Defence College of Management and Technology
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The Defence Academy - College of Management and Technology (DA-CMT) is a British
United Kingdom
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 postgraduate school
Postgraduate education
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, research institution
Research institute
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 and training provider formed in 2009 from five departments of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and as such part of the British Armed Forces
British Armed Forces
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. Since 1984 Cranfield University
Cranfield University
Cranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...

 has been the main academic provider of the College. A November 2005 contract extends the Cranfield relationship with DA-CMT to at least 2027.

The College is based, like the majority of Defence Academy institutions, at MoD (Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
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) Shrivenham, located between the villages of Shrivenham
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 and Watchfield
Watchfield
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 in the south-west corner of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
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 (Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse
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), and has training centres around the country. DA-CMT facilities at Shrivenham are run by Serco Defence, Science and Nuclear
Serco Group
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.

The departments are: Acquisition and Business Learning, Leadership and Management Division, Technology Division, Nuclear Department and the Defence Technical Officer and Engineer Entry Scheme.

Notable students and staff

  • Richard Holmes - Military historian
    Richard Holmes (military historian)
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  • Charles Ingram
    Charles Ingram
    Charles Ingram is a former British Army major who made headlines worldwide after he was accused of cheating in the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001. He was convicted of deception, although he maintains that he did not cheat...

     - Who Wants to be a Millionaire cheat

See also

  • Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
  • Cranfield University
    Cranfield University
    Cranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...

  • Royal School of Military Survey
    Royal School of Military Survey
    The Defence College of Intelligence Royal School of Military Survey is ajoint services survey training facility associated with the Corps of Royal Engineers but attached to the United Kingdom Defence Intelligence and Security Centre ....


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