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Contents
Welcome
Our Benefits
Our Vision and Values
General Information
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Our Locations
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Our Links with Employers
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History
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Facts and Figures
Dear prospective applicant
We realise that these days every career step has to be weighed carefully
and we want you to be in full possession of the facts before you decide
whether you want to come and join in our East of England adventure.
We do hope you will!
While our history goes back over 150 years – the Cambridge School of Art
having been opened by John Ruskin in October 1858 – we are less than
20 years old as a University and therefore have the delight of adopting
established university traditions as well as inventing new ones. Our history
is uniquely entwined with that of our region. Indeed we have developed
outreach campuses in Harlow and Peterborough and have a significant
presence in Kings Lynn and Milton near Cambridge through a partnership
with the College of West Anglia. We have pioneered degree-level learning
in the work place with such major employers as Barclays, Boots,
Specsavers, UPS, Crawfords, Ridgeons and Harrods and this will
become an increasing feature of our work in the next few years. And our
international partnerships go from strength to strength in countries such
as Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia and China where students study our
programmes in their own countries.
We are proud of our research achievements to date and have an
unambiguous commitment to increase the rate of development of our
research. We have set demanding targets to ensure that each and every
Faculty has world recognised research and are establishing a number of
exciting interdisciplinary centres which build on our existing areas of
expertise. In recent years we have invested more than £180 million in
new facilities and have transformed our campuses as well as establishing
new University Centres in Peterborough and Harlow. If you have not visited
us recently and think you know what we look like, you will be wrong!
We hope that as you read this you will become infected by our enthusiasm
for Anglia Ruskin University and our ambition for its regional, national and
international role. We are going places and do hope that you'll want to
consider joining us on that journey.
Yours sincerely
Professor Michael Thorne
Vice Chancellor
Welcome
Thank you for your interest in Anglia Ruskin University. The attached
information has been put together to help you decide if you want to make
an application. We are a special academic community and we are proud of
the lifetime relationships created among those who work and study here,
and of the friendly atmosphere – which visitors quickly identify as unusual
for such a large organisation.
Benefits
Our Benefits
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for
all. Our goal is to maximise the potential of our staff and students,
to be responsive to new ideas, and ultimately to equip all
our students for life in a multicultural and diverse society.
Our commitment to our staff is just as strong, and we offer
an extensive range of benefits. We aim to be regarded as an
employer of choice locally, nationally and internationally.
Benefits include family-friendly policies, sports and nursery
facilities, a competitive rewards package and a genuine
commitment to all our employees’ professional development.
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An Award Winning Employer
We hold a number of awards including:
• Investors in People (IiP)
• Positive about Disabled People (the double tick symbol)
• RoSPA Quality Safety Award at Level 5 for Health and Safety Performance
• Customer Service Excellence Accreditation
We are members of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme; the
Employers Network for Equality; and the Mindful Employer scheme. In
2006–7 we were part of the Government’s Exemplar Employer initiative.
Final Salary Pension Schemes
We operate two final salary pension schemes, which offer a tax-free, lump
sum payment on retirement, together with an annual index-linked pension.
New employees automatically join one of the schemes on commencing
employment (unless they choose to opt out). Both of these schemes offer
attractive guaranteed benefits to all our staff and are a major component of
our employment package.
Staff Development
We recognise how important staff development is to our continuing success,
and we are committed to fostering a culture that values learning and growth.
We offer an impressive range of staff development sessions and events, all
designed to enhance personal and professional effectiveness at work including:
management skills; learning and teaching skills; and research skills.
Fee Waiver opportunities may also be available for our programmes of study.
Our staff surveys consistently tell us that our staff particularly value the range
and quality of the development and support we offer.
