Bath Spa University is a

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, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at

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. The institution gained full university status in August 2005, having been previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College.

History

The institution can trace its roots back to the foundation of the Bath School of Art in 1852, following the impact of

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of 1851. In 1946, Bath Teacher Training College was opened on the Newton Park campus, as part of the post-war initiatives to fill wartime teaching shortages. It was a women's college offering two year courses, under the Principal Mary Dawson. The present institution was formed in 1975 as Bath College of Higher Education by the merger of Bath Teacher Training College and Bath College of Domestic Science. In 1983

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also merged into the college. In 1992, the college was granted degree-awarding powers and in 1997 adopted the name Bath Spa University College. In March 2005 the institution was granted university status, becoming Bath Spa University in August 2005. In 2013, the university was the UK's sixth-largest provider of teacher education.

Campuses

Newton Park

The Newton Park campus, to the west of Bath near the village of

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, is the largest of the university's three main campuses. It is here that courses from all schools are taught, with the exception of art and design and most post-graduate courses. The campus is in Newton Park, in grounds designed by English landscape architect

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and leased from the

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. The campus has buildings from a mixture of ages. These include the Grade I listed Main House built between 1762 and 1765 by

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for

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MP; the remnants of the 14th-century

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, a scheduled monument also with Grade I listed status; and Grade II* listed stable buildings, gardens and a

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. It is the university's only campus to have student accommodation on site, and is also home to the Students' Union. The site has a lake, nature reserve, woodlands and arable farmland. The site underwent extensive development in the 2010s.

'Commons' academic building

In the summer of 2012, work began on the development of a new academic building called "Commons", roughly in the centre of the Newton Park campus. Next to the academic building is an outside amphitheatre, primarily for use by the School of Music and Performing arts. The building was officially opened on 5 June 2014 by film producer

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Michael Tippett Centre

The

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Centre is the only purpose-built concert hall in Bath. The building has many teaching rooms and spaces, and the hall is used for lectures, mainly by the School of Music and Performing Arts. The hall is also used for exhibitions, musical performances and plays from student performers as well professional acts from around the country.

University Theatre

The University Theatre, completed in 2006, was part of a £5.7m scheme designed by Fielden Clegg Bradley Architects LLP. It consists of a 186-seat auditorium with backstage and technical facilities, and three large teaching studios. The venue is used by the School of Music and Performing Arts for teaching actors, directors, production managers, choreographers and dancers.

Bath School of Art and Design, Sion Hill, Bath

The Sion Hill campus in the north of Bath, in the Lansdown district, houses the

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and the majority of art and design courses are taught here. Its history extends to the original Bath School of Art which was founded in 1852. One of the earliest Masters of the school was Anthony Carey Stannus, an Irish painter noted for marine scenes, who later helped establish a society which evolved into the

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. Until 2009, the university also owned the nearby Somerset Place. The sale of this listed Georgian crescent was intended to finance a new campus in the city centre. This development, alongside the Dyson School of Design Innovation, did not proceed due to planning issues relating to the chosen riverside site.

Corsham Court, Corsham

The university has a specialist centre for postgraduate research and teaching in

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. The university developed this centre in 2008 after an absence of more than 20 years from the site. Corsham Court became the home of the Bath Academy of Art (now Bath School of Art and Design and part of the university) when its premises were destroyed during the Second World War.

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, who taught there, was also a mentor to

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, owner of the Court. The centre handles the majority of postgraduate courses, and includes development support for research projects, postgraduate workshops, studios and seminar rooms providing facilities for the academic schools, specialist facilities for music, photography, film and textiles, a library, shared quiet study and social learning spaces for Masters and PhD research students, a common room, a university research office which works with schools on the development of funding bids to external agencies, and a gallery which is managed by the Bath School of Art and Design in support of undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum activities.

