University of New Ingrea
| University of New Ingrea | |
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| Universitas Nova Ingeria | |
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| Motto | Veritas vos liberabit |
| Established | 1 January 1874 |
| Type | Federal public research university |
| Location |
Kingsbury Corfe Harbour Lunenborough Port Frederick Swanbrook |
| Chancellor | HRH The Princess Consort |
| Vice-Chancellor | Sir Malcolm Rowe |
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The University of New Ingrea is a major tertiary education institution in New Ingrea. Organised as a federal university, the University is the only institution that can award degrees and doctorates, and is also the only publicly funded research institution in the country. Founded in 1874, the University of New Ingrea is the premier academic institution in this country. It is the only university in New Ingrea, sharing the tertiary education sector with ten polytechnic colleges, which are more vocational in their teaching. Only the university, through it's six colleges, can conduct any form of publicly funded research. In addition, there are three autonomous bodies associated with the university that conduct specialist research into a particular field of science.
The University is administered as a federal university, and is composed of six constituent colleges that are located in Corfe Harbour, Kingsbury (two colleges), Lunenborough, Port Frederick, and Swanbrook. These colleges have a high degree of autonomy and conduct most of the teaching and research, with the university responsible for setting exams and awarding degrees. There are currently 75,000 students enrolled for study at the university, with 59,400 of these studying undergraduate courses and the remainder in some form of postgraduate study.
History
Formation
The University of New Ingrea was created by the Parliament with the passing of the National University Act[1] in 1873. The act abolished the two existing colleges at Kingsbury and Port Frederick, and in its place created a new university with two constituent colleges. The act also set up the University as the sole degree conferring body in New Ingrea and the only body that would conduct government funded research.
At the same time, the act also constituted two polytechnics, with a number of disciplines formerly under the tutelage of the university transferred to the new bodies. Further reforms in 1936 and 2003 created new polytechnics, but entrenched the University as the most important tertiary education body in New Ingrea.
Organisation and administration
Academic year
The academic year at the University is divided into three terms: Lent term, which lasts 10-12 weeks from March to May; Trinity term, which lasts 10-12 weeks from June to August; and Michaelmas term, which lasts 10-12 weeks from September to December.
Students at the University are also expected to adhere the policy of "Keeping Term", whereby they must fulfil all academic requirements set by the University.
Constituent colleges
Since the creation of the the university in 1874, it has operated as federal structure, with six constituent colleges located in each of the major urban centres. The constituent colleges are, for all essential purposes, independent institutions, except that the degrees and diplomas they award are those of the University of New Ingrea. Likewise, the power to set exams rests with the university, and not the constituent colleges.
- National Colleges of Arts (Kingsbury)
- University College Corfe Harbour
- University College Lunenborough
- University College Port Frederick
- University College Swanbrook
- University College Kingsbury
The colleges are often informally grouped according to their age, where the five comprehensive colleges are categorised as follows:
- Ashstone or Foundation colleges (refers to the two colleges founded in the 19th century - Kinsgbury and Port Frederick);
- Verdant colleges (Lunenbrough and Swanbrook), founded after the Great War and built in the modernist style in a lush native bush setting; and finally
- Contemporary colleges (Corfe Harbour), founded since 2000.
The National Colleges of Arts is usually not grouped in this way, and is treated as a unique entity.
Governance
The university is an agency sui generis, whose role, power, and functions are laid out in the National University Act and the more recent Tertiary Education Act[2]. There is a board, known as the University Council oversees the administration of the university. The Council is chaired by the Chancellor of the University[3]. Day to day management is co-ordinated by the Vice-Chancellor, who in turn appoints the provosts of the constituent colleges, chairs of the research centres and the university registrar.
Other bodies
There are also a number of autonomous bodies related to university. The largest group of these independent entities are eleven Access Centres located in the major urban centres. In addition to the access centres, there are three research centres located away from the main campus.
Access centres
Designed for distance education students, the Access Centres provide access to computing facilities and a portal to the electronic library, an assignment submissions repository and access to online enrolment details. Students can access this system regardless of the constituent college they are enrolled with. Nearly a third of students at the university live more than 10 miles (16 kilometres) from any of the constituent colleges, making these online access centres a vital link to the university and it's study resources.
Research centres
Faculties and schools
The top-level divisions (known universally as faculties) of each university can vary widely from college to college. While all colleges (except the National College of Arts) have faculties of humanities, for instance, fewer have faculties of education. The table below summarises the faculties of the university colleges in New Ingrea:
| UC Corfe Harbour | UC Kingsbury | UC Lunenborough | UC Port Frederick | UC Swanbrook | |
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| Arts | Faculty of Arts | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Sciences | Faculty of Science | Faculty of Science | Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty of Natural Resources Faculty of Science | ||
| Business | Faculty of Economics and Business | Faculty of Economics, Business, and Law | Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce | ||
| Health Sciences | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Faculty of Health and Rural Medicine | ||
| Medicine | — | — | |||
| Architecture | Faculty of Architecture and Engineering | Faculty of Architecture, Engineering, and Design | Faculty of Environment, Society and Design | ||
| Engineering | Faculty of Engineering and Technology | ||||
| Law | — | — | |||
| Education | — | Faculty of Education | Faculty of Education and Social Care | Faculty of Education | — |