Preserving our Environment
We are committed to continual improvement in the management of our
environmental impacts. We have instigated a number of initiatives to help
address this including replacing our older, less efficient, building stock with
more energy efficient buildings. We have installed sub-metering across our
estate, to understand where our energy waste occurs, and are beginning to
install movement sensor lighting, energy efficient hand dryers and dual flush
toilets. We provide recycling facilities to our staff and students and also run
staff and student environmental competitions.
“We hold a
RoSPA Level
5 Diamond
Health and
Safety Award.
The only
educational
establishment
in the UK to
hold this
award.”
We have a green travel plan called ‘Smart Travel to Anglia Ruskin’ (STAR)
where staff can find information on interest free loans, our staff cycle scheme
and discounts with local transport providers.
Our recent awards include:
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“ 74% of
respondents
to our Staff
Survey in 2011
said that they
think this is a
good place to
work.”
• a ‘first class award’ in the People & Planet Green League for the past
5 years
• Business in the Community Environment Index – Bronze Award 2010
• Travel for Work Partnership – Certificate of continuing excellence 2011
• Essex County Council – Essex Business Travel Plan Gold Award 2011
• Fairtrade Status in 2007 (maintained annually)
Family-friendly
We recognise that in today’s workplace, people’s needs and circumstances often
change over time. To reflect this, we have an award winning flexible working
scheme which includes part-time working and alterations to working hours.
Nursery facilities are provided at our Cambridge Campus, while at Chelmsford
we collaborate with a private nursery to offer childcare places. Both nurseries
are run by experienced, qualified staff. We also operate a Child Care Voucher
Scheme which offers tax and National Insurance savings.
Employee Support Helpline
We operate a 24-hour Employee Support Helpline, offering practical advice
in a variety of areas. Professional counsellors are also on hand to provide
personal support on a range of issues. This service is also available to family
members who reside with our employees.
Supporting our Wider Community
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We aim to positively engage with our wider community. Our staff and students
are encouraged to participate in a number of events to achieve this aim. Events
include our annual Community Fun Day and Student Volunteer Week (which is
open to both staff and students).
We also support three charities, these are: The Music Therapy Appeal, Mission
Croatia and the Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity which has its research
laboratory on our campus. In addition to supporting these charities our staff
have been involved in raising money for a wide variety of charities such as:
Breast Cancer Awareness, Children in Need, Jeans for Genes. Many of our
staff also take part in events such as the Race for Life.
Sport, Leisure and Arts
Staff at both Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses have access to sports
facilities. Our Chelmsford campus houses the Mildmay Sports Centre and
our Cambridge campus boasts an on-site gym and a nearby sports centre.
Our Chelmsford campus is located just a 30 minute train journey from the
Stratford Olympic site. We are proud to support the 2012 Olympics and we
are part of the Chelmsford Olympic Consortium and have offered sports
facilities and accommodation for Olympic Athletes.
Our Cambridge campus houses the Mumford Theatre – a fully operational
250 seat professional theatre that hosts a year round programme of events.
Choirs and music concerts are held regularly at both campuses.
Both our Cambridge and our Chelmsford campuses have their own art
galleries: the Ruskin Gallery at Cambridge and the Rivermead Gallery at
Chelmsford. The galleries exhibit work by students, staff and professional
artists in the region.
All staff are entitled to free membership of our extensive libraries at both main
campuses, whether for learning, or just for interest.
“...award
winning
flexible
working
scheme...”
Working in Partnership
We take pride in our good record of maintaining harmonious employee
relations. Two trade unions are recognised: The University and College
Union (UCU) for academic staff and UNISON for support staff.
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Our Vision
• We are passionate about the advancement of knowledge and the education
of students.
• We take university education in imaginative new directions.
Our Vision and Values
• We are important to the region and want to be viewed in the UK and
internationally as exceptional.
• Our key contribution is to the enhancement of social, cultural and economic
well-being.
Our Values
A sense of belonging. We are proud to be part of Anglia Ruskin University.
We know that lifelong relationships are formed here.
Academic ambition. We want our teaching and research to be excellent.
