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Brunel University is a university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 situated in West London
West London

West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. Although it is only ambiguously defined, it is one of the most economically active areas of London outside of the centre, containing significant amounts of office space along with London Heathrow Airport and many of its associated businesses....
, England
England

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.

History
Brunel is one of a number of British universities
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 created in the 1960s following the Robbins Report
Robbins Report

The Robbins Report was commissioned by the British government in the 1960s to look into the future of higher education in the United Kingdom. The Committee on Higher Education was chaired by Lionel Robbins from 1961 to 1964....
 on higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
 (often called the plate glass universities).

Originally Acton Technical College, based in Acton
Acton, London

Acton is a place in west London, England situated west of Charing Cross. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people....
 on the outskirts of London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, it was decided in 1957 that the college should split into two sections – Acton Technical College continued to cater to technicians and craftsmen, whereas Brunel College of Technology (named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fellow of the Royal Society , was a United Kingdom engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, including the first with a propeller, and numerous important bridges and tunnels....
, the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
) was dedicated to the education of technologist
Technologist

A technologist is a specialist that is trained to perform work in a field of technology. In some countries there is a clear distinction defined in law and only individuals who have graduated from an school accreditation curriculum in technology, and have a significant amount of work experience in their field may become registered technologist...
s.

In 1961 it was awarded the status of College of Advanced Technology, and it was decided that Brunel College should expand at another site in order to accommodate the extra buildings that would be needed.






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Brunel University is a university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 situated in West London
West London

West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. Although it is only ambiguously defined, it is one of the most economically active areas of London outside of the centre, containing significant amounts of office space along with London Heathrow Airport and many of its associated businesses....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

History


Brunel is one of a number of British universities
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 created in the 1960s following the Robbins Report
Robbins Report

The Robbins Report was commissioned by the British government in the 1960s to look into the future of higher education in the United Kingdom. The Committee on Higher Education was chaired by Lionel Robbins from 1961 to 1964....
 on higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
 (often called the plate glass universities).

Originally Acton Technical College, based in Acton
Acton, London

Acton is a place in west London, England situated west of Charing Cross. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people....
 on the outskirts of London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, it was decided in 1957 that the college should split into two sections – Acton Technical College continued to cater to technicians and craftsmen, whereas Brunel College of Technology (named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fellow of the Royal Society , was a United Kingdom engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, including the first with a propeller, and numerous important bridges and tunnels....
, the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
) was dedicated to the education of technologist
Technologist

A technologist is a specialist that is trained to perform work in a field of technology. In some countries there is a clear distinction defined in law and only individuals who have graduated from an school accreditation curriculum in technology, and have a significant amount of work experience in their field may become registered technologist...
s.

In 1961 it was awarded the status of College of Advanced Technology, and it was decided that Brunel College should expand at another site in order to accommodate the extra buildings that would be needed. Uxbridge
Uxbridge

Uxbridge is a university town in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, England. It is a suburban development situated west north-west of Charing Cross and near to the boundary with Buckinghamshire which is locally the River Colne, Hertfordshire....
, Hillingdon
London Borough of Hillingdon

The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost borough in Greater London, England. It is home to Brunel University, London Heathrow Airport and Disablement Association of Hillingdon....
 was chosen to house the new buildings, and work hadn’t even started before the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Education was a central government department in the United Kingdom. It was previously called the Board of Education....
 had officially changed the College’s status. From April 1 1962 it was officially named Brunel College of Advanced Technology – it was only the 10th Advanced Technology College in the country, and the last to be awarded this title.

The first buildings were due to be finished in 1967. However, in 1963 it was decided that the College should become a technological university, and the Royal Charter
Royal Charter

A royal charter is a charter granted by a Monarch to create institutions or other forms of incorporated bodies . In the United Kingdom legal tradition a royal charter is in the form of letters patent....
 was awarded on the June 9 1966 giving university status. Uxbridge was now a campus
Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
 of Brunel University.

Brunel University01
The University continued to use both campuses until 1971, when it left the Acton site, and for the next nine years used only the Uxbridge campus.

