University of Winchester

VALUES-DRIVEN EXCELLENCE SINCE 1840

We are a thriving university with a deep commitment to teaching and research excellence. Established in 1840 by the Church of England, everything we do is underpinned by an unrelenting commitment to our values.

Our history timeline:

• 1840: The roots of the University of Winchester began when the Winchester Diocesan Training School was founded as a Church of England foundation, designed to provide training of elementary schoolmasters.

• 1847: The School became Winchester Training College.

• 1862: The origins of the University's King Alfred Quarter began when a new building (now the Winton Building) was built for the College, on land granted by the Cathedral.

• 1928: The College became King Alfred's College.

• 2003: The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) established that the College's standards and quality were fully commensurate with the university sector as a whole.

• 2004: Degree awarding powers were conferred and the institution became known as University College Winchester.

• 2005: The Privy Council conferred the title of the University of Winchester.

• 2007: The RIBA award-winning King Alfred Centre officially opens.

• 2008: Research degree awarding powers were granted by the Privy Council. We enhance our sports provision by opening the Winchester Sports Stadium at Bar End Quarter.

• 2010: Our Performing Arts Studios are built in the King Alfred Quarter and Queens Road Student Village opens.

• 2013: HRH The Earl of Wessex officially opens St Alphege, a £6.5 million learning and teaching building. The University's investment in campus accommodation continues with the addition of the Burma Road Student Village.

• 2015: Staff, students and alumni celebrated our history and achievements as part of the 175 year anniversary.

Our values:

As a university, we have always been – and will always be – led and driven by our values.

As the world around us changes, we have accepted the challenge to change with it and move forward with confidence. Our reimagined values reflect our past and speak to our future.

Teaching excellence framework (TEF):

In 2017 the University of Winchester was granted a Silver award in the Teaching Excellence Framework. This result reflects the high quality of our teaching and the tireless commitment and hard work of all staff to teaching excellence.

The results are based on a range of metrics supplemented by a written submission which demonstrate that students from all backgrounds achieve excellent outcomes at Winchester. Our metrics also highlight very high levels of student satisfaction with academic support.

Learning and teaching development:

The Learning and Teaching Development team work closely with colleagues across the University to implement the Learning and Teaching Strategy. The L&T Strategy sets out the University's vision to enhance curriculum and pedagogy, to engage students in actively shaping their learning, and to foster a passion for excellence in learning and teaching among staff.

The L&T Strategy sets out a vision of excellence in Learning and Teaching, concerned with curriculum, pedagogy, student engagement and the continuing professional development of staff. The Strategy sets out aspirations for learning and teaching in line with the University Values in three principal domains: Imagination, Expanding Horizons, and Wider World. The purpose of the strategy is to guide all L&T activity towards systematic enhancement by setting shared goals for deliberate enhancements.

Our future:

We have an ambitious strategy to be the world's leading values-driven university. We are passionate about providing an outstanding, personalised experience for our students and partners - meeting their needs and the needs of the economy and society at large through high-quality teaching and research. We build on strong foundations and we are determined to flourish through a continuous drive for excellence.

Our values are shaped by our original mission – to educate, advance knowledge and serve the common good – and it is guided by our reimagined values. It focuses on the importance of people, place and partnerships in delivering our mission.

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