We are determined that our students and staff will realise their full potential.
Innovation. We are purposeful, challenging and curious about our world.
We are prepared to do things differently. We are creative, entrepreneurial and
bring enthusiasm to everything we do.
Supporting each other. We are friendly and inclusive, and celebrate individuality
and diversity. We support and encourage everyone, and strive hard to anticipate
and meet needs and aspirations.
Honesty and openness. We operate with integrity, trust and respect for each other
and we deliver on our promises. We share ideas, information and challenges
and we seek out views and opinions.
Concern for the environment. We want our concern for a sustainable environment
to inform every aspect of what we do.
To access our Corporate Plan 2012–2014 please visit
www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/your_university/about_anglia_ruskin/corporate
-plan.html
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Our Students, Curriculum and Research
Students
We have grown from having 7000 students in 1989 to around 30,000.
Of all today’s students, 38% are part time and 65% are classed as mature.
500 of these students are research students.
We have been particularly successful in attracting students from our specific
target groups. Over 96% of young full-time undergraduate entrants come from
state schools or colleges and 35% from socio-economic classes 4 – 7.
Course Groups
We offer a diverse range of subjects and courses designed to be vocational
and relevant to the needs of industry and professions as well as engaging
and stimulating. Examples include: Arts and Humanities; Business; Law;
Applied Sciences; Social Sciences; Engineering; the Built Environment;
Teacher Education; IT; and Nursing & Midwifery.
We were ranked top
3 in the UK for our
welcome, arrival
and orientation
programme for
new international
students in Autumn
2010 International
Student Barometer.
General Information
Our students are diverse in age, mode of study and educational background.
Although we have deep roots in the local community, we recruit students from
all over the United Kingdom and from abroad. 15% of our full-time students
come from 130 countries outside the United Kingdom, and this proportion is
set to increase substantially. 70% of our students come from the counties of:
Cambridgeshire; Essex; Hertfordshire; Bedfordshire; Norfolk; Suffolk; and the
East London Boroughs. We regard these as the heartland of our mission.
All of our Course Groups offer flexible learning opportunities within a credit
based, modular structure. Course Groups and awards are provided at all levels,
from sub-degree to full doctorate. In order to maintain an innovative range of
Course Groups, our portfolio of courses is under constant review.
Research
We expect all academic staff to engage in research and scholarly activity.
We also encourage staff to undertake consultancy, action research, or to
support Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and other similar schemes.
In the Government's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) for Higher
Education institutions more than 30% of our submissions were rated as
World-Leading and Internationally Excellent. We came out top of the 'new'
universities for Psychology, second for English Language and Literature and
third for History in the Times Higher Education tables.
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Structure, Academic Management and Governance
Our Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive is Professor Michael Thorne.
The Vice Chancellor is supported by the Vice Chancellor’s Group (VCG)
which consists of three Deputy Vice Chancellors, each with specific areas
of responsibility, plus the Director of Finance and the Secretary and Clerk
to the Governors.
“...a stimulating
learning
environment in
which our staff
and students
can flourish and
fulfil their
potential.”
Deans of Faculties and Directors of Support Services combine with the
Vice Chancellor’s Group to form the Corporate Management Team (CMT)
and are responsible for our strategic and operational functions.
Our academic activities are organised into four discipline-based Faculties,
each headed by a Dean. Each has a Faculty Board responsible for inter alia
quality assurance and curriculum development. Academic authority rests with
Senate, which is responsible for academic development in research,
scholarship and teaching; the establishment of criteria for the admission of
students; the appointment of external examiners; the assessment of students;
the structure of the curriculum; quality assurance and the award of degrees
and other qualifications, including honorary awards. Our four Faculties are:
Lord Ashcroft International Business School
Lord Ashcroft International Business School offers a range of distinctly practice
based business and management courses at undergraduate and postgraduate
level on our Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses. Its focus is upon
academically rigorous but practically relevant education. The School provides
a range of undergraduate and postgraduate awards for full and part-time
students and places a high priority on the quality of teaching. The School has
an enviable reputation for preparing students for employment in an increasingly
competitive international environment.