In 1980 the University merged with Shoreditch College of Education, located at Cooper's Hill, Runnymede
Runnymede

Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the England county of Surrey, and just over west of central London. It is notable for its association with the sealing of the Magna Carta, and as a consequence is the site of a collection of memorials....
 since 1951. This became Brunel's second campus, although in later years it contained only halls of residence. In 1995 the University expanded again, integrating the West London Institute of Higher Education
West London Institute of Higher Education

The West London Institute of Higher Education was located in Isleworth, West London, UK from 1976 until 1995 when it merged with Brunel University....
, and adding campuses in Osterley
Osterley

Osterley is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. It is a suburban development situated west south-west of Charing Cross....
 and Twickenham
Twickenham

Twickenham is a town in west London, England.It is the principal town, by population, within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames....
. This increased the number of courses that Brunel University was able to offer – traditionally its strengths had been engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
, science
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
, technology
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 and social sciences
Social sciences

The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, communication studies, economics, human geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology....
. With the addition of the West London Institute, departments such as arts
ARts

aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is most famous for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
, humanities
Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural science and social sciences....
, geography
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 & earth science
Earth science

Earth science , is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth . It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet....
, health
Health

In 1948, the World Health Organisation defined health as ?a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.? ...
 and sports science
Sports science

Sport Science is a discipline that studies the application of Scientific method and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance. Human movement is a related scientific discipline that studies human movement in all contexts including that of sport....
 were added, and the size of the student body increased to over 12,000.

Then Brunel put together a Ł250 million Masterplan, to sell of the sites at Runnymede, Osterley and Twickenham, using the revenue to renovate and update the buildings and facilities at Uxbridge. Works already carried out include the library extension, a state-of-the-art sports complex, renovated students' union facilities, a new Heath Sciences teaching centre, and many more halls of residence. Still to be completed are a new teaching block and exhibition space for the School of Engineering and Design and Business School, a halls of residence 'village' to replace the Isambard flats, and the chancellory building.

In recent years Brunel University has been the subject of controversy as its approach to higher education has been both market-driven and politically conservative. The decision to award an honorary degree to Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990....
 in 1996, following the University of Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
's refusal to do so, provoked an outcry by staff and students, and as a result the ceremony had to be held in the House of Lords instead of on campus. In the late 1990s, the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Engineering were closed. In 2004, the then Vice-Chancellor Steven Schwartz
Steven Schwartz (vice-chancellor)

Steven Schwartz became the Vice Chancellor of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia on February 10 2006. He was previously Vice Chancellor of Brunel University in the United Kingdom and of Murdoch University in Western Australia....
, initiated the reorganisation of the university's faculties and departments into schools, and announced the closure of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. The present Vice-Chancellor, the sociologist Christopher Jenks who took office in 2006, may be developing a less rankings-driven approach.

Halls of residence

Kilmorey Hall
The Halls of Residences on the Uxbridge campus are arranged into four complexes, Bishop & Lancaster Complex, MFG (Mill, Fleming, Galbraith), Faraday (some en-suite and some older, non-ensuite roomed halls) and the Isambard Flats.

Many of the halls of residence
Dormitory

Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls, which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students....
 around the Uxbridge campus are named after bridges that Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fellow of the Royal Society , was a United Kingdom engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, including the first with a propeller, and numerous important bridges and tunnels....
 either built or helped to design; other halls are named either directly after him, or after other notable engineers or scientists. For example:
  • Clifton Halls (named for the Clifton Suspension Bridge
    Clifton Suspension Bridge

    The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge and linking Clifton, Bristol in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset, England....
    )
  • Saltash Halls (named for the Royal Albert Bridge
    Royal Albert Bridge

    The Royal Albert Bridge spans the River Tamar in the United Kingdom between Plymouth, on the Devon bank, and Saltash on the Cornwall bank. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and carries the Cornish Main Line in and out of Cornwall....
     that crosses the River Tamar
    River Tamar

    The Tamar is a river in south western England, that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall . At its mouth, the Tamar flows into the Hamoaze where it joins with the River Lynher before entering Plymouth Sound....
     at Saltash
    Saltash

