纽曼大学

Newman University, Birmingham

学费Tuition Fee

英国欧盟UK/EU fees £9,000

国际学生Fees (international) £9,700

地址Address

Genners Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, B32 3NT

Performance		Score 数值	Ranking 排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		104
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		73
World Ranking	世界排名
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	83.1%	40
Research quality	研究质量	0.3	117
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	302	94
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	57.2%	94
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	57.2%	100
Completion rate	完成度	77.2%	113
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	18.1:1	67
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£1,370	84
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£18,441
Sports points/rank	体育	6.5	120

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	1,690
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	300
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	2,835/675
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	4.2:1
EU students	欧盟学生	0.8
Other overseas students	海外学生
Mature	成年学生	25.1%
State school educated	公立学校教育	98.9%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	47.9/52.1

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	％
Drama, Dance & Cinematics	戏剧舞蹈和电影研究	82.0
Education	教育	80.5
English	英语	83.5
History	历史	87.7
Psychology	心理学	78.3
Social Work	社会工作	85.0
Sport Science	体育科学	85.2
Subjects allied to medicine	医学相关	76.4
Theology & Religious Studies	神学和宗教研究	89.2

纽曼大学（Newman University）是一所位于英国伯明翰的公立天主教大学，大学的历史可追溯到1968年的纽曼高等教育学院，2007年9月获得办法学位的许可并成为纽曼大学学院，2013年获大学地位并改现名。大学之名是为了纪念19世纪宗教人物约翰·亨利·纽曼。

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

Academic achievement and progression scholarships from £2,000 to £10,000 over three years, subject to conditions.

Academic, sports and other scholarships available.

大学概况University Profile

Newman offers one of the most generous academic achievement scholarship packages in British higher education to students with good A-level grades. To qualify for £10,000 of support over a three-year single or joint honours degree course, students do not even need an A grade – BBB is sufficient or alternatively ABC from A-levels taken in a single year.

For students drawn from schools within the Newman University Catholic Higher Education Network, the John Henry Newman Scholarships are worth £12,000. Separate (smaller) scholarships are offered to teacher trainees, the specialism for which Newman was originally best known.

Newman increased its intake of undergraduates by almost 25% in 2013, following the award of full university status. The increase was among the five biggest at any university and more than made up for a 19% decline when higher fees were introduced in 2012.

The institution is one of two Catholic foundations among the latest crop of institutions to be upgraded (Leeds Trinity is the other), taking its name from John Henry Newman, the author of The Idea of the University and a Catholic cardinal in the 19th century. 

His vision of a community of scholars guides the university, which was established in 1968 as a teacher training college, but now has a wider portfolio of degrees, mainly in the social sciences and humanities.

The influence of John Henry Newman is evident in the small class sizes and interactive teaching style adopted by the university. Among the 18 subject areas are criminology, counselling, sport science, business and theology.

The university’s Catholic affiliation is stressed in its literature, but so is its commitment to be inclusive in its recruitment and subsequent activities. It says it is proud to welcome staff and students of all religions and backgrounds.

Based in Bartley Green, eight miles southwest of Birmingham city centre, the campus is in a quiet residential area with views over the Bartley Reservoir and the Worcestershire countryside beyond.

The modern buildings are arranged around a series of inner quadrangles of lawns and trees. A £20m development programme is now complete and includes an impressive new library and entrance building. The project has also added more lecture theatres, a research centre and a state-of-the-art sport performance suite.

Community sports facilities have also been refurbished. Newman received one of eight national awards to bring about change in the strategic approach to technology in learning and teaching. The university’s successful bid involves students producing their own online resources while learning about their subject, and consequently also improving their digital literacy, as well as their graduate employment prospects. The project started in 2013 and is part of a larger initiative called "Newman in the Digital Age", which aims to improve students’ digital literacy.

All full-time degrees include work placements, with students working with a wide range of employers including Aston Villa Football Club, Capital FM and Warwick Castle. There are also opportunities to gain work experience abroad and undergraduates can opt to study at a partner university in Europe or further afield to broaden their horizons and boost their CVs.

The degree options include one of the first business studies programmes to have an emphasis on business ethics, early childhood education and care, sports coaching science and combined honours in maths or chemistry in association with Aston University.

There is also a range of part-time courses and Foundation degrees, most of which are taught at Newman, rather than partner colleges. Many of the courses are recognised by professional bodies such as the Chartered Management Institute and British Psychological Society.

Newman has done well over a number of years in the National Student Survey, doing particularly well on personal development. However, scores have slipped this year and taken together with falls in graduate prospects, the completion rate, and the proportion of firsts and 2:1s achieved, this has led to Newman slipping 31 places in our university rankings.

Three-quarters of the 2,800 undergraduates are female, almost all of them state-educated. More than half come from working-class homes – only Greenwich has a higher proportion – while 22% come from an area of low participation in higher education, also in the top 10 in the country.

Psychology, education, sport and the early years are the university’s main research areas. Fewer than a dozen academics were entered for the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), when a quarter of the submission in education was considered "internationally excellent".

A specialist research centre for Children, Young People and Families will form the backbone of a much larger entry in this year’s successor to the RAE.

Halls of residence provide single study-bedrooms for 225 students, close to the teaching areas and library. First-year students are given priority in their allocation, but those coming through Clearing may have to live off campus.

The newly refurbished fitness suite and performance room have improved sports facilities that already included an artificial sports pitch, sports hall, gymnasium and squash courts.

The small campus on the edge of the Birmingham conurbation is inevitably somewhat quiet but the city centre, with its abundance of cultural venues and student-oriented nightlife, is about 20 minutes away for those who want something more lively.

学生观点Student view

James Westwood, students’ union officer

First impressions

The lecturers present themselves as friends and know your name almost immediately.

Worst feature

We’re not based in the city centre and evening buses aren’t that regular. If you share a taxi, it will cost the same anyway.

Making a difference

We have opportunities available to all students, such as building schools in Gambia and teaching English in Thailand.

Deal clincher

Whether or not you live in halls, being a small university everyone is inclusive and friendly.