University of the West of England Profile
History
•The University of the West of England (UWE) began life as the Merchant Venturer's Navigation School in the year 1595. In year 1969, in a merger with the art college, Bristol Polytechnic came into being.
•The 1990s saw mergers with two health colleges before university status in the year 1992.
Location and transport
•4 campuses around Bristol and a Health Education Centre in Gloucester.
•The discounted bus service for the students of UWE.
•Bristol Parkway, intercity station, just minutes from the main Frenchay campus. London is around 75 minutes by train.
Student mix
•Of a total of 28,197 students, 1,659 are from the non-EU countries.
•The percentage of Male 44%, female 56%.
Teaching standards
•UWE has constantly scored 'excellent' in teaching assessments carried out by Quality Assurance Agency.
•UWE featured in top 12 in student satisfaction in the 18 out of 40 subject groups featured in National Student Survey.
•More than 60% of research either world-leading or internationally excellent in biomedicine, art and design and cultural and media studies.
Student facilities, including library and computing
•The libraries are present in all the campuses.
•Computing – 1,800 workstations having 580 in libraries. There are wi-fi regions in all the libraries and the number of communal rooms.
•All the student rooms wired for the internet access.