Higher Education Policy

TABLE 1

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Strategic Mergers of Strong Institutions to Enhance Competitive Advantage

Grant Harman and Kay Harman

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Table 1. Mergers achieved and selected proposed mergers of British higher education institutions 1992–2006

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Date Institutions Type of merger Results
1992Paisley University/Craigie College of Education Merged
1993University of Glasgow/Jordanhill College of Education Merged
1994–1995Brunel University/West London Institute of Higher Education Merged
 University College of Wales Aberystwyth/Welsh Agricultural College Merged
 University of Dundee/Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Merged
 Kings College London/Institute of PsychiatryStrong/strongMerged
 University College London/Institute of OphthalmologyStrong/strongMerged
 Queen Mary and Westfield College/London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's HospitalStrong/strongMerged
 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine/National Heart and Lung InstituteStrong/strongMerged
1995–1996University College London/Institute of Child Health and Institute of NeurologyStrong/strongMerged
 British Postgraduate Medical Foundation incorporated into Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Kings College London, University College London and Senates InstituteStrong/strongMerged
 University College of North Wales/Coleg Normal Merged
 University of Southampton/Winchester School of Art Merged
 University of Salford/Salford College of Technology Merged
1996–1997University College London/Institute of NeurologyStrong/strongMerged
 Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School merged with Imperial College of Science, Engineering & MedicineStrong/strongMerged
 University College of North Wales Bangor/Coleg Normal Merged
 University of Southampton/La Sainte Union College of Higher Education Merged
1998–1999Kings College London/United Medical and Dental SchoolStrong/strongMerged
 Loughborough University/Loughborough College of Art and Design Merged
 University of Edinburgh/Moray House Institute of Education Merged
 Heriot-Watt University/The Scottish College of Textiles Merged
 University College London/Royal Free Hospital College of MedicineStrong/StrongMerged
 University College London/Eastman Dental InstituteStrong/StrongMerged
 University of Wales Lampeter/Trinity College Carmarthen Did not take place
1999–2000University College London/ School of Slavonic and East European StudiesStrong/StrongMerged
 University of Glasgow/St Andrews College of Education Merged
 University of Birmingham/Westhill College of Education Merged
2000–2001Canterbury Christ Church University College/College of Guidance Studies Merged
 University of Birmingham/Aston UniversityStrong/StrongDid not take place
 Oxford Brookes University/Westminster College Oxford Merged
 Imperial College of Science, Engineering & Medicine/Wye College Merged
 University of Hull/North Riding College Merged
 University of Leeds/Bretton College Merged
 University of Cambridge/Homerton College, Cambridge Merged
 University of Leicester/Loughborough UniversityStrong/StrongDid not take place
 University of Bath/University of West of EnglandStrong/StrongDid not take place
2001–2002Imperial College of Science, Engineering & Medicine/University College LondonStrong/StrongDid not take place
 University of Leeds/ Bretton Hall College Merged
 University of Aberdeen and University of Dundee/Northern College of Education Merged
 Aberdeen University/Robert Gordon UniversityStrong/StrongDecided against
2002–2003London Guildhall University/University of North London merged to become London Metropolitan UniversityStrong/StrongMerged
 Huddersfield University/Doncaster College Did not take place
 Northern School of Contemporary Dance/ Conservatoire for Dance and Drama Merged
2004–2005Cardiff University/University of Wales College of MedicineStrong/StrongMerged
 Victoria University of Manchester and University of Manchester University of Science and TechnologyStrong/StrongMerged
 Trinity College of Music and Laban/Trinity Laban Merged
 University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury/Kent Institute of Art and Design and the Surrey Institute of arid Design University College Merged
 University of Glamorgan/University of Wales Institute CardiffStrong/StrongDecided against
 Bradford University/Bradford College Decided against
 University of Wales Bangor/North East Institute Discussions terminated
 Thames Valley University/ Reading College and School of Arts and Design Merged
2005–2006University of the Arts London/Wimbledon School of Art Merged

  Sources: Brown et al. (2003a), University of Edinburgh Planning Section (2004), and Ramsden (2006).

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