In 1992, Hatfield Polytechnic was granted university status by the British government and subsequently renamed University of Hertfordshire. The Hertfordshire College of Health Care and Nursing Studies and the Barnet College of Nursing and Midwifery merged with the university in 1993. It was the first university to run a bus company by making Uno bus public. In 1992 it became the University of Hertfordshire and Sir Brian Corby became the first Chancellor. Īfter John Major announced in 1991 that polytechnics were to be abolished, Hatfield Polytechnic announced its intention to apply for university status. Hatfield was also, in that year, one of eight polytechnics accredited for research degrees. Hatfield was one of only 21 polytechnics, colleges and Scottish Central institutions to be accredited at the time. The following year, Sir Ron Dearing and Buxton signed an agreement that gave the polytechnic accreditation from the Council for National Academic Awards. The number of staff, in the same year, had increased to 824. A sports hall was built on the Hatfield Campus in 1984 and the number of students in that year was more than 5000. In 1982 John Illston succeeded Sir Norman Lindop as the director. The Students' Union Social Centre opened in 1977. By 1977 more than ten per cent of the 4000 students came from more than forty different countries. In the same year Hatfield Polytechnic took over Balls Park. Wall Hall and Balls Park Teacher Training Colleges merged in 1976 to become Hertfordshire College of Higher Education. In 1970 an observatory was built on the Bayfordbury Campus. In 1969 Hatfield College of Technology became Hatfield Polytechnic, offering honours degree courses in engineering and technology. Sir Geoffrey De Havilland with a model of his 'Comet' jet airliner Students attended the college on part-time or full-time courses. It was the first large technical college to be established in England after the war. Hatfield Technical College opened with 1,738 students in September 1952 and in December officially opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The first principal W.A.J Chapman started on 1 January 1949 and in spring 1952 the 33 full-time and 66 part-time teachers were appointed. In 1944 he donated 90 acres (36 hectares) of land at Roe Green to be used for educational purposes. In the 1920s they sold it to Hill, a farmer, who then sold it to Alan Butler, chairman of the de Havilland Aircraft Company who lived at Beech Farm nearby. The Gape family of St Michael's Manor in St Albans owned the land at Roe Green from the late 17th century. The original campus for the university was at Roe Green in Hatfield, where it was founded as a technical college with a particular focus on training aerospace engineers for the aerospace industry that was then prevalent in Hatfield. Hertfordshire is a member of University Alliance, Universities UK and European University Association. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £317.5 million of which £9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £305.3 million. The university is one of Hertfordshire's largest employers with over 3,400 staff, 2,045 of whom are academic members of staff. The university has 9 schools: Hertfordshire Business School, Computer Science, Creative Arts, Education, Health and Social Work, Humanities (which oversees its CATS programme), Hertfordshire Law School, Life and Medical Sciences, Physics, Engineering and Computer Science and Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium.Īs of 2022, it has around 32,000 students, including more than 13,000 international students that together represent 100 countries, making the university host the highest proportion of international students (outside of London) in England. Hertfordshire is mainly based at two campuses - College Lane and de Havilland. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was identified as one of 25 Colleges of Technology in the United Kingdom in 1959. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The University of Hertfordshire ( UH) is a public university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
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