Rush Hill, Bath

This campus is in the Southdown area of Bath. It is next to Bath Community Academy (formerly Culverhay School) and was formerly the school's

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block. The campus is the home to most of the university's

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secondary and middle years education courses, including history, music, English, geography, mathematics and religious education. Facilities at the campus are not as extensive as those found in Newton Park but there are IT facilities and a

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Additional teaching sites

The university maintains smaller satellite teaching spaces around Bath for use by students on certain courses, often those that require large amounts of space that are not available at the other campuses. * Dartmouth Avenue, Bath was developed as a series of painting and media studios as well as a project space for year two students by the Bath School of Art and Design. This was to offset the loss of space incurred with the sale of Somerset Place. The site has been expanded into an adjoining building to accommodate creative studios and a second, larger, project space (the first now being predominantly used for life drawing classes). * Burdall's Yard, Bath is an Arts Centre for the School of Music and Performing Arts. The centre is used as a teaching, rehearsal and performance space and also hosts cultural events. These have included Party in the City (Bath Festival) and a UK Songwriting Festival gig with singer/songwriter

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. * Ashman's Yard, Bath is home to the Theatre Production Centre for the School of Music and Performing Arts. Located between Newton Park campus and Bath City centre, it was formally opened by the Vice Chancellor,

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, in 2012. Students based here undertake practical work on the BA (Hons) theatre production course. Facilities include a construction workshop, costume workshop, prop making workshop, production office with Mac editing suite, and a student common room. * Artswork Media Ltd at Paintworks, Bristol is the university's media production company that is run by media professionals and third year students. It offers training, professional practice and experiential learning for students of various programmes. It provides a production office, edit suites, lighting equipment and video cameras. * It also includes the Bath Academy of Media Makeup among its affiliates.

Expansion

Since 2012, substantial development has been undertaken at the Newton Park campus and plans exist for further development in the future, subject to being granted planning permission. The campus buildings were gradually refurbished and modified to deal with the influx of students expected in the 2010s. In 2011 the

, the university's landlord, raised objections to these plans.

Locksbrook Campus

In October 2015, the university announced that it had submitted proposals for the purchase and redevelopment of the former

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furniture factory on Locksbrook Road, Bath, about west of Bath city centre. The site would become a new home for

, as the Sion Hill campus did not provide enough academic space for the university's needs. The proposals detail changes that would be made to car parking provision on the site, as well as a more general transport plan for the campus. The factory was designed by

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, completed in 1977 and

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in 2013. In 2016, the purchase went ahead, and the planning application for the redevelopment was approved by Bath and North East Somerset Council in September 2017. Remodelling and refurbishment was again designed by Grimshaw Architects, and the building was opened as the Locksbrook Campus in October 2019.

Academic profile

Rankings and reputation

In 2005, 2006 and 2008 the university was named in the top 10 modern British universities by ''

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'', at positions 8, 5 and 8 respectively. The university was again ranked 8th best modern university in the UK by ''The Sunday Times'' in their 2016 university guide. According to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework assessment, 51% of the research undertaken at the university was either world-leading or internationally significant, up from 19% in 2008. Acceptance rate was 12%. Bath Spa University was ranked in 2017 as one of the top five creative universities in the UK by ''

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s student survey.

Partnership and collaboration

The university has formed partnerships with a number of regional Further Education Colleges and institutions. Under the partnership, students take the first year of their higher education course in their local college and, if successful, the rest of their course at Bath Spa University. The

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campus in Bristol has all of its courses verified by Bath Spa University. The partners are: *

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at Trowbridge and Salisbury *

in Bristol

Student satisfaction

The university has seen a significant dip in student satisfaction in recent years, slipping to 113th place in the UK with an overall satisfaction rate of 71.7% in 2021 according to the Office for Students. In 2015, by contrast, Bath Spa University was ranked joint 20th in the United Kingdom with 90% student satisfaction, 4% above the national average of 86%. In 2013 and 2014, student satisfaction was 87% and 89% respectively.

Student life

Student accommodation

The university currently offers accommodation to 2,264 students in several locations around the Bath area, as well as on its main Newton Park campus.

Newton Park Campus

The Newton Park Campus currently houses 868 students in single, shared and en-suite study bedrooms. The accommodation forms two groups of buildings at either end of the campus, known as Lakeside and Gardens. Bus stops by the library building and Lakeside accommodation service the U5 bus. Both groups of accommodation have access to laundrette facilities. Because of the limited availability of parking, students living on campus are not permitted to bring a car, however bicycle racks and some motorcycle parking spaces are available. In June 2013, work began on the development of a new "student village" in the main Newton Park campus, known as Gardens, which houses 561 first year students in separate "houses" of up to ten students. Building work was completed during the summer of 2014 in time for the start of the academic year in October. Work on the surrounding landscaping and car parks was completed during early 2015. Mail services at the university are handled at a building called 'The Vinery', which also contains the estates and management team and is located adjacent to the Students' Union building, and next to the estates and management workshops and garages. The university also has two Amazon Lockers on campus, situated in the Refectory and outside Stanton building.

