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Campuses and facilities
Campuses and facilities
We have been offering high quality degrees since 1993, during which time we've continued to broaden the choice of programmes we offer, partnering with three major Universities in the South West of England.
We have also invested tens of millions of pounds in the fantastic facilities across our campuses to create a modern, welcoming and specialist learning environment for our students.
Open Day
Come along to our next Open Day to find out how we could help you achieve your ambitions with higher education.
Winter Gardens
We have spent millions of pounds to create a new University Centre in Weston’s iconic Winter Gardens Pavilion on the town’s seafront. It is a few minutes’ walk from our main Knightstone building on the recently-redeveloped Italian Gardens. Many of our support staff are based in the new part of the building and we encourage all of our students to take advantage of everything the Winter Gardens has to offer, which includes classrooms, group and individual study areas and a bistro and coffee shop. We also use the building’s famous ballroom for lots of events throughout the year, including Graduation and the annual UCW Awards where we celebrate all of our students’ successes.
South Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1AJ
Knightstone Campus
The University Centre across two floors in the Weston College Group’s Knightstone building has new laboratory and studio facilities, a group study area, a common room and classrooms. Knightstone is home to the UCW Academy of Performing Arts, which has rehearsal and performance spaces, dance studios, a contextual studies classroom and a student green room. The building also has a health and fitness suite and other sports facilities including a multi-use 3G pitch, a bistro and coffee shops.
Knightstone Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 2AL
Loxton Campus
Loxton Campus is a short drive from the centre of Weston and a short walk from the beach. It is the base for our art, design, media and music degrees, and boasts all of the rehearsal, performance and exhibition spaces to be expected from a facility dedicated to the creative arts. The campus has recording studios, art and design studios, a photography studio, editing suites, darkrooms, a bistro and a coffee shop.
Loxton Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 4QU
South West Skills Campus
South West Skills Campus is our high-technology facility and home to our engineering courses and the new West of England Institute of Technology. As well as industry-standard equipment, it has sport facilities, a bistro and a coffee shop. The campus is close to Weston Milton railway station and the M5 motorway.
Locking Rd, Milton, Weston-super-Mare BS22 8ND
Health and Active Living Skills Centre
This state-of-the-art facility at Loxton Campus is the first of its kind in the region. It has a simulation hospital ward with medical mannequins, and the sport facilities include 3G and grass football pitches with spectator areas, a multi-use sports hall and a gym.
Health and Active Living Skills Centre Loxton, Loxton Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 4QU
Animal Management Education Centre
The new £1.4 million centre at Puxton Park near the M5 motorway provides our Animal Management students with low carbon and industry-standard facilities to undertake their practical studies.
Cowslip Lane, Hewish, Banwell, Weston-super-Mare BS24 6AH
Quality courses
We are rated as Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, meaning the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain, and we have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.
Student satisfaction
We achieved an overall satisfaction score of 93% in the National Student Survey 2019 and five of our degree areas – Animal Management, Applied Computing, Counselling, Early Years and Musical Theatre – have individual overall satisfaction scores of 100%.
Outstanding support
We do all we can to support our students, including offering mental health and wellbeing guidance and providing additional learning expertise, and we also offer plenty of opportunities to get involved with everything going on at UCW.
Quality courses
We are rated as Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, meaning the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain, and we have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.
Student satisfaction
We achieved an overall satisfaction score of 93% in the National Student Survey 2019 and five of our degree areas – Animal Management, Applied Computing, Counselling, Early Years and Musical Theatre – have individual overall satisfaction scores of 100%.
Outstanding support
We do all we can to support our students, including offering mental health and wellbeing guidance and providing additional learning expertise, and we also offer plenty of opportunities to get involved with everything going on at UCW.
We are rated as Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, meaning the teaching, learning and opportunities we provide are of the highest quality in Britain, and we have also achieved the best Higher Education Review in the West of England.