Penryn Campus (formerly Tremough Campus, Cornwall Campus and similar names) is a university
campus
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in
Penryn, Cornwall
Penryn (; kw, Pennrynn, meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about northwest of Falmouth. The population was 7,166 in the 2001 census and had been reduced to 6 ...
, England, UK. The campus is occupied by two university institutions:
Falmouth University
Falmouth University ( kw, Pennskol Aberfal) is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth College of Ar ...
and the
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...
, with the shared buildings, facilities and services provided by Falmouth Exeter Plus.
Located on a site bought in 1998, the campus was developed via the
Combined Universities in Cornwall
The Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) ( kw, Pennskolyow Kesunys yn Kernow) is a project to provide higher education in Cornwall, England, which is one of the poorest areas of the United Kingdom in terms of GVA per capita.
History
Develop ...
(CUC) scheme with finance from the EU and the UK Government and was opened in 2004.
History
The site was a convent school for the local community which was bought in 1998 by
Falmouth College of Arts, as it was then known. Tremough Convent School educated girls aged 3–18 and closed 31 July 1998. The Universities of
Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
and
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth ...
both expressed an interest in the project. The University of Plymouth later withdrew, leaving University of Exeter in partnership with
Falmouth University
Falmouth University ( kw, Pennskol Aberfal) is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth College of Ar ...
: the site is held on a 125-year lease. The campus was developed as part of the
Combined Universities in Cornwall
The Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) ( kw, Pennskolyow Kesunys yn Kernow) is a project to provide higher education in Cornwall, England, which is one of the poorest areas of the United Kingdom in terms of GVA per capita.
History
Develop ...
(CUC) initiative and was officially opened in 2004. The bulk of the investment in the campus derived from
European Union
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Objective One
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funding, matched by UK Government funding provided through the South West
Regional Development Agency (SWRDA).
![Penryn campus 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Penryn_campus_2012.jpg)
In 2011 as part of Phase II of developments on Tremough Campus, the name of the campus was changed to "University Campus Tremough". In 2012 Tremough Campus Services, the charity formed by Falmouth University and the University of Exeter to manage university activities in the Falmouth and Penryn area, changed its name to Falmouth Exeter Plus. The shared campus was officially opened for the 2004/5 academic year as "CUC Tremough Campus."
In 2013, with the continued growth of the University of Exeter and the recent inauguration of Falmouth University, further discussions were undertaken in how the now three university campuses in Cornwall (Treliske in Truro, Tremough in Penryn and Woodlane in Falmouth) would be represented. On 18 July 2013, University Campus Tremough changed its name to "Penryn Campus" in line with the already adopted Truro and Falmouth campuses.
The student population on the campus is around 6,000.
Academic facilities
Major departments
The campus is the home of
Camborne School of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines ( kw, Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. ...
and the
Institute of Cornish Studies
The Institute of Cornish Studies (, ICS) is a research institute in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, affiliated with the University of Exeter. Formerly at Pool, near Redruth, then in Truro, it is now on the Penryn Campus near Penryn, ...
, both of which are departments of the University of Exeter.
The Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) is a £30 million research centre with a remit to find solutions to problems of environmental change. It has three research themes: clean technologies, natural environment, and social science and sustainability. It was officially opened in April 2013, and houses over 140 researchers, professors, lecturers and PhD students.
Professor Juliet Osborne (Chair of Applied Ecology at the ESI) succeede
Kevin Gastonas Director of the ESI in May 2017.
Buildings
The four-storey Daphne du Maurier (DDM) building houses teaching facilities that include science and engineering laboratories, IT facilities, library and lecture and seminar rooms.
Falmouth University
Falmouth University ( kw, Pennskol Aberfal) is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth College of Ar ...
's Design Centre occupies much of the south of the building, while most of the top floor is used by University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation and Camborne School of Mines.
An extension of the building's library, lecture facilities and relocation of the career offices, collectively known as The Exchange (EX) was completed on the north-east side of the current building for the 2012/13 academic year. The endeavour is to support expected growth from 3,500 to 5,000 students on the campus. In 2016 a new sports centre, gym and nursery was opened.
The Peter Lanyon (PL) building, located between the Daphne du Maurier building and Block I of Glasney Parc is a zig-zag shaped building housing further lecture, seminar and study facilities (particularly for University of Exeter's humanities subjects taught at the campus), and containing University College Falmouth's Photography Centre and having a link corridor to the older Media Centre.
The Performance Centre (PC), now known as The Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA), was completed in Summer 2010 at the south of the campus and is predominantly a facility for the subjects formerly taught at the
Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 ...
