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Incorrect Picture[edit]

The photo of the orange bus with the caption 'One of the "Bright Orange Buses" to the University' is incorrect. That is a photo of the Orange 18 and has been taken at The University of Bath. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.224.247 (talk) 19:05, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Name Change[edit]

I'm a student at Bath Spa, Yesterday I received a webmail from the Director stating that the name has now officially benn changed to Bath Spa University. Prehaps the title of this article should be changed accordingly. Iron Ghost 11:30, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

University ratings[edit]

(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 22:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Marketing speak[edit]

"Bath Spa is one of the UK's first "teaching led" universities, meaning that it aims to provide courses of the highest quality, informed by scholarship and teaching excellence."

Does anyone know what this actually means? Does any university aim *not* to provide courses of the highest quality? Does any university reckon it can do without scholarship and teaching excellence? AuntFlo (talk) 01:57, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reading of this is that it focuses on teaching rather than research. The Russell Group always claim to be "research led".— Rod ^talk 06:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly right Rod! BSU focuses on teaching, rather than research... students, rather than businesses and making money. David Bailey (talk) 09:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the inside view there, David :-) Surely a great many of the ex-polys/CHE's (many of which gained univ status years before BSU) could say the same. How is BSU "one of the first"? AuntFlo (talk) 11:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think BSU was one of the first CHEs / University Colleges / Polytechnics not in the Russell Group or 1994 Group (the "research led" ones) to get the upgrade to full university status after the rules changed. The University makes a big-thing out of being "teaching led", which other institutions of a similar size or type typically don't do. Universities can get a lot of money from businesses or the government if they carry out research, but this can lead them to neglect their own student body. BSU is very focused on it's teaching and students, which is why it gets so much positive feedback from QAA inspections and the National Student Survey. David Bailey (talk) 11:24, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article structure[edit]

Acording to Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities/Article guidelines, we are still missing sections on:

Academic profile
Research and endowment
Student life

... anyone care to help me write them? David Bailey (talk) 12:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

These would be good additions (although I'm not volunteering), the lead paragraph could also do with expanding (see WP:LEAD) but watch out for any potential Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.— Rod ^talk 12:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Rod... I'm not a brilliant writer anyway. I prefer to leave that sort of work to others, then help out with the formatting, linking, references, spelling and grammar. Maybe I've been a professional webmaster too long! Just so that everyone else is aware, I do declare my interests and affiliations on my user page. David Bailey (talk) 13:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We also need sections on the CETL/Artswork projects, more information on the new University Theatre, and updates about the Corsham Court re-opening (see press release). David Bailey (talk) 15:05, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is now a paragraph on Corsham Court about Bath Spa, arts etc - perhaps this article should link to it?— Rod ^talk 14:11, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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