City accommodation

* Waterside Court: Offers 316 en-suite bed spaces and is run by student accommodation company

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. It is next to the Charlton Court accommodation on the Lower Bristol Road, and is only a short distance from the centre of Bath and has a nearby bus stop with buses running to the centre as well as the university itself. * Charlton Court: Offers 294 en-suite bed spaces and is run by

. It is located next to the Waterside Court accommodation on the Lower Bristol Road. * Twerton Mill: In 2015 the university acquired 277 rooms at the new Twerton Mill development on the Lower Bristol Road. These rooms were made available as of the 2015/2016 academic year. The development is a carless site, with only four total parking spaces; three disabled spaces and one maintenance space. This development consists of a mixture of en-suite and traditional town houses with shared bathrooms and kitchens. Run by CRM, facilities at Twerton Mill include: laundry facilities, common room, secure bicycle storage, inclusive bills, basic Endsleigh contents insurance included in the tenancy and wifi with a base speed of 50Mb wired. * Bankside House: Situated 10 minutes from the Sion Hill campus, and comprises 10 flats making a total of 40 student bed spaces. It is near the Sion Hill campus, the Circus, Dartmouth Avenue and

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Students' Union

The main Students' Union facilities are at the Newton Park campus, although the Union maintains a presence in all campuses. The Main union building runs a bar, café, gym and shop, and hosts regular events throughout the academic year. There are 12 sports societies, 43 interest societies and 16 sports clubs run by the union, many of which compete in the BUCS. The sports facilities include rugby and football pitches at the top of the campus, as well as a netball court and changing facilities inside the walled garden adjacent to the union building. The walled garden itself is also a social space, featuring BBQs, games tables, seating and tables, a small pond, greenhouses and small allotment style areas. The Union is in charge of organising the Freshers events, as well as the Winter and Summer balls. It also has facilities to run health campaigns and give academic advice to students, volunteering and skill development opportunities, travel opportunities, and it liaises directly with the university and organisations nationally and in the local area to campaign about and discuss issues that affect students. The Union also has its own student card called Student Zest, founded by students in 2012 which offers discounts on goods and services offered in over 100 local businesses. There is a dedicated website that deals with matters concerning this card. The Students' Union building at Newton Park campus was refurbished during the summer of 2014, doubling the size of the shop, reconfiguring the bar/cafe area, improving the gym, and updating the toilet facilities. There is also a new footpath around the front entrance of the building, improving access. The Students' Union is also working with the university, the student body, and architects, to produce a long-term plan to completely rebuild the Union.

Alumni community

Bath Spa University's growing alumni community is a network of over 80,000 graduates, former students and staff, honorary graduates, friends and benefactors. It publishes an annual alumni magazine and promotes raising philanthropic income for a wide range of important projects for the university, particularly the Bath Spa Students Fund and bursaries. The president is

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, who is a former student of the Bath College of Domestic Science and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the university.

Oak Tree Day Nursery

Oak Tree Day Nursery was established in 1995 and operates from two adjoining houses in the parkland grounds of the university's Newton Park campus. It is a full day-care nursery offering both full and part-time places for the children of university staff and students as well as the local community. It has won numerous awards, including The Baby Quality Award in 2011, the Children's and Young People's Rights Gold Award in 2012, and the Director of Public Health Award in 2013.

Chancellors and Vice Chancellors

Chancellors

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– May 2024 to present *

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– Autumn 2016 to Summer 2020

Vice Chancellors

*Georgina Andrews – January 2025 to present *

Sue Rigby Sue Rigby is Professor of paleontology and Principal and Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University. She was previously Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University. She is an HEA Principal Fellow and an Honorary Professor at the University of Edin ...

– January 2018 to December 2024 *

Nick Foskett Nicholas Hedley Foskett (born 12 March 1955) was formerly Vice-Chancellor at Keele University in Staffordshire (August 2010 – August 2015), a Professor of Education at the University of Southampton and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social ...

