79-648: The Dunton Campus (informally Ford Dunton or Dunton ) is a major automotive research and development facility located in Dunton Wayletts , Laindon , England, which is owned and operated by Ford . Ford Dunton houses the main design team of Ford of Europe alongside its Merkenich Technical Centre in Cologne , Germany. With the closure of Ford's Warley site (located in Brentwood, Essex ) in September 2019,
158-571: A 60-metre tall artistic structure is the tallest freestanding structure in the UK. The university plans to invest £200 million in a new scheme designed by Ken Shuttleworth , designer of the London ' Gherkin ' and founder of Make Architects . However, the architecture of the Jubilee Campus is not admired by all, and the newly completed Amenities Building and YANG Fujia Building have been labelled
237-613: A National School was built in Lower Dunton Road on a site granted by King's College, Cambridge. The school had two rooms to accommodate some fifty children. In 1929 Dunton School was sold by Essex County Council and became a private dwelling. During the Second World War , the Home Guard occupied the building. After the war a new council school was built partly to accommodate the growing number of children from
316-834: A cost of £820,000. The computer was linked to Merkenich and to the Ford test track at Lommel in Belgium. From 1978 Dunton had access to a CDC Cyber 176 computer at the USA base in Dearborn. Special Vehicle Engineering developed the 4x4 system in the mid 1980s. SVE vehicles had Garrett turbochargers. Many of the RS models had the bodywork made at Karmann in Osnabrück , Germany; the vehicles had Pirelli tyres. By 1984 staff at Dunton were conducting video-conferences with colleagues at Merkenich, using
395-428: A female to male ratio of 55:45. The university gave offers of admission to 67.7% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022, the 50th lowest offer rate across the country. According to The Times and The Sunday Times League Table 2015, the university received 7.3 applications for every place available, placing it joint 14th in the UK (tied with Edinburgh Napier University ) for the 'Most Competition for Places'. For
474-602: A format of charity fundraising in other cities, which proved to be one of the most profitable charity sources for the university with notably a single RAG raid in 2014 raising £66,552.72 for the Poppy Appeal. However, in April 2017 the raids were controversially banned by the students' union over the fears for the safety on students. The University of Nottingham has a system of halls located on its campus. The halls are generally named either after counties, districts, or places in
553-483: A new generation of environmentally friendly engines and vehicle technologies at Dunton following an announcement by the UK government that it would underwrite £360 million of a £450 million loan to Ford from the European Investment Bank. In July 2010 the new coalition government confirmed that it would honour the loan commitment, and the contract was signed in a ceremony at Dunton attended by
632-743: A new institute of public health and a specialist centre for tobacco research. Sutton Bonington Campus houses Nottingham's School of Biosciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, and is about 12 miles (19.3 km) to the south of the City of Nottingham, between the M1 motorway, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station , and the Midland Main Line railway. The campus is centred on the historic manor of Sutton Bonington and retains many of its own botanic gardens and lakes. The University Farm, including
711-667: A number of activities and events involving students and staff with the local community. The Student Volunteer Centre sees more than 4500 students each year volunteering in local schools and community organisations, as well as a range of other projects throughout the city of Nottingham. The Union has the largest student-run RAG organisation outside of the US, "Karnival" (abbreviated to "Karni"), which raised £1.61 million in 2012. The Students' Union also runs an international volunteering project, InterVol , which sends student volunteers to work in rural African communities. Karnival also ran "RAG raids",
790-468: A private residence, and the building was sold in 1985. Following the sale the church was restored for use as a private residence which it remains to this day. There are still a few gravestones remaining from the former churchyard adjacent to the house. St. Nicholas Church in Laindon now serves the parish of Laindon with Dunton. Dunton's first known school was a dame school which opened in 1836. In 1843
869-596: A purpose-built campus at Semenyih, 18 miles (29.0 km) south of Kuala Lumpur city centre. The £40 million Ningbo campus was completed in 2005, and was officially opened by John Prescott , the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, in February 2006. Like the Malaysia Campus, Ningbo Campus builds on the University Park in the UK and includes a lake, its own version of Nottingham's famous Trent Building, and
