The University of Winchester is a university with campuses in both Winchester and Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. It was given university status by the Privy Council in June 2005, having previously been known as "University College Winchester", and earlier as "King Alfred's College, Winchester".
Formed in 1840 as a college for training teachers, King Alfred's moved to its main campus in West Hill, Winchester in 1862.
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The University of Winchester is a university with campuses in both Winchester and Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. It was given university status by the Privy Council in June 2005, having previously been known as "University College Winchester", and earlier as "King Alfred's College, Winchester".
Formed in 1840 as a college for training teachers, King Alfred's moved to its main campus in West Hill, Winchester in 1862.
King Alfred's College trained thousands of teachers, at first men only, but women as well from 1960. With the sudden change in government policy in the early 1970s, the College first looked for partners to merge with and also sought to diversify its provision. Its educational partner, the University of Southampton, was lukewarm about offering other forms of degrees, so the College sought approval for its own BEd and then BA degrees from the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA). Interdisciplinary degrees in History and English with Drama, Archaeology and American...
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