Nottingham Trent University
Type | Public | |||||||||
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Established | 1843 - Nottingham Government School of Design 1992 - University Status | |||||||||
Endowment | £4.67 million (2022) | |||||||||
Budget | £393.5 million (2021-22) | |||||||||
Chancellor | Sir John Peace | |||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | Edward Peck | |||||||||
Administrative staff | 3,430 | |||||||||
Students | 35,785 (2019/20) | |||||||||
Undergraduates | 28,915 (2019/20) | |||||||||
Postgraduates | 6,870 (2019/20) | |||||||||
Location | , England, UK | |||||||||
Campus | Urban, Suburban, Semirural, Rural | |||||||||
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Affiliations | Association of Commonwealth Universities European University Association | |||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. Its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, which still exists within the university today. It is the sixth largest university in the UK (out of 169) with 35,785 students split over five different campuses in Nottingham. The university is set to open a new campus in London.
The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £393.5 million of which £9.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £385.5 million.
History
The university was formed by the amalgamation of several institutions of higher education. It originated from the Nottingham Government School of Design founded in 1843.
In 1945, the Nottingham and District Technical College was established. In 1958, Nottingham Regional College of Technology opened and in 1959, the Nottingham College of Education began at Clifton. In 1964, Nottingham Regional College was opened and in 1966, the original Nottingham College of Design was linked with the Regional College. Together they merged and the institution was upgraded to Polytechnic status in 1970 to become 'Trent Polytechnic'. In 1975 it amalgamated with Nottingham College of Education, and in 1988 the official name changed to 'Nottingham Polytechnic'.
Under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, all polytechnics and some higher education colleges became eligible for full university status; at this point, the institution officially became 'Nottingham Trent University'.
In 2017, the university received the Times Higher Education 'University of the Year Award' and in 2018, the 'Modern University of the Year Award' from the Sunday Times. In 2019, The Guardian awarded the university its 'University of the Year' award. The university once again received the 'Modern University of the Year Award' from the Sunday Times in 2022.
Campuses
The university has five campuses: City, Clifton, Confetti, Brackenhurst and Mansfield & Ashfield.
City campus
Located just north of Nottingham City Centre, the City site is home to over 17,000 students from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Law School, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, School of Art & Design, School of Social Sciences and the Centre for Broadcasting & Journalism, which regenerated Newton and Arkwright, two of the university's largest and oldest owned buildings. On 18 May 2011, the two buildings were officially opened by Sir David Attenborough.
Boots Library
The Boots Library is the main library of the university. It is in the centre of the city site and supports the schools of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Art & Design, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Law School and Social Sciences. It is a purpose-built building, completed in 1998 at a total cost of £13m[citation needed]; with a refurbishment completed in summer 2013. It is set over four levels plus a further level dedicated to 24-hour computing facilities. There are branch libraries on the Clifton and Brackenhurst campuses serving the schools located there, and include additional Animal Planet digital facilities.
The Recent Advances in Manufacturing database (RAM) is published by the library and information department. It is a bibliographic indexing service providing information for manufacturing and related areas. Literature covered includes journals, magazines, books, videos, and conference proceedings with from 1990 to 2012.
Clifton campus
Home to over 9,000 students from the School of Arts and Humanities, School of Science and Technology and School of Education. 4 miles (6 kilometres) outside the city centre, the Clifton campus was a self-contained, greenfield site. It hosts an Anthony Nolan Trust Cord Blood Bank, and the John van Geest Cancer Research Centre. The Clifton campus has had investments from the Lee Westwood Sports Centre.[citation needed] Clifton campus is linked to the City site by a student bus service (number 4) operated by NCTX.
Brackenhurst campus
Home to over 1,000 students from the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, the campus is located in the former Brackenhurst College which was dissolved in 1999 in favour of Nottingham Trent University.
Situated about 15 mi (24 km) from the city centre in the Southwell area of Nottinghamshire, Brackenhurst campus is sited at the former Brackenhurst Hall, a countryside estate with woodland, a lake and landscaped gardens. Contrasting with the country house built in 1828 are facilities including the high-tech glasshouse and new Veterinary Nursing building. The Veterinary Nursing Centre was purpose-built in 2007 and was made a RCVS accredited Veterinary Nursing Centre.
Confetti Campus
Confetti Campus, home to the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, is located a short walk east of the city centre on Convent Street. It is home to over 2000 students across its college and degree courses. The campus consists of the main Digital Media Hub on Convent Street, as well as Metronome (both a live music venue and a music studio complex) on Huntingdon Street, Confetti X (an Esports venue, also on Huntingdon Street), and Space 2 (a shared building that contains TV studios and related facilities) near Sneinton market. The institute, along with all its related businesses (collectively the Confetti Media Group), were bought by NTU in 2015.