, following the move of Dartington College of Arts to Falmouth from Totnes, Devon, in 2004. Two further buildings were completed for the 2012/13 academic year: The Environmental and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the very top of the campus, and the Academy for Innovation and Research (AIR) towards the northern entrance. Both of these are predominantly research buildings for Exeter and Falmouth respectively.
![Tremough House (8331166726)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Tremough_House_%288331166726%29.jpg)
The original Tremough House (TH) which had been owned by the Foxe family, is used as administrative offices and further seminar space in addition to being the offices of the English department, whilst the old chapel has been converted into a lecture theatre. The walled Italianate gardens and orchard between Tremough House and the Performance Centre are still intact and well maintained, with the annual FXU end of year Garden party held in these gardens.
The Tremough Innovation Centre (TIC) is a three-storey building on land acquired by
Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a tradition o ...
adjacent to the Campus. It provides resources for new and existing businesses. The building opened in January 2012 and it is managed by
University of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...
, which also manages a similar innovation centre in
Pool
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Water pool
* Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming
* Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings
* Tide pool, a rocky pool ...
.
Services
With differing academic emphasis, but with an obvious need to provide student accommodation and non-academic staff for the smooth running of the campus facilities, the two universities collectively established the charity Tremough Campus Services. It is responsible for the overall maintenance of the site including the gymnasium, catering services, bars, shops and the student accommodation with profits going back to the two institutions. The charity also manages services on University College Falmouth's Woodlane Campus and further accommodation at Tuke House in Falmouth which was opened in 2006. From 2012/13 the organisation was renamed to "Falmouth Exeter Plus" with a new logo and website.
Accommodation
Campus accommodation is at the student village made up of Glasney Parc, where there are 800 en-suite study bedrooms with shared kitchens in twelve 2–3 storey buildings (A Block to O Block), and Glasney View, where there are 600 further rooms of similar facility in 14 3 storey buildings (VA Block to VN Block). Most general accommodation related services such as collection of postal packages and report of accommodation faults are dealt with in 'Glasney Lodge' (Formerly the Porter's Lodge) located towards the top of the student village opposite Glasney Parc's K-O blocks.
An accommodation strategy was compiled in November 2010 with the aim to expand university accommodation outside the campus to accommodate a forecast growth of 800 new students between September 2011 and September 2015. Construction commenced in August 2011 of new student accommodation suitable for up to 233 new students adjacent to
Penryn Railway Station
Penryn railway station is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks, and serves the town of Penryn, Cornwall as well as Penryn Campus (formerly known as Tremough Campus). It is measured from (via Box and Plymouth Millbay). The se ...
, around 10 minutes walk from Tremough Campus, and another five blocks of on-campus accommodation were under construction providing an extra 224 rooms. Both developments were expected to be completed in time for the 2012/13 academic year. For the first time in 2012/13 a limited amount of accommodation, both on campus and at Penryn Station, was made available to returning students further into their degrees than first year.
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Student activities
The
Students' Union
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on site, referred to as the SU (Falmouth and Exeter Students' Union), provides student representation across all aspects of the campus. They are represented at the highest levels of decision making on the campus. In addition to its representative role, the SU is also responsible for putting on the annual
Freshers' Fortnight program of events for new students, as well as many other events throughout the academic year.
Social life on campus centres around a building known as the
Stannary
A stannary was an administrative division established under stannary law in the English counties of Cornwall and Devon to manage the collection of tin coinage, which was the duty payable on the metal tin smelted from the ore cassiterite mined i ...
. The Lower Stannary is used as a restaurant during the day and is the venue for any larger events on campus; the Upper Stannary is a
mezzanine
A mezzanine (; or in Italian language, Italian, a ''mezzanino'') is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft ...
recreational area. The entire Stannary plays host to many Freshers' Fortnight events, as well as various nights throughout the year. "Koofi," a new cafe situated on the back of the Porter's Lodge building in Glasney Parc, opened to students in October 2010.
There is a wide range of sports and recreation activities available to students, ranging from Hockey and Football to Musical Theatre and Bee Keeping. SU activities are open to all University College Falmouth and University of Exeter in Cornwall students whether they are based at the Tremough or Falmouth University's Woodlane Campus away. Some of the sports teams are run under the
Camborne School of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines ( kw, Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. ...
name despite players not being exclusively CSM or
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...
students.
References
External links
Tremough Part of Tremough Convent British Listed Buildings
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Education in Cornwall
University of Exeter
Falmouth University
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Combined Universities in Cornwall
Penryn, Cornwall