(Interim Vice-Chancellor) – 2017 to 2018 *

– January 2012 to August 2017 *

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– 1997 to December 2011

Notable people

Academic staff

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, novelist * Joe Bennett, musician and writer *

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, artist * Mahinda Deegalle, scholar and writer *

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, poet *

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, novelist and poet *

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, novelist * Jeremy Gardiner, modern British landscape painter * Maggie Gee, novelist * Eliane Glaser, writer and broadcaster *

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, poet and TV scriptwriter *

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, novelist, critic and journalist * William Hughes, editor and critic *

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, novelist * Tim Liardet, poet and critic * John Newsinger, author * Olivette Otele, the first black woman to become professor of History in UK Higher Education *

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, musician * Kate Pullinger, novelist * James Saunders, composer *

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, artist * Steve Voake, children's author *

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, novelist *

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, novelist and poet * Lance Workman, psychologist and writer

Alumni

* Nadine Ames, Indonesian actress, model and Miss Universe Indonesia 2011 *

, food writer *

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, composer *

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, shoe designer * Glenn Brown, English painter,

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winner * Tracey Corderoy, children's writer *Sir

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, engineer, academic, and former Vice-Chancellor of the

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, the

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and the

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, cinematographer *

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, scriptwriter, author of ''

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'' * Laura Ford, artist *

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, athlete,

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gold medallist *

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, television presenter *

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, artist *

Ian Hargreaves Ian Richard Hargreaves CBE (born 18 June 1951 in Burnley) is professor emeritus (formerly Prof Digital Economy) at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Career His career in British journalism includes several beats at the ''Financial Times'', as wel ...

, journalist *

Salima Hashmi Salima Hashmi (; born 1942) is a Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of Nationa ...

, artist, cultural writer, painter and an anti-nuclear weapon activist. *

Mo Hayder Beatrice Clare Dunkel (born Clare Damaris Bastin; pen names, Mo Hayder and Theo Clare; 2 January 1962 – 27 July 2021) was a British author. Earlier in her life she worked as an actress and model under the name Candy Davis and appeared as Miss B ...

, British crime novelist *

John Hitchens John Hitchens (born 1940) is an English painter. His work is influenced by the landscape of the South Downs and his main subject area is the countryside of West Sussex, England. He also spent extended periods working in North Wales and North West ...

, artist, painter *Sir

Howard Hodgkin Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin (6 August 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction. Early life Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin was born on 6 August 1932 in Hammersmith, Londo ...

, artist,

winner * Ema "Emika" Jolly, electronic music producer *

Elizabeth Kay Elizabeth Kay (born 9 July 1949 in London) is an English writer. She is the author of The Divide trilogy, a series of children's fantasy novels, originally published by Chicken House Press, then picked up by Scholastic Books. Biography Before g ...

, writer and author of The Divide trilogy * Phil Kelly, expressionist painter * Kill It Kid, blues/grunge/Americana band, signed with EMI *

Alastair King Alastair King (born 1967) is a British composer and conductor, perhaps best known for his musical contributions to film and television. He frequently collaborates with composers Charlie Mole, Geoff Zanelli, Nicholas Hooper and Rupert Gregso ...

, TV and film composer, * Daren King, contemporary English novelist *

Jan Linton Jan Linton is a British singer, musician and producer from Warrington. Biography One of the first few western musicians to ever sign directly to a Japanese major label ( King Records) Linton helped internationalize the Japanese music indu ...

, electronic music producer and singer/songwriter *

Joanna MacGregor Joanna Clare MacGregor (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. She was artistic director of t ...

, classical, jazz and contemporary pianist, and artistic director of the

Bath International Music Festival The Bath International Music Festival was held late each spring in Bath, South West England between 1948 and 2016. The festival included many genres such as Jazz, Classical, World and Folk and merged with the Bath Literature Festival in 2017 to c ...

*Sir

Donald Maitland Sir Donald James Dundas Maitland (16 August 192222 August 2010) was a senior British diplomat. He served as British Prime Minister Edward Heath's press secretary 1970 to 1974. Early life Donald was the son of Thomas Maitland. He was born ...

, British diplomat and British Prime Minister

Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 ...

