The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a public university in Portsmouth, England.[7] Comprising five faculties, the university offers a wide range of academic disciplines.[8] With around 28,280 students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the university in 2022 was the 25th-largest higher education institution by student enrolments in the United Kingdom.[9] The university employed approximately 3,500 staff in 2020.[10]
In the 2021 edition of the Research Excellence Framework, 77 per cent of research submitted by the university was ranked as world-leading or internationally excellent, with impacts across society, health, culture and the environment.[14][13]
History
19th century
The University of Portsmouth traces its roots back to 1 June 1870 (or 1869 according to some sources) when it was first established as the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art.[15][16][17] During the late 19th century, the school occupied several buildings in Old Portsmouth and Southsea.[18] The main premises, located at the Crown Sale Rooms in Pembroke Street, was attended by both male and female students.[18][16] Due to its coastal location, the school provided technical instruction to engineers and skilled workers, who often graduated to work at the city docks, including for the Royal Navy at the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.[19] The curriculum comprised a range of skills including practical geometry, artistic anatomy, and architectural and mechanical drawing.[16] Additionally, the school provided evening classes for local artisans.[16]
Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute and the College of Art
In 1894, following education reforms which vested local authorities with control over technical and manual education, the Borough of Portsmouth established the Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute.[20][21] Having acquired the school's science and technology courses, the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art was restructured to become the College of Art.[18][22]
20th century
Portsmouth Municipal College and construction of the Park Building
In 1911, male and female Students' union were established.[16] In autumn of 1911, the first addition of student magazine The Galleon, reported the creation of a women's Basketball team and expressed discontent over the state of the common room.[16]
In 1953, the Portsmouth Municipal College, having changed its name to the Portsmouth College of Technology, became the Regional College for Southern England.[16]
Polytechnic status
The college was renamed Portsmouth Polytechnic after it gained polytechnic status in 1969 and by the late 1980s was one of the largest polytechnics in the UK.
On Friday 4 May 2018, the University of Portsmouth was revealed as the main shirt sponsor of Portsmouth F.C. for the 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.[27]
In December 2022, an employment tribunal ruled that when the university failed to reappoint Kajal Sharma to her job, it had racially discriminated against her.[28]
Campuses
The university is split between the University Quarter, which is centred around the Portsmouth Guildhall area, and the Langstone Campus.
Langstone campus
Langstone is the smaller of the two campuses, located in Milton on the eastern edge of Portsea Island. The campus overlooks Langstone Harbour and it is home to the university's sports grounds.
Langstone Campus used to be home of the university's School of Languages and Area Studies, which has since moved into Park Building in the University Quarter. It also used to be home to three halls of residence: Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM), Trust Hall and Langstone Flats. These used to house 565 students, however these have now been closed, in favour of those closer to the majority of the university buildings. These have now been demolished.[29]
University Quarter
The University Quarter is a collection of university buildings located around the centre of the city. This area contains most of the university's teaching facilities and nearly all of the Student Halls of residence (except the Langstone student village and two halls (Rees Hall and Burrell House) located on Southsea Terrace).
The University Library (formerly the Frewen Library) was extended in 2006 at a cost of £11 million.[30] It was opened by the crime writer P. D. James. The university has also recently invested in the Faculty of Science, in particular by renovating the aluminium-clad main building, St Michael's.
A new faculty called "Creative and Cultural Industries" was opened in September 2006.
Anglesea buildings
James Watson building
Park building
University House
Sports fields
St Michael's building
Dennis Sciama building
Library
Ravelin House
Military Technological College of Oman
On 7 June 2013, the University of Portsmouth announced its partnership with the Military Technological College of Oman. This involves the University of Portsmouth providing academic guidance and academic accreditation for the education of 4,200 students with technical roles in armed services and a few civilian employers in the Sultanate of Oman.[31] This has been criticised by the student Amnesty International Society and by Campaign Against the Arms Trade who consider Oman an authoritarian regime, likely to use military capabilities on their own citizens or in regional conflicts.[32]
Organisation and structure
Governance
The university is ceremonially headed by Karen Blackett, who was installed as Chancellor in 2017.[33] The University is however run day-to-day by the Vice-Chancellor, presently Graham Galbraith, along with a single integrated decision-making body known as the University Executive Board. This includes Pro Vice-Chancellors, the Director of Finance and the Executive Deans of Faculties, together with the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Human Resources and the University Secretary and Clerk.[34]
The University's Board of Governors is the university’s governing body and is ultimately responsible for the University and all of its activities.
