Undergraduate Prospectus 2019 CONTENTS
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Undergraduate Prospectus 2019 CONTENTS Since 1847, students 2 Our Open Days have been finding Download our Uni of Glos app! 4 Our Campuses their Glo with us here Augment your prospectus by Park, Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. 8 Cheltenham and Gloucester following these simple steps: Today, we have three Download our app from the 10 Festival County 01 App Store or Google Play campuses – Park and (just search for Uni of Glos) Francis Close Hall 12 Pittville Student Village Look out for the Make it 02 (including Hardwick) Glo logo on the pages in Cheltenham, and 14 Moving Here Launch the app and Oxstalls in Gloucester. 16 International Students 03 hold your device over the image next to the logo Join us in our beautiful 18 Outstanding Student Support spaces, be inspired and see what amazing 20 Your Future Plan things can happen. 22 Your Students’ Union Our courses Book an open day online at 24 The Trips You Take www.glos.ac.uk/open 34 Art and Design or call 03330 141414 (local rate) 26 The Brands You Work With Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham 50 Business 28 The Time You Give 68 Computing and Technology 30 Apprenticeships of Gloucestershire University 82 Education 32 Your Future, Our Degrees 90 Health and Social Care 160 Fees and Funding 100 Liberal and Performing Arts 162 How to Apply 114 Media 164 UCAS Tariff Points Contents 130 Natural and Social Sciences 166 Getting Here 146 Sport and Exercise 168 Course Index 01 Oxstalls, Gloucester 02 Your Tweets See what visitors have said about our open days Paul @CaptainPaulE Fantastic visit to @uniofglos today CHECK OUT lovely environment for Nia to study Criminology and Psychology. Will take Our Open Days Our Open Days OUR OPEN a lot to beat #happydaughter Lewis @HolmanLewis Really enjoyed the @uniofglos open day, University of Gloucestershire University loved the student ambassador’s energy and DAYS the Sports Journalism course and lecturers! Feeling reinvigorated for the weeks ahead, time to put in the work Lucy @x_lucy_jane_x @uniofglos never spoken to a couple of students so happy and passionate!! Also loved the studios! definitely want to apply #JournalismUoG Leigh @Leigh_JordX Loved visiting @uniofglos yesterday! Finally Book online at www.glos.ac.uk/open got to walk around the new Law building...even or call 03330 141414 (local rate) if it was just in a virtual reality head set! Our open day dates Find out about life at the University of University of Gloucestershire University Gloucestershire at one of our open days. Saturday 10 March 2018 We believe that our open days are different. You will find a range of workshops to help you make it to your Friday 29 June 2018 chosen university, covering what to write in your UCAS personal statement, the best way to create your art Sunday 1 July 2018 Our Open Days or design portfolio and how to ace an interview. As well as exploring our campuses, you’ll meet our Saturday 29 September 2018 lecturers, chat to current students and find out more about how we can help you with Your Future Sunday 14 October 2018 Plan and make you the graduate you want to be. Saturday 10 November 2018 03 www.glos.ac.uk/open www.glos.ac.uk/open 04 1. OUR CAMPUSES Our Campuses University of Gloucestershire University 1. Park, Cheltenham 2. Francis Close Hall 3. Oxstalls, Gloucester 2. and Hardwick, – 20 minutes’ walk from – 15 minutes’ walk from Cheltenham town centre Cheltenham Gloucester city centre and station – 15 minutes’ walk from Cheltenham Spa station – 10 minutes’ walk from Just 15 minutes’ walk from Cheltenham town centre Gloucester city centre, Set in picturesque parkland, Oxstalls is home to our Park campus in Cheltenham – 20 minutes’ walk from sports, business, nursing is far from quiet as it is home Cheltenham Spa station and performing arts courses. to our media, computing We have been training the You’ll get hands on with elite and (from September 2018) teachers of tomorrow at our athletes in our international- advertising, fashion design, Francis Close Hall for over standard sports centre graphic design and interior 150 years. Historic it may be, (opening September 2018) design students. Whether but the campus, also home and sports science labs, work using our state-of-the-art to our health and social care, alongside real businesses computing and technology liberal arts and natural and in our brand new Business suite; our professional music, social science courses, has School (opening September film, TV and news studios; fully refurbished labs with 2018), develop your nursing of Gloucestershire University or our brand new dedicated top-spec equipment and its skills in our fully equipped 3. design spaces, you will learn own forensic interview and clinical suite or get creative using the same equipment virtual reality suites. Just in our purpose-built you’ll find when you go into a few minutes’ walk away, performing arts and events industry. Originally laid out as Hardwick is a thriving hub of centre with studios and a zoological garden with its creativity with its own gallery Our Campuses multimedia spaces. own lake and elephant walk, and photography and fine Park campus is a technological art studios, all packed with hub just 20 minutes’ walk industry-standard equipment. from Cheltenham town centre and 15 minutes from Cheltenham Spa station. 