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#1732787053781948-610: A short distance from Kuala Lumpur . This was followed in 2004 by a campus in Ningbo , Zhejiang Province , China. The Malaysia campus was the first campus of a British university in Malaysia and one of the first anywhere in the world, earning the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2001 and the Queen's Award for Industry (International Trade) 2006. In September 2005, the Malaysia campus moved to
1027-615: A simpler logo, in which a stylised version of Nottingham Castle was surrounded by the text "The University of Nottingham". In 2001 Nottingham undertook a major re-branding exercise, which included replacing the logo with the current one. University Park Campus , to the west of Nottingham city centre, is the 330-acre (1.3 km ) main campus of the University of Nottingham. Set around its lake and clock-tower and with extensive parkland greenery, University Park has won numerous awards for its architecture and landscaping, and has been named
1106-502: A supplemental Charter provided for a much wider representation on the Governing Body. However, further advances were delayed by the outbreak of war in 1939. University College Nottingham students received their degrees from the University of London. However, in 1943, the university was granted its royal charter which endowed it with university status and gave it the power to confer degrees. In 1948 University College Nottingham
1185-476: Is a 3.75-hectare site below Nottingham Castle , purchased by the university in 2021, having been previously owned by HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs). Existing buildings are to be refurbished with the campus planned to open from 2023. Nottingham has introduced overseas campuses as part of a growth strategy. The first stage in this strategy was the establishment in 1999 of a campus in Semenyih , Selangor, Malaysia,
1264-485: Is a Grade II listed building , a timber-framed and plastered farmhouse built in the 16th century, probably on the site of a much earlier building. It is now owned by the Highways Agency / Department for Transport . Upper Dunton Hall (now Dunton Hall) and Lower Dunton Hall were owned by King's College, Cambridge . Dunton Hall was built in the 18th century and is a Grade II listed former farmhouse. The building
1343-670: Is a hamlet and former civil parish in the Borough of Basildon in Essex , England. It lies on the western outskirts of the borough's main town of Basildon , adjoining the suburb of Laindon . The name Dunton has Saxon origins ("dun" meaning hill and "tun" meaning town). Wayletts is also derived from the Saxon ("Weylete") and Old English ("Weg-gelaetu") both meaning a place where ways or roads meet. There have been many reported names for Dunton, including: The earliest reference to Dunton
1422-668: Is assisted by Pro-Vice-Chancellors . The governing body is the University Council, which has 35 members and is mostly non-academic. The academic authority is the Senate, consisting of senior academics and elected staff and student representatives. The largest forum is the University Court, presided over by the Chancellor. The office of Chancellor is occupied by Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, following
1501-660: Is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 when 'Dantona' was held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux (half brother of William the Conqueror ). During the Middle Ages , the parish of Dunton was divided into two manors: Dunton Hall and Fryern Manor. In the 12th century Dunton came under the ownership of the Abbey of Bec-Hellouin. In the 1440s the manor of Dunton was granted to King's College, Cambridge . The manor of Dunton remained in
1580-549: Is heavily involved with providing student activities at the university and has more than 190 student societies affiliated to it. A further 76 clubs are affiliated to the Students' Union's Sports Committee . Nottingham participates yearly in the Varsity Series , a number of sporting events between the students and staff of the university and traditional rivals Nottingham Trent University . The student newspaper Impact
1659-542: Is made up of a number of schools and departments organised into five faculties: Arts, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, and Social Science. Each faculty encompasses a number of schools and departments. The chief officer is the Chancellor , elected by the University Court on the recommendation of the University Council. The chief academic and administrative officer is the Vice-Chancellor , who
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#17327870537811738-459: Is published regularly during term time. The Students' Union radio station is University Radio Nottingham . A range of student theatre takes place at The New Theatre . The Students' Union also operates a student-run professional sound and lighting company, TEC PA & Lighting , who provide services for many events such as graduation, balls, and many other events, both within the university and to external clients. The Students' Union also organises