NTU in Mansfield
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has collaborated with the West Nottinghamshire College University Centre to extend higher education provisions for Mansfield and Ashfield.
The £6.5 million University Centre was opened in 2016 to provide a range of programmes including full and foundation degrees and continue professional education. The University Centre is now known as NTU in Mansfield.
Organisation and administration
The university is composed of eight academic schools:
- School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
- School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
- School of Art & Design
- School of Arts and Humanities
- Nottingham Business School
- Nottingham Law School
- School of Science and Technology
- School of Social Sciences
Plus NTU in Mansfield and Creative Quarter Campus
Governance
Chancellors
In June 2008, Sir Michael Parkinson was named as the first Chancellor, responsible for a number of duties, including representing the university on special occasions and conferring degrees at graduation ceremonies (although he was absent from all the 2009 graduation ceremonies). The official installation as Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University took place in a special ceremony on Tuesday 11 November 2008, at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham.
- Sir Michael Parkinson (2008–2014)
- Kevin Cahill CBE (2014–2017)
- Sir John Peace
Vice-Chancellors
- Ray Cowell (1992–2003)
- Neil T Gorman (2003-2014)
- Edward Peck (2014–present)
Chairman of the board of Governors
- Neil Gaulden
- Sir John Peace (1999–2009)
Academic profile
Business and industry links
The university maintains close ties to over 6,000 businesses and 94% of students progress to full-time employment or further education within six months of graduating. These companies include Microsoft, Toyota, Boots, Experian and Rolls-Royce.
Across NTU, there are a number of dedicated centres that provide a focus for expertise and business resources.
Since 2001, the university has helped 250 start up companies of which 70% have been successful.
In 2019, the university began offering qualifications in Artisan Food Production, in affiliation with The School of Artisan Food on the nearby Welbeck Estate.
Research
The university has a research arm with, in 2014, 90% of the university's research considered to be "world-leading" and "internationally excellent" or "internationally recognised".
In November 2015, the university was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, "the highest national honour for a UK University" based on numerous research projects. In November 2021, the university again received the award, based on numerous research projects.
Rankings and reputation
National rankings | |
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Complete (2024) | 42 |
Guardian (2024) | 42 |
Times / Sunday Times (2024) | 43 |
Global rankings | |
ARWU (2023) | 601–700 |
QS (2024) | 595= |
THE (2024) | 501–600 |
Nottingham Trent University is the sixth largest university in the UK with 35,785 students split over five different campuses in Nottingham. The university is set to open a new campus in London.
In 2008 The Guardian said Nottingham Trent University was "one of the top places in the country for graduate employment", with 94% of students progress to full-time employment or further education within six months of graduating.
It was ranked 600 globally by the QS World University Rankings in 2013.
In 2015, WhatUni ranked the university 12th in its 'Student Choice Awards'. In the same year, the Times Higher Education ranked the university as 31st out of 113 universities in the country for student experience. In November 2015, Nottingham Trent received the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in the Science and Mathematics category, repeated in 2021 for projects involving digital imaging of architecture and heritage sites.
The university held a Gold rating in the UK Teaching Excellence Framework for June 2017.
Nottingham Trent University was awarded University of the Year in 2019 by The Guardian. It was ranked number 12 in the UK by The Guardian in 2020.
Nottingham Trent University achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze Award for good practices towards the advancement of gender equality in 2019.
Trent has also received a five-star rating on the QS World University Rankings for universities within the 801-1000 category.
Environmental profile
Sustainability
The university was named "the most environmentally friendly university in the country" by The Guardian, and in 2009 it was awarded the title of "the most environmentally friendly university in the UK", by The People & Planet Green League (the only independent ranking of British universities' environmental and ethical performance – published by the Times Higher Education); with 100% of the university's electricity generated by renewable sources since 2009.
Between 2009 and 2012, NTU received four First Class Awards from Green League, reflecting its commitment to carbon reduction and its efforts to become an environmentally aware higher education institution.
Aside from organising various 'green' activity clusters (e.g., The Carbon Elephant, The Wind Turbines Project, The UCycle Scheme), the university has also been formally awarded Fairtrade status. Fairtrade products are therefore available in all campus shops, catering outlets and the Students' Union. Also, Nottingham Trent University branded T-shirts and hoodies sold in the Student Union shops are made from Fairtrade cotton. Additionally, the university holds a yearly Fairtrade Fortnight Celebration, featuring a range of events and activities to raise awareness of the work of the Fairtrade Foundation and NTU's commitment to ensuring that farmers in some of the poorest areas of the world receive a fair price for their produce.
