancashire Polytechnic, in 1992 it was granted university status by the Privy Council. The university is the 19th largest in the UK in terms of student numbers.
Leeds Beckett University (LBU),formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic,is a public university in Leeds,West Yorkshire,England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The university's origins can be traced to 1824,with the foundation of the Leeds Mechanics Institute. Leeds Polytechnic was formed in 1970,and was part of the Leeds Local Education Authority until it became an independent Higher Education Corporation on 1 April 1989. In 1992,the institution gained university status. The current name was adopted in September 2014.
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan,Nigeria. The university was once a college of the University of London. The college was established in 1948 as University College Ibadan,one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 1962 and is the oldest degree-awarding institution in Nigeria. Through its graduate network,the University of Ibadan has contributed to the political,industrial,economic and cultural development of Nigeria.
The Legal Practice Course (LPC) –also known as the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice –is a postgraduate course and the final educational stage for becoming a solicitor in England,Wales and Australia. The course is designed to provide a bridge between academic study and training in a law firm. It is a one-year,full-time course,and tuition fees range from £8,000-£17,300 a year. A small proportion of students may have their fees and some living expenses paid for by future employers under a training contract.
TheUniversity of Law is a private for-profit university in the United Kingdom,providing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law,business,psychology,criminology,policing and computer science. It also provides postgraduate courses in education,and specialist legal training and continuing professional development courses for British barristers,solicitors and trainees;it is the United Kingdom's largest law school. It traces its origins to 1876.
Sir Michael James Paul Arthur FMedSci is a British academic who was the tenth provost and president of University College London between 2013 and January 2021. Arthur had previously been chairman of the Russell Group of UK universities and the vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds between September 2004 and 2013.
The Dundee Law School is the law school of the University of Dundee in Scotland. It provides undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Scots and English law,permitting students to qualify into all three United Kingdom legal jurisdictions. The law school traces its roots to the University of St. Andrews,and has placed in the top 15 law schools in the UK on the University League Tables. The school is based in the Scrymgeour Building—named for Henry Scrymgeour,a 16th-century legal philosopher from Dundee—while the Law Library is based in the libraries building,both on the university's main campus. The Law School is part of the wider School of Social Sciences,Humanities and Law at Dundee.
GuildHE represents 57 higher education institutions in the UK,including universities,university colleges,further education colleges and specialist institutions. Member institutions include some major providers in professional subject areas including art,design and media;music and the performing arts;agriculture and food;education;law;business and management;construction;and health and sports. GuildHE is a formal representative body,alongside Universities UK,Independent Higher Education and the Association of Colleges and is one of three bodies for higher education in the UK.
UEA Law School,founded in 1977,is a school within the University of East Anglia,dedicated to research and teaching in law. It is located in Earlham Hall,a seventeenth-century mansion situated on the edge of the UEA campus. From mid-2010 to early 2014,the school was temporarily located in the Blackdale School Building owing to essential renovation work. In national league tables UEA Law School has most recently been ranked 38th in the UK by The Guardian.
Sir Nigel Martyn Carrington is a British lawyer and academic leader who served as vice-chancellor of University of the Arts London between 2008 and 2020.
BPP University Law School is a private,for-profit provider of professional and academic legal education in the United Kingdom and one of the founding schools of BPP University.
BPP University is a private university in the United Kingdom.
The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England,with its main campus in Exeter,Devon. Its predecessor institutions,St Luke's College,Exeter School of Science,Exeter School of Art,and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838,1855,1863,and 1888 respectively. These institutions later formed the University of Exeter after receiving its royal charter in 1955. In post-nominals,the University of Exeter is abbreviated as Exon.,and is the suffix given to honorary and academic degrees from the university.
Global University Systems B.V. (GUS) is a for-profit private limited company registered in the Netherlands. As a corporate group,it owns and operates several private for-profit colleges and universities in the UK,Canada,Israel and Europe,as well as other brands and companies in the education sector,such as the e-learning provider InterActive. GUS was founded in its present form and name in 2013 by Aaron Etingen,who is chairman,CEO and majority stockholder.
Arden University is a private,for-profit teaching university in the United Kingdom. It offers a variety of undergraduate and post-graduate programmes with both blended and online distance learning delivery options. Its head office is in Coventry with study centres in Birmingham,Manchester,London and Berlin. Originally established as Resource Development International (RDI) in 1990,it was later bought by Capella Education and awarded university status by the British government in 2015. Since August 2016,it has been owned by Global University Systems. It is named after the Arden area of England,where its Coventry headquarters are situated.