1817-623: Is still on display in the Physics department. Apart from its physical transfer to surroundings that could not be more different from its original home, the college made few developments between the wars. The Department of Slavonic Languages (later Slavonic Studies) was established in 1933, the teaching of Russian having been introduced in 1916. In 1933–34, the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Zoology and Geography, which had been combined with other subjects, were made independent; and in 1938
1896-484: The Sutton 13 group of top-ranked universities in the UK. Sutton Trust universities are regarded as the UK's "most prestigious", "elite" and "most selective" universities offering around 30,000 places annually. The 13 universities are used as a benchmark for monitoring social mobility by academics, educational organisations and the government. Nottingham is a research-led institution, and two academics connected with
1975-589: The Assemble collective, of which the part-time Architecture Department tutor Joseph Halligan is a member, won the Turner Prize , Europe's most prestigious art award. Other facilities at Nottingham include a 46 teraflop supercomputer. Nottingham was ranked joint 23rd in the UK amongst multi-faculty institutions for the quality (GPA) of its research and 8th for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework . More than 80 per cent of research at
2054-534: The City of Nottingham , with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire . Outside the UK, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia , and Ningbo, China . Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has more than 46,000 students and 7,000 staff across
2133-533: The Ford Comuta . On 10 May 1971 Peter Walker opened a £1 million engine emissions laboratory at Dunton, the largest of its type in Europe. In November 1974 the world's first automated (computerised) multiple engine (six) test bed was constructed at Dunton, built in co-operation with the engineering department of Queen Mary, University of London . In 1974 a Honeywell 6050 computer was installed at Dunton at
2212-519: The Higher Education Statistics Agency , Nottingham is the UK's 9th largest university based on total student enrolment with 34,840 students; from more than 130 countries. 20% of Nottingham's undergraduates are privately educated , the 17th highest proportion among mainstream British universities. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 78:5:17 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with
2291-597: The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England cited evidence of its medieval origins including a 13th-century font, a 13th-century stone coffin in the churchyard, a cup dating from 1563, a date stone of 1686, a 17th-century table in the vestry, and a church bell dating from 1712. By the 1950s St Mary's was in a poor structural condition caused by subsidence. The condition of the church had been causing concern for many years and in 1968
2370-635: The Virgo Consortium , and participates in the Sutton Trust Summer School programme as a member of the Sutton 30 . In November 2023, it was announced that the University of Nottingham had become the first university in the UK to be awarded an Athena SWAN Gold Award for its commitment to advancing gender equality. The University of Nottingham traces its origins to both the founding of an adult education school in 1798, and
2449-519: The 145 mph Mondeo ST24, with a 2.5 litre Duratec V6 engine. On 16 December 1997 Alexander Trotman, Baron Trotman opened a £128 million environmental engine testing facility at Dunton. In 2003 a Silicon Graphics International (SGI) Reality Centre was constructed at Dunton, incorporating SGI Onyx 3000 visualisation supercomputers, using the InfiniteReality 3 graphics rendering system. In March 2010 Ford announced plans to develop
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2528-480: The 1920s, when it moved from the centre of Nottingham to a large campus on the city's outskirts. The new campus, called University Park, was completed in 1928, and financed by an endowment fund, public contributions, and the generosity of Sir Jesse Boot (later Lord Trent) who presented 35 acres (14 ha) to the City of Nottingham in 1921. Boot and his fellow benefactors sought to establish an "elite seat of learning" committed to widening participation, and hoped that
2607-581: The 2010 Sunday Times "University of the Year". In 2016–17, Nottingham was named 'University of the Year' for graduate employment by The Sunday Times . Nottingham is described by the Fulbright Commission as "one of the UK's oldest, largest, and most prestigious universities". In 2019, it ranked 126th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings . In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which assesses
2686-403: The 2013–14 admissions cycle, the average successful applicant attained 426 UCAS points (the equivalent of ABB at A Level and BB at AS Level), ranking it as the 22nd highest amongst higher educational institutes. The university was named Times Higher Education " University of the Year " in 2006, Times Higher Education "Entrepreneurial University of the Year" in 2008, and finished runner up in