    Saltash is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of about 17,000. It lies in the southeast of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar....
    )
  • Chepstow Halls (named for the bridge across the River Wye
    River Wye

    :See River Wye for other rivers called Wye.The River Wye is the Rivers of Great Britain#Longest rivers in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom and for parts of its length forms part of the border between England and Wales....
     at Chepstow
    Chepstow

    Chepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining Wales-England border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway....
    )
  • Fleming Halls (named for Sir Alexander Fleming)
  • Faraday Halls (named for Sir Michael Faraday
    Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday, Fellow of the Royal Society was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry....
    )
  • Galbraith Hall (named for W R Galbraith, who designed the Kew Railway Bridge
    Kew Railway Bridge

    Kew Railway Bridge spans the River Thames between Kew and Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick. The bridge was designed by W.R. Galbraith and built by Thomas Brassey & Ogilvie for the London and South Western Railway....
    )
  • Mill Hall (named for John Stuart Mill
    John Stuart Mill

    John Stuart Mill , United Kingdom philosopher, political economy, civil servant and Parliament of the United Kingdom, was an influential liberalism thinker of the 19th century....
    )
  • Isambard Close Flats


Other Halls of Residence include:
  • Gordon Hall
  • Bishop Hall
  • Kilmorey Hall
  • Lacy Hall
  • St Margaret's Hall
  • Maria Grey Hall
  • Lancaster Hall
  • Southwark Hall
  • Stockwell Hall
  • Borough Road Hall


Videos of all halls of residence can be found here [Brunel University Accommodation]

All residences (on campus) have a network connection which provides limited and monitored access to the Internet. See http://connect.brunel.ac.uk for more information

League tables

Brunel has fallen in the league table rankings in recent years. In the past Brunel performed well in both The Guardian and The Times tables at least in part due to the university's good performance in the Teaching Quality Assessment (every subject received a score of 20/24 or better). However, the compilers of both league tables have moved away from using the TQA and now use National Student Survey (NSS) results to calculate the rankings. Brunel has performed poorly in the NSS, which measures student satisfaction, and this has had a knock-on effect on its placing in the league tables. The poor student satisfaction ratings in the NSS can be attributed to a combination of factors including: the recent closure of some academic Departments, a shift in emphasis from teaching quality to research, and to the campus's long-term status as a building site.

The Guardian Good University Guide 2007/8 ranks Brunel 50th overall out of 122 institutions in the UK - a drop of 18 places from the 2006/7 rankings.

The Times Higher 2007/8 places Brunel 51st overall in The Times league table.

An independent review publication, The Complete University Guide 2009, ranked Brunel University 41st in the UK in its 2009 ratings.

The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) world university rankings 2008 placed Brunel University at 296 in the world. This made it the 38th listed UK institution, which reflects with remarkable accuracy its returns in the RAE 2008 which saw it ranked 37-39 (joint) in Research Power by the Research Power Table.

UK University Rankings
League tables of British universities

League tables of British universities which rank the performances of universities in the United Kingdom on a number of criteria, have been published every year by The Times newspaper and several other newspapers since October 1992....
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Times Good University Guide 52nd 51st 50th 43rd 43rd 46th 50th 52nd 53rd 53rd 54th= 50th 51st 39th= 33rd= 32nd= 29th=
Guardian University Guide 54th 50th 32nd 32nd 28th 30th 67th          
Sunday Times University Guide  50th 49th 50th= 44th 43rd 41st 51st 44th 45th 50th 48th     
Daily Telegraph   52nd=    35th=          
FT       51st  50th 51st 51st      
Independent - Complete University Guide 41st 52nd               


Formula Student

Brunel was one of the first UK universities to enter the Formula Student engineering competition. It is an annual event in which universities from around the world compete in static and dynamic events using formula style racing cars designed and manufactured by students.

The Brunel Racing team is composed of undergraduate and postgraduate students, each being allocated an area of the car to develop. The students on MEng Mechanical Engineering courses act as team leaders and manage BEng students throughout the year to ensure a successful completion of a new car each year.