's press secretary 1970 to 1974 * David Charles Manners, best-selling author and charity co-founder *Dame

Hilary Mantel Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( ; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, ''Every Day Is Mother's Day'', was releas ...

, writer and novelist, twice awarded the Booker Prize *

Gordon Moakes Gordon Peter Moakes (born 22 June 1976) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of rock band Young Legionnaire and former member of indie rock band Bloc Party. Bloc Party Moakes became a member of Bloc Party after responding to an ...

, Bloc Party bassist and backing singer *

Fred V & Grafix Fred V & Grafix were an English drum and bass duo made up of Frederick "Fred V" Vahrman (born 12 January 1990) and Joshua "Grafix" Jackson (born 14 June 1991). The duo was signed to Hospital Records and hailed from Devon, England. They have gu ...

, drum and bass duo * Sally Nicholls, prize-winning British children's book author * Edward Piper, painter *

Miller Puckette Miller Smith Puckette (born 1959) is the associate director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts as well as a professor of music at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been since 1994. Puckette is known for aut ...

, mathematician and computer music researcher *

Peter Randall-Page Peter Randall-Page RA (born 1954) is a British artist and sculptor, known for his stone sculpture work, inspired by geometric patterns from nature. In his words "geometry is the theme on which nature plays his infinite variations, fundamental m ...

, artist *

Simon Relph Simon George Michael Relph, CBE (13 April 1940 – 30 October 2016) was a British film producer and assistant film director. Biography Relph was born in Chelsea, London on 13 April 1940. His father, Michael Relph was a Ealing Studios writ ...

, assistant film director and producer *Dame

Anita Roddick Dame Anita Lucia Roddick (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics co ...

, businesswoman, founder of

The Body Shop The Body Shop International Limited, trading as the Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care, and perfume company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick, who opened her first store in Brighton, England. The company is now based in London Bridge ...

Bath Spa University
— ''Independent Online'' A-Z of Unis and Colleges (retrieved 03 Jan 2006) *

Davide Rossi Davide Rossi (born 7 August 1970) is an Italian violinist, string arranger, orchestrator, songwriter, composer and conductor, perhaps best known for having been the electric violinist and multi-instrumentalist for the British electronic music d ...

, violinist, string arranger, composer and a record producer, working with

Goldfrapp Goldfrapp were an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consisted of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesiser) and Will Gregory (synthesiser). Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, thei ...

and

Coldplay Coldplay are a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey (band m ...

. * Axel Scheffler, illustrator *

Tristram Shapeero Tristram Shapeero is an English television director and producer who has worked on both British and American comedy series. Early life Shapeero was born in Somerset and spent his childhood in Bath, where he attended St. Stephen's School and Beec ...

, television director *

Rob Magnuson Smith Rob Magnuson Smith is a novelist, short story writer, journalist, and university lecturer. A dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom, Smith currently resides in Cornwall. He has a BA in philosophy and a BA in psychology from Pi ...

, author *Sir

William Stubbs William Stubbs (21 June 182522 April 1901) was an English historian and Anglican bishop. He was Regius Professor of History (Oxford), Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford between 1866 and 1884. He was Bishop of Ches ...

, educator and former Rector of the

University of the Arts London The University of the Arts London is a public collegiate university in London, England, United Kingdom. It specialises in arts, design, fashion, and the performing arts. The university is a federation of six arts colleges: Camberwell College of ...

. *

Judith Trim Judith Trim (11 October 1943 – 9 January 2001, also known as Jude or Judy, and for a while by her first married name, as Jude Waters) was an English studio potter. From 1969 to 1975, she was married to Roger Waters of the rock band Pink Floyd ...

* Jules Williams, writer, Director, Producer author of ''The Weigh Forward'' *

Evie Wyld Evelyn Rose Strange "Evie" Wyld (born 1980) is an English author. Several of her novels are set in Australia, where she spent holidays with her grandparents as a child, and she has won several Australian literary awards. Her first novel, '' Aft ...

, novelist and author *Jed Elliot, bassist in

The Struts The Struts are a British rock band formed in Derby in 2012. The band comprises lead vocalist Luke Spiller, guitarist Adam Slack, bassist Jed Elliott, and drummer Gethin Davies. The band have released four studio albums, two EPs and two live a ...

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