2765-551: The 2015–2016 academic year by UK Research Councils, and £159 million in total research awards income. The university is home to the Leverhume Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP). GEP was established in the Nottingham School of Economics in 2001, and conducts research activities structured on the theme of globalisation. According to the latest statistics (2022/23) compiled by
2844-801: The Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET), China's first zero-carbon building. In November 2012, the university launched a new joint venture in collaboration with the East China University of Science and Technology : the Shanghai Nottingham Advanced Academy (SNAA). The SNAA will deliver joint courses in Shanghai including periods of study in Nottingham, with teaching and research at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The university
2923-628: The Dairy Centre, is at the Sutton Bonington Campus. King's Meadow Campus was established in 2005 on the former Central Independent Television Studios site on Lenton Lane. It mainly accommodates administrative functions, but also the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections. A functioning television studio remains at the site, that continues to be rented to the film and television industry. Castle Meadow Campus
3002-530: The ECS-1 satellite, and enabled by British Telecom International. In the 1980s Ford spent £100m a year on British research. In 1988 the site worked with Prof Paul Shayler of the University of Nottingham mechanical engineering department The Sierra Sapphire was launched in a £228m development in February 1987, with Clive Ennos and Andy Jacobson at Dunton. A £10m 53,000 sq ft R&D Electronics Technical Centre
3081-605: The Lay Commission on Churches advised it be pulled down. In 1978 the former Dunton parish was now united with Laindon and the church closed to services and became a chapel of ease (a church building other than the main church) before the Church Commissioners applied to have it declared redundant which was granted in 1980. After closure, the building and churchyard was left to the mercy of the elements and vandals. The Church Commissioners recommended it become
3160-637: The NHS in just 12 weeks. Dunton houses the main design team of Ford of Europe, alongside its Merkenich Technical Centre in Cologne . Currently Dunton has responsibility for the design of the Ford Fiesta , the Ford Ka , engines for Ford of Europe (powertrain), commercial vehicles and the interior of Ford of Europe cars. It has facilities to simultaneously test fifteen cars and around one hundred engines. Around 3,000 engineers currently work at Dunton. Ford Dunton
3239-811: The Plotlands area was compulsorily purchased for the Southfields Industrial Estate. However a small part was saved and is now located within the Langdon Nature Reserve . University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham , England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus ( University Park ) with Jubilee Campus and teaching hospital ( Queen's Medical Centre ) are located within
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3318-629: The UK, China and Malaysia and had an income of £811.2 million in 2022–23, of which £129.5 million was from research grants and contracts. The institution's alumni have been awarded one Nobel Prize, a Fields Medal, and a Gabor Medal and Prize. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities , the European University Association , the Russell Group , Universitas 21 , Universities UK ,
3397-563: The UK, with five in Essex; these all moved to Dunton. Ford Dunton was opened by Harold Wilson , then the British prime minister, on 12 October 1967. At the time of its opening, Dunton was assigned responsibility within Ford of Europe for vehicle design, interior styling, chassis and body interior engineering, engine calibration and product planning. Ford's Merkenich Centre in Cologne, Germany
3476-484: The University Extension Lectures inaugurated by the University of Cambridge in 1873—the first of their kind in the country. However, the foundation of the university is generally regarded as being the establishment of University College Nottingham, in 1881 as a college preparing students for examinations of the University of London . In 1875, an anonymous donor provided £10,000 to establish
3555-576: The Wallner gallery, which exists as a platform for local and regional artists, and a series of visual arts, performance and hospitality spaces. Other nearby facilities include the Djanogly Art Gallery, Recital Hall and Theatre, which in the past have hosted recordings and broadcasts by BBC Radio 3, local community theatre partnerships, contemporary art exhibitions, and cultural festivals. Jubilee Campus , designed by Sir Michael Hopkins ,
3634-591: The building, to the north, is a vehicle test track. To the south is the Southfields Business Park. The site lies in the religious parish of Laindon with Dunton, formerly in Dunton and Bulphan before 1976. Dunton is a small hamlet to the west, with a former church near Dunton Hall. There is a Ford dealership on the B148 on the north-west corner of the site. In order to promote health and well-being at
