Law and Management Schools to get new headquarters at York
Posted on 8 February 2008
The York Management School has 415 undergraduate and 120 postgraduate students and is experiencing rapid growth. Its teaching and research links with Computer Science are strong, and it is developing a number of joint courses with the York Law School.
As we will work so closely with Law, it is terrific that we can be co-located in the first phase of Heslington East
Professor Steve Toms
The York Law School was launched in 2007 and takes its first students in the autumn of 2008. The School has been inundated with applications for places - 687 applications so far for 65 places. Both Schools have an urgent need for space.
"The Management School has grown so fast that we will quickly outgrow our current accommodation on Heslington West," said Professor Steve Toms. "As we will work so closely with Law, it is terrific that we can be co-located in the first phase of Heslington East."
"We welcome the advent of a new landmark headquarters building for Law and Management, which will coincide with a rapid growth in our student numbers, and give us great new opportunities for working with other departments," said Professor Stuart Bell.
The first cluster on Heslington East will comprise Goodricke College (relocated from Heslington West), the Department of Theatre, Film and Television, the Department of Computer Science, the Creative Technologies Hub, and the Law and Management Schools.
The Hub will involve multi-disciplinary teams in research and knowledge transfer projects from the Departments of Computer Science, Electronics, Music, Theatre, Film and Television, Biology and Chemistry.
Goodricke College will be the first building on Heslington East, with a scheduled opening of October 2009. Academic buildings will follow, and it is anticipated that Law and Management will move to their new premises in 2011.
New developments on Heslington West at present, include the Berrick Saul building, which will house the Institute for Effective Education and the Humanities Research Centre.
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Notes to editors:
- Goodricke College
The University of York is one of the few UK universities to have a collegiate system. At York, students from many disciplines and nationalities live together in residential colleges. The Colleges typically house a number of academic departments, social space, restaurants and learning facilities, as well as flats and study bedrooms. Membership of a college continues regardless of where students live after their first year. Goodricke College was founded in 1968, and is named after John Goodricke, the 18th Century astronomer who lived in York. Despite being both deaf and mute, he played an important part in discovering the binary nature of the star Algol. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786 at the age of 21 and died later that year.
- Department of Theatre, Film and Television
Theatre, Film and Television is an exciting new development at the University of York. Its founding staff are drawn from existing strengths in Electronics, English and Sociology where theatre, film and television courses have previously been taught. Building on this experience, the department aims to combine features normally found in separate disciplinary areas. It offers a unique blend of comparative, historical and theoretical studies, original research and innovative practice in the artistic, creative and technical aspects of stage and screen. Currently running three postgraduate programmes, it will take its first undergraduates in October 2008.
- Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science is one of the leading computer science departments in the UK. In the most recent research assessment exercises the Department was awarded the highest possible rating of 6*, and it is consistently ranked among the top Computer Science departments in the UK. The Times Good University Guide 2007 ranks it fourth. Teaching in the Department was recently judged to be excellent by HEFCE. It has 400 undergraduates, 100 taught postgraduates and 100 full-time research students.