Brunel Racing were UK Class 1 Formula Student Champions in 2002, and were the leading UK team at Formula ATA 2005, the Italian Formula Student event. In 2006 Formula Student Event, Brunel Racing were also the highest finishing UK competitor using E85 (fuel comprising of 85% ethanol and 15% petrol.)

The university also runs a second racing team, comprising exclusively of post-graduate students from the MSc Automotive and Motorsports Engineering course, called Brunel Masters Motorsports. The 20 students on this course are from 10 different countries, with various cultural backgrounds and a with a wide range of industry experience.

The BMM team were the UK Class 2 Formula Student Champions in their first year, 2005.

Brunel's Formula Student teams have won prizes at the annual competition every year since they first entered in 1999.

Notable alumni


see Alumni of Brunel University

Politics


  • David Crutcher
    David Crutcher

    David Crutcher is a politician and small business man from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He graduated from Brunel University in England in 1962 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering....
     (Mechanical Engineering 1962), Canadian politician
  • Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
    Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

    Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg , is the eldest child of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg....
  • John Leech
    John Leech

    John Leech was an English caricaturist and illustrator....
     (History and Politics), politician, MP for Manchester Withington
    Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)

    Manchester, Withington is a United Kingdom constituencies in the city of Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
  • John McDonnell
    John McDonnell (politician)

    John Martin McDonnell is a United Kingdom Socialist politician and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington . He is Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, the Labour Representation Committee , and Public Services Not Private Profit....
    , politician, MP for Hayes and Harlington
    Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)

    Hayes and Harlington is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
  • Ralph Miliband
    Ralph Miliband

    Ralph Miliband was a notable Marxist political theory. He was the father of two British MPs, David Miliband and Ed Miliband, who are both members of the Brown Ministry under Prime Minister Gordon Brown....
    , political theorist
  • Reza Moridi
    Reza Moridi

    Reza Moridi is a Canada politician, and the first Iranian-Canadian elected to a provincial or federal legislature. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the Ontario general election, 2007, representing the electoral district of Richmond Hill ....
    , Canadian politician
  • Anastasios Papaligouras
    Anastasios Papaligouras

    Anastasios Papaligouras is a Greece lawyer and New Democracy politician and the current Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.Born in Athens, Papaligouras studied law at the University of Athens and took a Masters in Comparative European Law at Brunel University, London....
     (Masters in Comparative European Law), Greek politician
  • Pekka Sauri
    Pekka Sauri

    Pekka Markus Sauri is a Finland psychologist and a Green League politician. He is currently the deputy mayor of Finland's capital city, Helsinki....
     (PhD 1990), Finnish psychologist and politician, writer and cartoonist
  • John Tomlinson
    John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson

    John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a United Kingdom Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999....
     (Health Services Management), Labour politician and life peer
  • Shailesh Vara
    Shailesh Vara

    Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom general election, 2005, succeeding Brian Mawhinney as the Conservative MP for the seat....
     (Law), politician, MP for North West Cambridgeshire
  • Claire Ward
    Claire Ward

    Claire Margaret Ward is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Watford . She is currently a Whip and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household; the lowest form of senior whip in the Whips' office....
     (MA Britain and the European Union), politician, MP for Watford (UK Parliament constituency)
    Watford (UK Parliament constituency)

    Watford is a United Kingdom constituencies represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
  • Prof. Y. Cheung (PhD 1969), UT champion, TM legend


Sports


  • Tony Adams
    Tony Adams (footballer)

    Tony Alexander Adams, Order of the British Empire is an England Association football Coach and former Defender . He is the former manager of English Premier League side Portsmouth F.C.....
     (Sports Science), former Arsenal, England footballer and Portsmouth football club manager
  • Emma Ania
    Emma Ania

    Emma Ania is a track and field Sprint who competes internationally for Great Britain.Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
     (Biology), athlete
  • Allyn Condon
    Allyn Condon