3713-427: The business minister Mark Prisk on 12 July. In recent years Dunton has been responsible for the development of the ECOnetic range of vehicles, and has contributed to development of the EcoBoost range of engines. In 2020 during the medical ventilators crisis generated by COVID-19, a Dunton Manufacturing team participated in VentilatorUKChallenge consortium and had a major contribution to deliver over 10,000 units to
3792-473: The campus and its buildings have been a factor in the awards that it has received, including the Millennium Marque Award for Environmental Excellence, the British Construction Industry Building Project of the Year, the RIBA Journal Sustainability Award, and the Civic Trust Award for Sustainability. The Jubilee Campus won the commendation of the Energy Globe Award judges in 2005. The campus is distinct for its modern and unique architecture, culminating in Aspire ,
3871-413: The centre was around £10 million. The centre originally had 45,000 sq ft (4,200 m) of space for design work, making it the largest engineering research centre in Europe. Another development site at Aveley had been opened in 1956 which made prototype cars and spare parts, and closed in 2004. Ford's earlier UK design site was at Dagenham and it previously had seven engineering sites around
3950-420: The discovery of silicone polymers at Nottingham. Major developments in the in vitro culture of plants and micropropogation techniques were made by plant scientists at Nottingham, along with the first production of transgenic tomatoes by Don Grierson in the 1980s. Other innovations at the university include cochlear implants for deaf children and the brace-for-impact position used in aircraft. In 2015,
4029-417: The former site of the Raleigh Bicycle Company , one mile (1.6 km) away from the University Park Campus . Nottingham then began to expand overseas, opening campuses in Malaysia and in China in 1999 and 2004 respectively. In 2005, the King's Meadow Campus opened near University Park. The university has used several logos throughout its history, beginning with its coat of arms. Later, Nottingham adopted
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#17327870537814108-424: The greenest campus in the country in a Green Flag Award. At the south entrance to the main campus, in Highfields Park, lies the Lakeside Arts Centre, the university's public arts facility and performance space. The D.H. Lawrence Pavilion houses a range of cultural facilities, including a 225 capacity theatre space, a series of craft cabinets, the Weston Gallery (which displays the university's manuscript collection),
4187-437: The move would solve the problems facing University College Nottingham, in its restricted building on Shakespeare Street. Boot stipulated that, whilst part of the Highfields site, lying south-west of the city, should be devoted to the University College, the rest should provide a place of recreation for the residents of the city, and, by the end of the decade, the landscaping of the lake and public park adjoining University Boulevard
4266-452: The new Dunton Plotlands estate. The school closed in 1977 due to declining attendance. In 1904 the Poplar Board of Guardians acquired Sumpners Farm, Dunton as a 130-acre labour colony for 110 men who were transferred from Poplar Workhouse in East London. This was the first Poor Law labour colony in England. It closed in 1935. The Dunton Plotlands were smallholdings which became popular with East Enders moving out of London. Much of
4345-445: The one village shop closed a year later. In November 2023, Brentwood Council gave permission to build Dunton Hills Garden Village in the parish of West Horndon to the west of Lower Dunton Road, between the A127 and the c2c trainline. The village will include 3,700 homes on land owned by Brentwood Borough Council and CEG Land Promotions and was designated as one of the government's 14 garden villages sites in January 2017. Permission
4424-445: The parishes in the urban district were united to form a single parish called Billericay. Billericay Urban District was renamed Basildon Urban District in 1955, with Dunton having been administered as part of Basildon ever since. In 1967 the Ford Motor Company opened the Dunton Technical Centre on former agricultural land at the north end of Dunton. Dunton's amenities declined during the 1970s. The village school closed in 1977 and
4503-429: The possession of King's College until well into the 18th century. Dunton was an ancient parish . The name Dunton was usually used for the parish in civil matters whilst the name Dunton Wayletts was usually used in ecclesiastical matters. In 1801 the population of Dunton was 121. In 1837 the parish comprised 2,000 acres of land out of which 1,719 was cultivated land, 222 acres meadow pasture, 37 acres woodland, 22 acres