05 06 YOUR NEW BROADER HoORIZON 07 08 GLOUCESTER CHELTENHAM GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL MOOMOO CLUBROOMS THE PROMENADE Dominating the city skyline, A thriving entertainment venue Welcoming top DJs to its three With its classic architecture, cafe Gloucester Cathedral is always situated in the heart of the city, clubrooms, MooMoo in Cheltenham terraces and smart shops, the worth a visit. You can enjoy the hosting live music, comedy, town centre is also home to the wide, tree-lined promenade is the quiet of the cloisters, visit the many theatre, films and exhibitions. Students’ Union’s official club night. ideal place for retail therapy. exhibitions or, if you prefer your Whether you want RnB, indie or student evenings with a magical flavour, VINTAGE CINEMA anthems, MooMoo has something PITTVILLE PARK go on a Harry Potter tour around The Sherborne Cinema is a for everyone, with various themed The largest park in Cheltenham, Pittville the building, which featured as 1930s-themed Art Deco picture nights throughout the week. Park includes a fishing lake, tennis courts, Hogwarts in the film series. house in Gloucester that pitch-and-putt golf and a skate park. screens the latest releases along CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL It’s a popular spot for runners too. KINGSHOLM STADIUM with arthouse flicks, vintage The backdrop for a year-round Home to Gloucester Rugby, classics and children’s films. programme of shows, concerts EVERYMAN THEATRE Kingsholm Stadium is situated in and exhibitions, this grand 1902 This beautiful Victorian theatre has a the middle of the city. Off-season it GLOUCESTER SKI AND building plays a central role in varied programme, attracting audiences regularly hosts pop concerts and has SNOWBOARD CENTRE many of the town’s festivals. from afar. Productions include drama, welcomed acts including Tom Jones, Make your sports extreme at opera, musicals, comedy and dance. McFly, The Wanted and Jess Glynne. Gloucester’s very own dry ski slope, LEISURE AT CHELTENHAM also home to Battle Hill, the ultimate An official partner of the university’s SANDFORD PARKS LIDO GLOUCESTER HIGH STREET laser tag experience. Whether sports programme, Leisure at Cheltenham The Cheltenham Lido is one of the These streets have been home to hitting the slopes or donning the includes a variety of fantastic facilities: largest outdoor swimming pools traders for a thousand years and now camo, you can maximise your fun an athletics track, swimming pool, diving in the UK. Opened in 1935, it’s a boast a modern mix of shopping without having to leave the city. board, fitness suite, squash courts, and a heritage gem and the perfect spot centres, independent boutiques, spa with sauna, steam room and jacuzzi. for cooling off in the summer sun. delis, restaurants and coffee shops. ATIK Boasting some of the largest SUPERDRY HQ THE BREWERY QUARTER GL1 LEISURE CENTRE dancefloors in the region, ATIK is the Cheltenham is home to Superdry’s Just five minutes’ walk from Francis The place to go if you’re looking premier destination for a night out on global HQ. The international fashion Close Hall, the Brewery Quarter offers the to up your heart. It includes four the tiles in Gloucester. Student night label launched here over a decade perfect night out with its ten-pin bowling swimming pools, sports facilities, a is on Wednesday and you can dance ago and the university has very alley, multiscreen cinema (with the uber- fitness area, regular exercise classes to everything from RnB and house to close links with the brand. plush Screening Rooms) and restaurants, and a cafe with wi-fi access. indie and good old-fashioned cheese. from chains such as Prezzo to the CHELTENHAM TOWN FC Brewhouse, with its own microbrewery. GLOUCESTER QUAYS Whaddon Road is the scene of great With its diverse mix of shops highs and lows on Saturday afternoons THE FROG AND FIDDLE and eateries, the Quays promises as the home of Cheltenham Town This pub is an iconic symbol of something for everybody. Whether Football Club, aka ‘The Robins’. Cheltenham’s student scene and, food festivals, outlet shopping, where many of our Students’ Union microbreweries or a trip to the CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE societies hold events such as open cinema is your thing, the renovated The famous Cheltenham Festival mic nights. With its pool hall and 14 historic dockside is one of attracts celebrities and royals every screens for live sport, you’ll never miss Gloucester’s most popular venues.