bishop grosseteste university
We’re set on a single-site campus, so just about everything you need is close
by, whether it be your tutors, your friends, your lectures or the places in
which you like to relax. We began life in 1862 as an Anglican teacher training
college for women. To mark our centenary in 1962, our name was changed to
incorporate the current ‘Bishop Grosseteste’ title, in honour of Robert
Grosseteste, the thirteenth century scientist, philosopher, educator, and Bishop
of Lincoln (so he’s the one you have to thank for the long name!). In 2012 we
achieved full university status and haven’t looked back since. We’ve seen a lot
of things come and go since 1862, but we’ve never stopped providing first-class
education and turning out high-calibre graduates who go out into the world and
change people’s lives for the better. In recent years we’ve undergone an
explosion of growth in many areas, remaining a small and friendly university
whilst expanding and developing our portfolio of courses into more exciting new
areas than ever before. We still consider ourselves experts in education – we
have been doing it for 160 years after all – but our teaching courses now sit
alongside an exciting range of other disciplines. We currently educate over
2,000 students in a wide range of subjects – within our ever-expanding
undergraduate portfolio, our traditional PGCE teacher training routes,
work-based Foundation Degrees, Master's courses and even Doctoral study (and
much more in between). We pride ourselves on being a supportive community,
always striving to improve the lives of our students. We’re exceptionally proud
of the fact that, over the past 160 years, our commitment to first-class
education has remained consistent. Our students are some of the happiest in the
UK, which is incredibly important to us. We really care about our students and
aim to support them all of the way through their studies, from application to
graduation. Life after BGU is extremely important and we offer many different
methods of support for your future career along the way.
