History of Scarborugh Campus ...

The University of Hull Scarborough Campus is a higher education institution in the North Yorkshire town of Scarborough - the campus is part of the University of Hull.

The institution started life in 1947 as North Riding College, a regional centre for teacher training in the north-east of England. In 1994, the college became University College Scarborough and began offering BSc and BA degree level courses in an effort to respond to the drastic fall in demand for teacher training places that threatened it with closure in the early 1990s. The institution changed to its present name when it became a campus of the University of Hull in August 2000.

Today the university campus, with its liberal arts feel, offers a wide range of courses undergraduate and post-graduate across the sciences, social sciences and arts, many of these courses taking full advantage of the richness of Scarborough's natural seaside environment.

Teaching and research at the Scarborough Campus is based around five academic units:

• Centre for Coastal studies (Marine Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science)
• School of Arts & New Media(Theatre, Digital Art, Creative Music Technology, Internet Computing)
• School of Education (Primary Education, PGCE, Education Studies, Early Years)
• Management Centre (Tourism & Leisure Management, Business Studies, International Business)
• Centre for Lifelong Learning (a range of continuing education and professional development courses)

For more information about Scarborugh, visit the Campus Homepage

Information Source: (wikipedia, 2007)