4582-409: The quality of research in UK higher education institutions, Nottingham is ranked joint 25th by GPA and 7th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted). The 2024 QS University Ranking placed Nottingham University 100th globally and 17th nationally. Nottingham is ranked 2nd in the UK (after Oxford) and 13th in
4661-436: The retirement of Sir Andrew Witty . Witty, who became incumbent on 1 January 2013, announced his retirement in November 2017. He succeeded Yang Fujia , who had been installed in July 2001. The outgoing Registrar is Paul Greatrix, who finishes in post at the end of 2024. The following have served as Vice-Chancellor of the university: The university is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, and
4740-422: The second worst new architectural design in Britain in a survey. A fire in September 2014 destroyed the GlaxoSmithKline building which was under construction, but it was rebuilt and officially opened in 2017. The City Hospital Campus houses staff and postgraduate students specialising in respiratory medicine, stroke medicine, oncology, physiotherapy, and public health. The campus was expanded in 2009 to house
4819-442: The site, there are walking routes and outdoor natural areas preserved on the site. There is a picnic area and a pond surrounded by a copse of mixed deciduous trees. The pond is home to many large fish and you can see the protected snail species Helix pomatia . Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry brought Ford to the UK in 1928. Ford Dunton was constructed by George Wimpey for a contracted price of £6.5 million. The total cost of
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#17327870537814898-410: The staff from the UK division of Ford Credit and Ford's UK Sales and Marketing departments have moved to the Dunton site. As of November 2019, Dunton had around 4,000 staff working at the site. Ford Dunton is situated at the junction of West Mayne (B148) and the A127 Southend Arterial Road, in Dunton Wayletts in the district of Basildon . An electricity pylon line straddles the site. In front of
4977-423: The title Baron Leatherland of Dunton. Charles Leatherland also bought the former Dunton School building. In 1987 the Old Rectory became a restaurant and is now used as a country house hotel and wedding venue. Rose Cottage and Ivy Cottage are small 18th-century Grade II listed timber-framed and plastered cottages in Dunton Road, weatherboarded on the front. Southfields Farm was an early 18th-century farmhouse. It
5056-482: The university was described as "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" in the UK Funding Councils' 2014 Research Excellence Framework, with 28 out of 32 returns having at least 75 per cent of impact that was either "outstanding" or "very considerable" – ranking the university 7th in the UK on this measure. Nottingham is also in the top seven universities in Britain for the amount of research income received, being awarded over £40 million in research contracts for
5135-495: The university were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2003. Clive Granger was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics . Much of the work on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was carried out at Nottingham, work for which Sir Peter Mansfield received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2003. Nottingham remains a strong centre for research into MRI. The university has contributed to a number of other significant scientific advances. Frederick Kipping , professor of chemistry (1897–1936), made
5214-410: The work of the Adult Education School and Cambridge Extension Lectures on a permanent basis, and the Corporation of Nottingham agreed to erect and maintain a building for this purpose and to provide funds to supply the instruction. The foundation stone of the college was duly laid in 1877 by the former Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone , and the college's neo-gothic building on Shakespeare Street
5293-494: The world in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs of the 500 largest companies worldwide. The 2015 Global Employability University Ranking places Nottingham 78th in the world and 11th in the UK. In 2019, Nottingham was ranked Europe's 87nd 'Most Innovative University'. Subject Rankings 2025 UK Complete University Guide: Subject League Tables 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings: By Subject The University of Nottingham Students' Union
5372-484: Was also the home of Ford Team RS , and as part of the Special Vehicle Engineering section of Ford created by Rod Mansfield , developed the XR family of ' hot hatch ' vehicles with the Ford Fiesta RS Turbo , more recently becoming the RS family of vehicles. Ford also notably worked in this area of design with Cosworth of Northampton . [REDACTED] Media related to Dunton Technical Centre at Wikimedia Commons Dunton Wayletts Dunton Wayletts or Dunton
5451-542: Was built from 1987, to open in early 1989, to develop spark plugs, fuel pumps, and engine management systems. In 1988 Dunton prepared the way for design of the Mondeo (codename CDW27 ) by pioneering, in collaboration with Merkenich, the Worldwide Engineering Release System (WERS). Dunton at this time was the most advanced automotive development centre in Europe. New Zetec engines developed in 1991 under Ian MacPherson, in conjunction with Yamaha. From 1992 to 1996, 300 engineering jobs were moved to Merkenich. Engine development