    Allyn Condon is an England Sprint , a 1998 European and 2002 Commonwealth Games champion in relay race. His best individual performance came in the 2001 World Indoor Championships in Lisbon where he finished 5th in the final of the 200m with a time of 21.69 seconds....
    , athlete
  • Mike Coughlan
    Mike Coughlan

    Mike Coughlan is a race car designer. He was Chief Designer for the McLaren Formula One team from to , when he was suspended for his part in the 2007 Formula One espionage controversy between McLaren and Scuderia Ferrari before his contract was subsequently terminated....
     (Mechanical Engineering 1981), Chief Designer for the McLaren
    McLaren

    McLaren is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK. Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500 and CanAm....
     Formula One
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
     team
  • James Cracknell
    James Cracknell

    James Cracknell, Order of the British Empire is an England Sport rowing champion and double Olympic Games gold medalist. Cracknell is married to TV and radio presenter Beverley Turner; their son, Croyde, was born in 2004....
     (MSc 1999), rowing champion and Olympic gold medallist
  • Ben Gollings
    Ben Gollings

    Ben Gollings is a rugby union footballer who plays Rugby union positions#10 for Tasman Rugby Union and England national rugby union team .Gollings was educated at Canford School and in 1997 led the school to success at The National Schools 7's....
    , rugby player
  • Roger Hammond (Materials Science), Cyclist
  • Audley Harrison
    Audley Harrison

    Audley Harrison is an England Heavyweight boxing. In 2000 in Sydney he became the first Briton to win an Olympic Games gold medal in the Superheavyweight division since the competition's inception in 1984....
     (Sport Sciences 1999), boxer, Olympic gold medallist
  • Richard Hill
    Richard Hill (flanker)

    Richard Hill Order of the British Empire is a former rugby union footballer who played Rugby union positions#6. Blindside flanker & 7. Openside flanker for Saracens F.C....
     (Geography and Sports Science), rugby player
  • Catherine Murphy
    Catherine Murphy (athlete)

    Catherine Ann Murphy is an Welsh athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the 4X400m relay.Born in Sheffield, she lives in Hemel Hempstead....
    , athlete
  • Abi Oyepitan
    Abi Oyepitan

    Abiodun Adesola Oyepitan is a United Kingdom Sprint Athletics .Abi was born in Westminster, London to Nigerian parents and represents Shaftsbury Barnet Harriers athletics club....
     (Politics and Sociology), athlete
  • Kelly Sotherton
    Kelly Sotherton

    Kelly Jade Sotherton is an England heptathlon.Sotherton was born in Newport, Isle of Wight on the Isle of Wight. As a teenager, she played netball for Hampshire, but also won two English Schools? championships in the heptathlon....
    , athlete
  • Iwan Thomas
    Iwan Thomas

    Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE...
    , (Geography and Sports Science), athlete
  • Danny Holmes
    Danny Holmes

    Daniel Holmes is an English professional football player Currently playing for Football League One club Tranmere Rovers. Holmes plays in right or central defender and is a product of Tranmere's youth system....
    , (Sports Science), Sports Psychologist and Football Coach
  • Abi Ekoku
    Abi Ekoku

    Abi Ekoku is a rugby league manager and former player. He also won the National champions discus throw in the men's discus throw in 1990.Ekoku switched from discus to rugby league when he joined the then Harlequins Rugby League in 1990, as a Rugby_league_positions#Wing....
    , former GB Lions Rugby League Manager, British discus champion and Bradford Bulls, London Broncos and Halifax winger
  • Tom Shanklin
    Tom Shanklin

    Tomos George L. Shanklin is a Welsh rugby union player who plays at Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales national rugby union team....
    , Lions tourist and Wales Rugby Union International
  • Elizabeth Hall
    Elizabeth Hall (athlete)

    Elizabeth Hall is an international UK Athletics competing as a 3000m cross country runner and steeplechase .Born in Stevenage in Hertfordshire, Lizzie Hall attended the Knights Templar School in Baldock, where she was a County level gymnast and netball before graduating in Physiotherapy from Brunel University....
     (Physiotherapy), international athlete


Media


  • Nick Abbot
    Nick Abbot

    Nick Abbot is a British radio presenter, born 22 August, 1960....
     (Psychology), radio presenter
  • Hajaz Akram
    Hajaz Akram