Faculties
The University of Portsmouth is composed of five faculties divided into a number of schools, institutes, academies and departments:[35]
Faculty of Business and Law
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
School of Law
School of Organisations, Systems and People
School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation
Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries
School of Architecture
School of Art, Design and Performance
School of Creative Technologies
School of Film, Media and Communication
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics and Literature
School of Education, Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Science and Health
School of Biological Sciences
Dental Academy
School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences
School of Health and Care Professions
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Department of Psychology
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science
Medical School
Faculty of Technology
School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
School of Computing
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
School of Energy and Electronic Engineering
School of Mathematics and Physics
School of Mechanical and Design Engineering
Department of Learning at Work
Finances
The University of Portsmouth is worth £1.1 billion to the British economy and brings £476 million to the city, an independent assessment in 2017 has shown.[36]
Academic profile
Portsmouth offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees and 150 postgraduate degrees, as well as 65 research degree programs.[37]
The university formerly validated BSc (Hons) degrees in Acupuncture and MSc courses in Traditional Chinese medicine that were carried out by the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a private education provider that collapsed in early 2011.[38]
Research
Over 60% of research submitted by the university to REF2014 was rated as world-leading and internationally excellent.[39] In two subject areas respectively – Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy, and Physics – 90% and 89% of all research submitted was rated as world leading and internationally excellent.[39]
In 2017 Alessandro Melis[40] and Steffen Lehmann created the interdisciplinary project CRUNCH: Climate Resilient Urban Nexus Choices: Operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus. This is a £1.6 million research project funded by Horizon 2020, Belmont Forum, ESRC and other funding bodies. University of Portsmouth is leading the project. The partners are five universities from Miami, Eindhoven, Gdansk, Uppsala and Taiwan. Crunch involves universities, local authorities and small business.[41][42]
Internationally, the university was ranked 98th in Times Higher Education's '100 under 50' rankings of international modern universities 2017, but did not make the list in any subsequent year.[52]
In the 2022 edition of the Good University Guide – compiled by The Times and The Sunday Times – the university was ranked near the bottom at 88 out of 132.
The University of Portsmouth was one of four universities in 2017 in the south east to achieve the highest Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).[53][54]
Student life
The University of Portsmouth Students' Union (UPSU) is a registered charity that represents and supports all UoP students, who automatically become members upon registering for their course. The Students' Union offers members support services, development opportunities and represent them at different levels throughout the university, in the community and beyond.
The earliest record of the Union is in the September 1911 edition of The Galleon student magazine. From 1965, the Union was based in Union House – now St Paul's Gym – on St Pauls Road. In 1983, it moved to the ex-NAAFI building, Alexandra House, where it remained for 19 years. Since 2002, the union has been situated at the north end of Ravelin Park. The Union previously housed two nightclubs, Lux and Co2, but these were closed and redeveloped for other uses in 2009.[55]
The Union Advice Service offers confidential, impartial and non-judgemental support. The service delivers a range of academic & non-academic, information, advice, and guidance to the students of the University of Portsmouth and partner institutions. The service also undertakes other activities and events throughout the year to promote the health and wellbeing of students. The Advice Service is based in Gun House at The Union, next door to Cafe Coco. Portsmouth was named the UK's most affordable city for students in the Natwest Student Living Index 2016.[56]
Societies and sports clubs
The Union supports a range of over 150[57] student-led groups that provide extra-curricular opportunities to students, including sports clubs, societies, media groups and volunteering opportunities. Students can also create new societies with the support of the Union.
The Students' Union runs a number of volunteering projects, such as HEFCE's Volunteering Team of the Year.[59] In 2010, the Union was awarded a £15,000 grant to work with elderly residents in the city.[60]
Student media
The university has two functioning student media outlets. Spyglass, the student magazine, and Pure FM, the student radio station, which works alongside local radio stations including Express FM. The university formerly had an active newspaper, The Galleon, as well as a video production society called Victory Studios.
^Thomas, James (1998). 'To Meet All Competition: Park Building and the Provision of Education in Portsmouth 1908 – 1997 – Studies in the History of the University of Portsmouth No.1. University of Portsmouth.
^ abThomas, James (1998). 'To Meet All Competition: Park Building and the Provision of Education in Portsmouth 1908 – 1997 – Studies in the History of the University of Portsmouth No.1. University of Portsmouth.
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