5530-444: Was common land and 17 acres belonging to the Rector. In the 1841 census the population of Dunton was 194. In 1931 it had a population of 661. On 1 April 1934 the civil parish was abolished. Part was transferred to Brentwood , but the majority of the area, including the village itself, was absorbed into the Billericay Urban District . It briefly became part of the urban parish of Little Burstead until three years later in 1937 all
5609-647: Was completed. The original University College building on Shakespeare Street in central Nottingham, known as the Arkwright Building, now forms part of Nottingham Trent University 's City Campus. University College Nottingham was initially accommodated within the Trent Building , an imposing white limestone structure with a distinctive clock tower, designed by Morley Horder, and formally opened by King George V on 10 July 1928. During this period of development, Nottingham attracted high-profile lecturers, including Albert Einstein , H. G. Wells , and Mahatma Gandhi . The blackboard used by Einstein during his time at Nottingham
5688-472: Was converted to a private dwelling following the closure of the farm. The Old Rectory is a substantial Victorian house built in the mid-19th century which originally served as the rectory of St Mary's Church, until a new rectory was built in the 1930s. In 1934 the Old Rectory was bought by journalist Charles Leatherland , who lived there for fifteen years; when he received a life peerage in 1964, he took
5767-555: Was destroyed by fire in the early 1960s, and the land was bought by the Ford Motor Company as part of the site of their Dunton Technical Centre . The parish church of St. Mary the Virgin has medieval origins. It was rebuilt in 1873 at a cost of £950, except for a part of the north wall of the chancel which is of 16th-century brick and a 15th-century truss. St Mary's stands on the site of a medieval church or priory. In 1923
5846-631: Was formally opened in 1881 by Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany . In 1881, there were four professors – of Literature, Physics, Chemistry and Natural Science. New departments and chairs quickly followed: Engineering in 1884, Classics combined with Philosophy in 1893, French in 1897 and Education in 1905; in 1905 the combined Department of Physics and Mathematics became two separate entities; in 1911 Departments of English and Mining were created, in 1912, Economics, and Geology combined with Geography; History in 1914, Adult Education in 1923 and Pharmacy in 1925. The university college underwent significant expansion in
5925-470: Was given against concerns that the new homes would impact local amenities in Basildon and West Horndon . Friern Manor, to the north of Lower Dunton Road, was built in the 18th century. It was owned by the governors of St Bartholomew's Hospital in the 19th century. During the 1930s it was owned by the parents of Holocaust denier David Irving . It is now used as a wedding venue. Dunton Wayletts Farm
6004-478: Was given principal responsibility for body and electrical engineering, base engine design, advanced engine development, exterior styling, homologation, vehicle development (ride, handling, NVH) and transmission engineering. This was a 'systems' approach to the engineering process intended to eliminate the duplication of engineering responsibility within Ford of Europe. In the late 1960s Dunton worked on an experimental electric car, first shown on 7 June 1967, and called
6083-608: Was incorporated as the University of Nottingham. In the 1940s, the Midlands Agricultural and Dairy College at Sutton Bonington merged with the university as the School of Agriculture, and in 1956 the Portland Building was completed to complement the Trent Building. In 1970, the university established the UK's first new medical school of the 20th century. In 1999, Jubilee Campus was opened on
6162-413: Was largely at Dunton, not Germany. A new four-storey £22m centre was built from 1995. In 1995 Dunton, in collaboration with the University of Southampton , developed a device which is capable of detecting different types of plastic (for recycling) using the triboelectric effect , including polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). In August 1997 the site developed
6241-577: Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999, and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from University Park. The campus' facilities house the Schools of Education and Computer Science, and The Nottingham University Business School . The site is also the home of The National College for School Leadership. Additional investment of £9.2 million in Jubilee Campus was completed in 2004, with a second building for Nottingham University Business School opened by Lord Sainsbury . The environmentally friendly nature of
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