Buckinghamshire New University

A great environment for learning

Learning in an inspiring, friendly and well-equipped university makes a huge difference. That’s why Bucks New University has invested GBP 100 million into its campuses.

Exciting locations

Students will find the university’s impressive campuses in the lively towns of High Wycombe, Uxbridge and Aylesbury. Great transport links mean students will be within easy reach of London, Oxford, Reading and beyond.

Career-focused courses

From working on live project briefs to taking part in placements and industry visits, its courses are designed to help prepare students for a rewarding career.

Opportunities for all

It is committed to widening participation, and firmly believe that if students have the potential to benefit from higher education, they should have the opportunity to study.

Academics who know their field

Its team of academics will share their experiences with students, giving insights into the world of work and industry.

Global outlook

From Erasmus exchanges to internships and global contacts, students can broaden their horizons with one of the opportunities to study abroad.

School of Art, Design & Performance

Students at Bucks can benefit from the university’s impressive industry contacts, providing them with direct access to guest lectures, live project briefs, masterclasses and an invaluable range of networking opportunities.

It specialises in courses such as art and design, as well as performance and dance.

School of Aviation and Security

The School of Aviation and Security is professionally orientated, offering a well-established, inspiring mix of courses and deep sector expertise that are designed to give its graduates a head start in their chosen careers.

The school specialises in the following subject areas:

• Aviation, including pilot degrees, airline and airport management, and governance, regulation and law
• Security and resilience, including business continuity, protective security and intelligence
• Policing
• Travel and Tourism

School of Business Law & Computing

This School offers a portfolio of vocational courses, developed with industry, and designed to meet the rigorous expectations of the relevant professional bodies. Bucks students will work with academics who stay closely involved in their sectors and specialisms and keep pace with the changes and challenges of today’s world. They use their experiences and external activities to keep the university’s courses fresh and relevant.

School of Media & Creative Industries

The School of Media & Creative Industries routinely links curricular projects with major partners. Its aim is to develop employable graduates.

Subjects covered include animation, film and TV production, sound design, audio and music production, music business, music management, studio production, music technology and songwriting.

School of Nursing & Allied Health

Through the School of Nursing & Allied Health, the university works with the NHS, private and independent sector to produce competent and dynamic graduates.

Students benefit from state-of-the-art simulation facilities at the university’s Aylesbury, Uxbridge and High Wycombe campuses, where its students hone their skills and get ready for practice.

School of Health & Social Work

This school offers professionally-focused courses to help students enter, or progress in, health and social care roles.

The teams in this school comprise:

• Social Work
• Health and Social Care
• CPD (post-qualifying nursing)
• Community (post-qualifying specialist community courses) and Public Health

School of Human & Social Sciences

The school offers degree and master’s programmes in the following areas:

• Education and early years
• Human performance, sport, and exercise
• Psychology
• Social sciences

Most of these courses are professionally accredited, approved and regulated by bodies such as the Health and Care Professions Council, the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, the British Psychological Society, and The Society of Sports Therapists.

For more information on the schools and courses offered by each department, visit the website.

Bucks New University has invested in top-class facilities across its campuses to support students’ learning as well as their social life. Students can let their creativity run wild in drama, dance and music studios. They can hone their skills in the university’s production and photography suites, and get hands-on experience in the healthcare simulation labs.

Highlights of the university’s facilities include:

• An Elite S812 flight simulator – Students use this dual pilot simulator, which is the university’s private and commercial piloting, to develop and progress skills such as instrument and cross-country flying.
• An onsite gym – The latest equipment and technology along with discounted membership for students makes it easy to stay fit and healthy.
• The Gateway Library – Spread across four floors, the university’s impressive library offers wifi, computer suites, flexible study rooms and generous opening hours.
• Nursing and healthcare simulation suites - Students regularly spend time in these areas, to practice technical skills and use the newest technologies, in a safe and supportive environment.

Bucks New University offers the following scholarship options:

• Vice-Chancellor's International Excellence Award: This scholarship will support successful applicants by significantly reducing their living costs across their period of study at Bucks New University, for up to three years.
• UK Academic Achievement Scholarship: This scholarship offers the university’s unconditional offer holders an incentive to strive to achieve in the Summer 2019 examination period.
• The Foundation Bursary: This bursary is offered to support with living expenses for the first year at Bucks.
• The Gateway Scholarship: This scholarship will support new students with living expenses when they first enrol on an undergraduate, undergraduate with foundation year, or postgraduate course.
• Social Work Bursary: If students are enrolled on a course leading to a registration as a social worker, they can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover the cost in year one. Students may also be eligible to receive support in the form of an NHS bursary.

If students need extra financial help in addition to any monetary support they may already have gained for their studies, they can contact the Students’ Union Advice Centre.

Coming to university is always a big move. Of course, students will want the certainty of knowing where they are going to live. Students would also want a place that fits in with their studies and suits their social life, and most of all, they would want somewhere they will feel at home.

At Bucks, settling into the new surrounding will be easy, thanks to the university’s range of comfortable halls of residence in High Wycombe; Hughenden Park Student Village, Windsor House and Brook Street.

All halls have 24-hour security, high speed internet and laundry facilities on site. And, if they are full-time, first-year students, Bucks guarantees them a place in one of their halls.

Students will find the university’s impressive campuses in four lively towns just outside London. Wherever the students are based, they will have endless places to explore and great travel links to the rest of the UK and beyond.

Bucks New University’s free bus service makes it easy to travel between its High Wycombe and Uxbridge campuses. It also means students can make the most of the Students’ Union, gym and events.

Based in Buckinghamshire or Greater London students will be able to enjoy the buzz of London without the stress and cost of living there – they can simply hop on a direct train or tube. It is also easy to visit other great cities like Oxford and Birmingham.

High Wycombe

At High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, students will be at the heart of the action. It’s the university’s main campus, home to the number one Students’ Union in the UK (NSS 2018), and only a 25 minute train journey away from the bright lights of London.

Uxbridge

Students based at the University’s Uxbridge Campus, in West London, can grab their Oyster card and walk five minutes to the tube – they can travel on the Metropolitan and Piccadilly Line to central London.

Aylesbury Vale

Aylesbury Vale, in Buckinghamshire, is a town that’s safe and friendly. It might seem quieter than the university’s other campuses, but there’s plenty to do. When they crave the city hustle and bustle, they can catch a direct train to London Marylebone.

Missenden Abbey

This is where the university hosts workshops for some of its programmes. The conference centre is in the heart of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, but it’s only a five-minute walk to the train station with non-stop travel to London Marylebone.