    Hajaz Akram is a Pakistani actor, trained at Central School of Speech and Drama.He has appeared in numerous television dramas, including Army of Ghosts, Murder in Mind and Casualty , and is also the voice of DJ Panjit Gavaskar in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrack....
    , actor
  • Mark Bagley
    Mark Bagley

    Mark Bagley is an United States comic book artist. He has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. He has worked on titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Thunderbolts , New Warriors, and Ultimate Spider-Man....
    , comic book artist
  • Carl Barat
    Carl Barât

    Carl Ashley Raphael Bar?t is an England musician and most recently, actor. He was the Lead vocalist and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things and the co-frontman with Pete Doherty of the indie rock band The Libertines....
     (Drama), Libertine & musician with the band Dirty Pretty Things
    Dirty Pretty Things (band)

    Dirty Pretty Things were an England band fronted by Carl Bar?t, a former member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Bar?t and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004....
  • Jo Brand
    Jo Brand

    Josephine "Jo" Grace Brand is an England comedienne....
     (Social Sciences and Nursing), comedian
  • Neil Clark
    Neil Clark (writer)

    Neil Clark is a British writer. His work has appeared in a number of newspapers and journals, including The Australian, The American Conservative, Daily Express, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Morning Star and Racing and Football Outlook....
    , journalist
  • Francis French
    Francis French

    Francis French is a book and magazine author from Manchester, England, specializing in space flight history. He is a former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and a director at the San Diego Air & Space Museum....
    , noted space historian
  • Alizeh Imtiaz
    Alizeh Imtiaz

    Born on 10 November 1986, in Karachi, Pakistan, Alizeh Imtiaz is the first Pakistani to have successfully had her debut short film 'Shades of Black' screened at the London Filmmakers Convention 2007....
     (English and Film and TV Studies BA 2008), director, actor & education activist
  • Lee Mack
    Lee Mack

    Lee Gordon McKillop is an England stand-up comedy and actor, known by the stage name Lee Mack. He is well known in the United Kingdom for writing and starring in the British sitcom Not Going Out, and for being a team captain on Would I Lie To You? ....
    , comedian
  • Oreke Mosheshe
    Oreke Mosheshe

    Oreke Mosheshe is a British actress, TV presenter and Model , who can currently be found presenting Roulette on Live Roulette TV each week on Sky Digital channel 847....
     (Management and Law), actor, TV presenter and model
  • Archie Panjabi
    Archie Panjabi

    Archie Panjabi is a United Kingdom actress....
     (Management Studies 1996), actor
  • Bindya Solanki
    Bindya Solanki

    Bindya Solanki is a British Asian actor. Solanki comes from Southend on Sea, the seaside town in Essex. Her parents are of Gujarati descent and emigrated to England in the 60s....
     (Drama), actor
  • John Watts, musician with the band Fischer-Z
    Fischer-Z

    Fischer-Z were a United Kingdom rock music musical ensemble, who released three albums between 1979 and 1981. The original line-up consisted of John Watts , David Graham , Steve Skolnik and Steve Liddle ....
  • Noel Fielding
    Noel Fielding

    Noel Fielding is an English people artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with fellow actor Julian Barratt....
     Actor and comedian The Mighty Boosh
    The Mighty Boosh

    The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British comedy written by and starring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding....
  • Dave Brown
    Dave Brown (comedian)

    Dave Brown is a United Kingdom comedian, choreographer and photographer. He is most famous for his work with The Mighty Boosh which he joined on a temporary basis in 2000 as part of the Autoboosh stage show....
     Photographer and graphic designer, Professional ape The Mighty Boosh
    The Mighty Boosh

    The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British comedy written by and starring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding....
  • Suthan Sivapathasuntharam
    Suthan Tamilake

    Suthan 'Tamilake' born August 7, 1987 in Edgware, London is a contemporary and carnatic Tamil people Singer and Actor whose heritage hails from Jaffna, Sri Lanka....
    , Singer and Actor


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