Ravensbourne University London

Ravensbourne University London
Ravensbourne's building in North Greenwich
Type Public
Established 1962[1]
Academic staff
 140[2]
Students 2,280 (2016/17)[3]
Undergraduates 2,225 (2016/17)[3]
Postgraduates 55 (2016/17)[3]
Location North Greenwich, London, UK
Website www.ravensbourne.ac.uk

Coordinates: 51°30′6″N 0°0′20″E / 51.50167°N 0.00556°E / 51.50167; 0.00556

Ravensbourne University London (formerly Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication) is a digital media and design university, with vocational courses in fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive product design, architecture and environment design, graphic design, animation, moving image, music production for media and sound design.

Ravensbourne was established in 1959 by the amalgamation of Bromley School of Art and the Department of Furniture Design of Beckenham School of Art. It was originally at Bromley Common and Chislehurst in outer London. It moved to a purpose-built campus in inner London on the Greenwich Peninsula in September 2010.

History

Bromley School of Art opened in 1878 in Tweedy Road, Bromley.[4] It became Bromley College of Art after the Second World War.[5] In 1959 it merged with the Department of Furniture Design of the Beckenham School of Art and in 1965 moved to purpose-built accommodation on Rookery Lane, Bromley Common. The site had originally housed the Rookery, an 18th-century house that had been burnt out while in military occupation in 1946. As the college expanded it was unable to develop the Rookery Lane site any further, as it was in the Metropolitan Green Belt. In 1975 the college moved to a new site in 18 acres (7.3 ha) of private parkland on Walden Road, Chislehurst51°25′14″N 0°03′13″E / 51.4205°N 0.0537°E / 51.4205; 0.0537.[1] The Rookery Lane site was redeveloped for the Bromley College of Further & Higher Education.

It has offered higher level courses in design since the 1960s. In 1985 the Broadcasting department joined, replacing Fine Arts. It was amongst the earliest of institutions to be approved by the then CNAA to convert the traditional Diploma programmes in Art and Design into honours degrees during the 1970s. Following the demise of the CNAA in 1992, Ravensbourne entered into a validating partnership with the Royal College of Art, which agreed exceptionally to take this responsibility. This validation ceased when the Royal College of Art withdrew from offering collaborative provision. In April 2010 it shortened its name from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication to Ravensbourne.

Ravensbourne was recognised as an affiliate College of the University of Sussex in 1996, and was re-recognised in 2002. Between 2009 and 2012 the institution's undergraduate and postgraduate provision was validated by City University, London. This relationship was maintained until May 2012. In June 2013 University of the Arts London became the validating partner. Since May 2018 Ravensbourne had enjoyed University status, and can now award its own Degrees.[6]

2010 campus relocation

A new campus was constructed at Greenwich Peninsula, opening in September 2010.[7] The new campus is next to The O2, an entertainment district at Greenwich Peninsula. This brings the institution closer to partner institutions and the industries to which it relates. The building won a British Construction Industry Award in 2011.[8]

Curriculum and reputation

Rankings
Global rankings
Times / Sunday Times[9]
(2019)		 132
British Government assessment
Teaching Excellence Framework[10] Silver

Ravensbourne offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Further Education programmes taught in a single faculty with two main clusters of courses, Design and Production.

At undergraduate level, there are Foundation degrees, honours degree level top-up years (for those having completed foundation degrees or equivalent), and Bachelor's degrees. A number of these bachelor's degrees also offer a "Level 0" programme. The available postgraduate provision consists of 14 Master's level courses, each of which can be studied to MA, MDes or MSc (dependent on subject). A range of subject areas are offered within the main disciplines of fashion, design and broadcasting.

Alumni have achieved success in national competitions such as the Royal Society of Arts Design Awards (RSA), British Design in Art Direction Awards (D&AD), New Designers Awards, Graduate Fashion Week Awards and Promax Awards.

Within the area of Further Education, Ravensbourne offers the Diploma in Foundation Studies for both Art & Design and Media, as well as the BTEC National Certificate in Art and Design.

Notable alumni

Notable academics

See also

References

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  3. 1 2 3 "2016/17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile" (CSV). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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  10. ↑ "Teaching Excellence Framework outcomes". Higher Education Funding Council for England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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