Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University
founding	1875 (as The Edinburgh School of Cookery )
Sponsorship	state
place	Musselburgh , United Kingdom
Principal and Vice-Chancellor	Petra Wend
Students	5,410
Employee	503
Website	www.qmu.ac.uk

The Queen Margaret University (formerly Queen Margaret University College and Queen Margaret College ) is a university in Musselburgh , East Lothian near Edinburgh in Scotland.

Founded in 1875, the college is named after Margaret of Scotland , wife of Malcolm III. , named. In January 2007, the educational institution was granted university status. The move to the newly built campus in Musselburgh followed in autumn 2007 .

history

Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh campus, main building.

The university was founded in 1875 as The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson. Wright and Stevenson were both members of the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women , an association that fought for women's education. The school was founded as a purely women's institute with the aim of enabling women to study while at the same time improving the nutritional situation of the working class . The lectures initially took place in the Royal Museum in Edinburgh . This offer was supplemented by public, nationwide lectures and practical demonstrations. In 1877 the school was given premises in Shandwick Place in the Haymarket district of Edinburgh.

In 1891 the school moved to Atholl Crescent, expanded its range of courses and offered accommodation for the students. In 1909 the facility was named a Central Institution and placed under the Scotch Education Department . Ethel De la Cour was appointed first director, and she held this position until 1930. That year the institution was also renamed the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science .

In 1961 the college bought the Corstorphine Campus in Clermiston , a suburb of Edinburgh. In 1970 the campus opened and two years later the name was changed to Queen Margaret College . The college subsequently expanded the range of courses, particularly in the field of health care.

The following institutions have been merged with Queen Margaret College since 1970 :

• The Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama (founded 1929, incorporated in 1971)
• The Edinburgh School of Speech Therapy (founded 1946, incorporated in 1975)
• The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Physiotherapy (founded 1940, incorporated in 1978)
• The Astley Ainslie Hospital Occupational Therapy Training Center (founded 1937, incorporated 1979)
• The Edinburgh Foot Clinic and School of Chiropody (founded 1924, incorporated in 1984)
• The Edinburgh School of Radiography (founded 1936, incorporated in 1992)
• The Edinburgh University Settlement School of Art Therapy (founded 1992, incorporated 1997)

In 1992 the Privy Council gave Queen Margaret College the right to award the lower degrees . In 1998 the college was given full teaching rights, so that research, doctoral studies and habilitation have been possible there since then . As a result, the college was renamed Queen Margaret University College in 1999 . After further innovations, including the construction of a new campus, the institution was awarded university status in 2007. Since the 2007/2008 winter semester, the three previously existing campuses have been combined on the new campus near Musselburgh, east of Edinburgh.

Faculties

The university is divided into four faculties:

• The School of Business, Enterprise and Management
• The School of Drama and Creative Industries
• The School of Health Sciences
• The School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication

campus

Student residences on campus in Musselburgh.

Former campus

Before moving to Musselburgh, the QMU was spread over three locations. There was a campus in Corstorphine in the west of Edinburgh, a campus in Leith in the city center of Edinburgh and a campus in a former television studio of Scottish television at the Gateway Theater in Leith Walk.

Campus in Musselburgh

In the 2007/2008 winter semester, the university moved to the newly built campus in Musselburgh, east of Edinburgh. The new building cost 100 million pounds and covers an area of 35 acres . The campus includes the teaching buildings, the student association, a small sports hall and dormitories with more than 800 rooms. In 2009 the university building was nominated for the Carbuncle Cup .

Singapore campus

In April 2008, another campus was opened in Singapore , the Asia Campus . The campus is located in a former school building in the Balestier district and is a joint venture with a private education provider.

Well-known graduates

• Ashley Jensen , actress
• Susan Boyle , singer and actress (Received an Honorary Doctorate)
• Kevin McKidd (born 1973), actor
• Edith Bowman , radio host
• Janine Mellor , actress
• Allison McKenzie , actress
• Claire Knight , actress
• Michelle Duncan , actress

See also

• List of universities in Scotland

Web links

• Official websites

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.qmu.ac.uk/about-our-staff/court/professor-petra-wend/
2. ↑ Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06 . In: Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics . Retrieved April 5, 2007.
3. ^ Queen Margaret awarded uni status , news.bbc.co.uk , January 16, 2007
4. ^ ^{A b c} History: From Edinburgh School of Cookery to Queen Margaret University . Queen Margaret University. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 11, 2007. 
5. ^ Tom Begg: Cour, Ethel Maud De la (1869-1957). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), Last updated: 2004, accessed April 11, 2007.
6. ^ ^{A b} Consultation on Award of University Title to Queen Margaret University College . Scottish Executive. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
7. ↑ QM relocates

Coordinates: 55 ° 55 '52.8 "  N , 3 ° 4' 22.9"  W.