Arts, Law and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences provides students and employers
with first-class teaching, research and consultancy relevant to professional
activity in arts, law and social sciences. The Faculty is committed to the mutual
reinforcement of theory and practice in teaching and research and encourages
students to excel in both national and international arenas. It achieved
outstanding success in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, with four
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subject areas rated as having 'world leading' research and five subjects as
having research of international standing. The Faculty works with a large
number of partners in the creative and cultural industries to enrich the cultural
life of both our university and local communities with a full programme of art,
music, drama and film.
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education
The Faculty of Health Social Care & Education is the largest provider of health,
social care and education courses across the East of England. It offers a
comprehensive range of locally, nationally and internationally recognised
courses, delivered by teams of experienced academic staff who all have relevant
teaching and professional experience. The Faculty’s vision is to promote
excellence in health, social care and education to deliver an inspiring practice
and research based learning portfolio and to develop and lead world-class
translational research.
Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology is one of the largest in our University
with students studying worldwide. The Faculty offers a range of programmes
from Foundation Degree through to PhD and Professional Doctorate, and
provides research and professional support for both the public and private
sectors in the local, regional and national economy. The Faculty has access to
state of the art research facilities and fully furnished teaching laboratories on
both our Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses.
Find out more about our Faculties and Support Services at www.anglia.ac.uk
Governance
The Board of Governors is our governing body, overseeing our finance, property and
staffing. It has a maximum of 24 members, the majority of whom are independent.
Other members include the Vice Chancellor, three staff representatives and the
President of the Students' Union.
The Board is assisted by a number of sub-committees which handle much of
its detailed work.
Financial Overview
We are incorporated under the Education Reform Act (1989) as a Higher Education
Corporation and are an exempt charity.
Our annual turnover is in excess of £160m.
Around 34% of our income is from the funding councils, 15% from the NHS,
32% from tuition fees, and 12% from research and consultancy.
We have a constant challenge to ensure that we are able to maintain and grow
our income, despite the vagaries of Government funding.
For this reason, we are seeking to diversify our income streams in order
to ensure long term sustainability and freedom of action.
“We have
invested more
than £180
million in
new facilities
and have
transformed
our campuses”
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Our Locations
Our Locations
Cambridge Campus
The Cambridge campus is in heart of the city and has recently reached a
milestone in its history with the opening of the new £35-million
redevelopment. The regenerated campus opened in September 2011 and
provides a wealth of new facilities which will benefit our Anglia Ruskin
community. The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education also
operates on the outskirts of Cambridge in Fulbourn which has close links
to Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Chelmsford Campus
Our modern Chelmsford campus is just a 10 minute walk from Chelmsford
city centre and railway station. The campus benefits from stunning
buildings and has a wealth of industry-leading facilities including a new
Health and Social Care building with state-of-the-art medical equipment
and facilities, the Mildmay sports hall with a well equipped gym and a
recently developed Student Centre.
Peterborough Campus
The newly refurbished Guild House in Peterborough is now home to our
Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education. The revamped site is a superb
learning environment benefiting from new skills labs, lecture spaces and
breakout areas.
A Regional Presence
In order to make Higher Education accessible to all we have developed
links with a range of regional colleges, these include; University Centre
Harlow, University Centre Peterborough and University Centre West Anglia
(King’s Lynn).
An International Presence
We have an increasing number of overseas students from more than
70 different countries outside the EU. This has created a very diverse
academic community for the benefit for all our students. Our overseas
university partnerships include China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, India,
USA and Canada.
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Our Links with Employers
A number of local employers also take the time to mentor our students
to develop our graduates’ employability skills base.
