1 history
1.1 origins
1.2 20th century
1.3 21st century
history
origins
hatfield technical college ca 1952
the original campus university @ roe green in hatfield, founded technical college. gape family of st michael s manor in st albans owned land @ roe green late 17th century. in 1920s sold hill, farmer, sold alan butler, chairman of de havilland aircraft company lived @ beech farm nearby. in 1944 donated 90 acres (36 hectares) of land @ roe green used educational purposes. in 1948 building commenced. first principal w.a.j chapman started on 1 january 1949 , in spring 1952 33 full-time , 66 part-time teachers appointed. hatfield technical college opened 1,738 students in september 1952 , in december officially opened duke of edinburgh. first large technical college established in england after war. students attended college on part-time or full-time courses.
hatfield polytechnic ca 1969
in 1958 renamed hatfield college of technology , 1960 offered four-year sandwich diplomas in technology. in 1961 designated regional college in england , wales ministry of education. governors purchased digital computer @ cost of £29,201 in 1962 computer science degree established. council national academic awards formed in 1965 , hatfield college recognised 13 honours degree courses.
sir norman lindop became principal of college of technology in 1966. year later l.e. haines made chair of governors, died shortly afterwards , replaced f. bramston austin. in same year bayfordbury acquired college. following year, l. e. haines appointed chair of governors, dies shortly after appointment , replaced f. bramston austin. in 1967 bayfordbury acquired institution.
20th century
sir geoffrey de havilland model of comet jet airliner
in 1969 hatfield college of technology became hatfield polytechnic, offering honours degree courses in technology. in 1970 observatory built on bayfordbury campus. wall hall , balls park teacher training colleges merged in 1976 become hertfordshire college of higher education. in same year hatfield polytechnic took on balls park. 1977 more ten per cent of 4000 came more forty different countries. students union social centre opened in 1977.
in 1982 john illston succeeded sir norman lindop director. sports hall built on hatfield campus in 1984 , number of students in year more 5000. number of staff, in same year, had increased 824.
neil buxton became director in 1987. following year, sir ron dearing , buxton signed agreement gave polytechnic accreditation council national academic awards. hatfield 1 of 21 polytechnics, colleges , scottish central institutions accredited @ time. hatfield also, in year, 1 of 8 polytechnics accredited research degrees. in 1989 given corporate status.
after john major announced in 1991 polytechnics abolished, hatfield polytechnic announced intention apply university status. in 1992 became university of hertfordshire , sir brian corby became first chancellor. first university run bus company making uno bus public. hertfordshire college of health care , nursing studies , barnet college of nursing , midwifery merged university in 1993.
in 1994 st albans cathedral chosen hold university s graduation ceremonies. same year saw first publication of league tables , hertfordshire named top new university. in 1995 law school moved st albans. sir ian maclaurin appointed chancellor in 1996 , in 1997 learning resource centre opened.
21st century
in 2000, olivia de havilland, cousin of sir geoffrey de havilland, visited university mark inauguration of project build new campus named after cousin. university s 50th anniversary celebrated in 2002, time had 21,695 students. in 2003 tim wilson succeeded neil buxton vice-chancellor , de havilland campus opened.
hertfordshire sports village opened in 2003. in 2005 university launched bedfordshire , hertfordshire postgraduate medical school , school of pharmacy enhance medical education, training , research in region. in 2006 university opened school of film, music , media. university opened maclaurin building in 2007, named in honour of former chancellor lord maclaurin followed new law building in 2011. during period, hertfordshire became lead academic sponsor of elstree university technical college, university technical college opened in september 2013. hertfordshire academic sponsor of watford university technical college
main building @ de havilland campus
in 2008 university shortlisted times higher education university of year award. in 2009 , 2010 shortlisted times higher education entrepreneurial university of year award. in 2010, tim wilson announced intention retire vice-chancellor after more 19 years @ university.
in 2011, quintin mckellar replaced tim wilson vice-chancellor of university. on same year, hatfield beacon restored , repositioned @ new law school site. meanwhile, in following year, kaspar project received £180,000 donation international grant making foundation, used further university s research use of robotics support social development of children autism.
in 2015, hertfordshire has adopted policy of naming buildings after people or organisations significant local or regional impact. these include kate bellingham, british engineer , television presenter , alistair spalding, chief executive , artistic director of sadler s wells theatre. of halls being named after influential alumni university feels represent attributes of hertfordshire graduates. in these 2 cases, halls named in recognition of bellingham , spalding s attributes of, intellectual depth , adaptability , professionalism, employability , enterprise. on same year, university of hertfordshire has been announced 1 of first recipients of race equality charter initiative recognises excellence in advancing racial equality in higher education. charter launched equality challenge unit @ start of 2015 academic year. other recipients were: de montfort university, king s college london, kingston university, staffordshire university, university college london, university of manchester , royal holloway, university of london.
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