In 2008 we won £5.6 million from the Higher Education Funding Council
for England (HEFCE) to further our work through a project entitled
‘higherskills@work’. Higher Skills are now working with over 50 large
businesses nationwide including, Harrods, UPS and Specsavers. In most
cases we deliver degree based programs in the workplace and on line,
giving employers a unique and tailored service.
Our Links with Employers
We have strong links with a wide range of employers, which include
commercial organisations, not-for-profit bodies, and public authorities in
line with the Government’s initiative to encourage universities to play a
more active role in driving technological capacity and knowledge transfer
to support the economic growth of UK plc through the enhancement of the
skills and knowledge base.
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Our History
History
Our origins date back to 1858 when the Cambridge School of Art was first
opened by John Ruskin. The school survived in that form until 1960 when it
became the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology.
Meanwhile in Chelmsford, a school for vocational studies established in 1893
was evolving to become the Chelmsford School of Science and Art. It was to go
under a variety of names during the 20th Century and in 1984 it changed again,
from the Mid Essex Technical College and Chelmer Institute of Higher Education to
the Essex Institute of Higher Education (EIHE). In 1989 the EIHE merged with
the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology to become Anglia Higher Education
College. In 1991 this institution became Anglia Polytechnic and in 1992 it was
awarded university status and became Anglia Polytechnic University (APU).
The word polytechnic was initially retained in the title because of the pride in our
history and our commitment to inclusivity. By 2000 however, we were the last
University still using the term, so after consultations with staff, students and local
residents, the Privy Council approved a change of name. On 29 September 2005
we became known as Anglia Ruskin University.
John Ruskin
Born in London in 1819, John Ruskin was a poet, artist,
social critic and prolific author. The son of a wine importer,
he entered Christ Church, Oxford, without any formal
qualifications, yet he excelled in his studies and was awarded
the Newdigate prize for poetry. He went on to become the first
Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford in 1869. Ruskin College is
named in his honour.
In 1858 John Ruskin opened the School of Art in Sidney Street,
Cambridge, and so laid the foundation for our own University.
Over 150 years later the Cambridge School of Art still forms
part of Anglia Ruskin University.
John Ruskin
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During his time at Christ Church Ruskin began to develop his
opinions on the relationship between human beings and
society, nature, architecture, craftsmanship and ideas.
Those views continue to shape our society today, providing the
social and philosophical foundations for the free schools, free
libraries and museums, and free healthcare that we now take
for granted.
Facts and Figures
We have around 30,000 students.
17% of our students come from outside the European Union.
We have one of the highest employability rates in the HE sector.
The National Graduate Employment Survey shows that 90% of
our students go straight into jobs or into further training or Higher
Education.* In some areas this figure is exceeded, rising to 95%
for our Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education.
Our research is world leading – according to the Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, we came top out of the 'new'
universities for psychology, second for English language and
literature and third for history.**
We employ circa 2100 members of staff.
In 2008 we achieved 6th place in the Halifax/Times HE University
Quality of Life Index.
Through our efforts to reduce our environmental impact we have
achieved accreditation to ISO 14001, an internationally recognised
standard.
Famous alumni include: Lord Ashcroft, KCMG; Pink Floyd members
David Gilmour and Syd Barrett; Harry Potter illustrator Thomas
Taylor; Roger Law (creator of Spitting Image); Dr. Kim Howells MP
and Nicholas Crane.
Honorary graduates include: Kylie Minogue; Mary Jane Drummond;
Kate Barker CBE; Jilly Cooper; Frankie Dettori; Stephen Fry;
Germaine Greer; Griff Rhys Jones; Sir Geoff Hurst; John Peel; Kate
Adie; Terry Waite CBE; Professor Simon Schama CBE; Anya
Hindmarch MBE; Quentin Blake; Martina Cole; Baroness Scott
Young and Jimmy Doherty.
*Source Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Employment Indicator 2006/7
**Source Times Higher Education tables
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