The university published a Sustainable Purchasing Policy in 2007, which was said to outline specific aims meant to embed sustainability into the institution's purchasing activities. NTU also acknowledged its responsibility to operate in an ethical manner and claims to take into account social, environmental and ethical considerations in all of its activities, including financial investment. The university's Treasury Management Policy included a separate section on Ethical Investment, which states that "investments shall only be made with institutions with a clear and transparent Ethical Investment Policy which reflect the university's ethical values".
Campus biodiversity
The university's conglomerated estate includes approximately 250 hectares of land, spread across its three campuses. These different land types, ranging from urban centres to farmland, are considered valuable ecological assets by the university, which is dedicated to conserving the biodiversity found on and around its grounds.
- City Campus
Despite the intense density of buildings typical of any urban setting,[citation needed] the university has been making efforts to enhance biodiversity found within the site. Newton and Arkwright, the flagship buildings of NTU, house not only staff and students, but also two peregrine falcons, which are protected under Schedule One of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. In this sense, the university runs a collaborative project with the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust; since 2002, the building has been regularly used by the peregrines, who nest on a specially arranged ledge near the top of the skyscraper. The nest site, which is being publicly broadcast on the Internet, has been successfully used to raise 16 chicks between 2008 and 2012.
Newton and Arkwright's common roof has varieties of sedum covering it. Bird species that can be found include blackbirds, song thrushes, wrens, robins and even rare black redstarts.[dead link]
- Clifton Campus
Located 3 mi (5 km) south of Nottingham city centre, on the outskirts of Clifton Village, the area comprises 32 hectares of land in a relatively enclosed campus environment.
Biodiversity can be noticed around the campus, including a variety of species of birds, bats and insects. Habitats are also provided within areas such as The Grove, bounding the site to the north-east, comprising mature trees along the River Trent. The university's commitment to biodiversity across all of its estates includes constant investigating into exactly what creatures share the campus with humans and how the environment can be enhanced to encourage numbers to increase, and to entice new wildlife to the campus. Future plans to help enhance biodiversity and manage the landscape have been made publicly available by the university in 2012.
- Brackenhurst Campus
Brackenhurst Campus comprises a 200-hectare scenic estate situated on the outskirts of Southwell, and is set around a former country house built in 1828.
Given its rural setting,[citation needed] a vast array of wildlife co-exists with staff and students; present are species and habitats such as the great crested newt, badger, European hare, ancient hedgerows, the Victorian Walled Garden (a listed Heritage site), and Sheepwalk's pond and Wildlife Hide (Wetland Conservation Area). Webcams on campus enable the monitoring of such species and habitats.
Student life
Students' Union
Nottingham Trent Students' Union (NTSU) provides student activities and events, a Student Advice Centre, leisure and retail services, democratic representation and night-time entertainment at all three NTU campuses.
- RAG is NTSU's fundraising department, where volunteers plan events to raise funds for local, national and international charities, as chosen by the members.
- The Student Magazine – Platform – is published online every month during the academic year, and is also available on campus in print form. It covers education, local and on-campus news, as well as arts, culture, sports and lifestyle. The magazine recently played host to the Student Publication Association's annual conference.
- The Students' Union television station – Trent TV – broadcasts programmes online including coverage of Freshers Week and the annual NTSU Awards, student nights out in Nottingham and 'Trent TV News' – for which the station was awarded 'Best News Programme of 2011' by the National Student Television Association.
- The Students' Union Radio Station – Fly Live – broadcasts everyday from 9am to 9pm on their website including daytime shows, specialist shows, entertainment, sport and news. Started by then SU president, Ben Morrison in 1996, they have since won multiple Student Radio Association awards and have had numerous nominations.
UKIP Controversy
In late 2014, some Nottingham Trent University UKIP students attempted to form an official society for their party. The Union's Societies Assembly voted to block the formation of this group in spite of similar Labour and Conservative societies already existing.
The situation rose to prominence in January 2015 when an article appeared on the website of Young Independence calling the ban "An affront to democracy" and this sentiment was echoed by UKIP's Margot Parker MEP in a statement a few days later. Various news outlets became interested in the story, including Sky News.
On 21 January 2015 the Union admitted that some members of the Societies Assembly made their decision based on personal political beliefs and therefore overturned the ban.
Sport
NTU sports scholars have competed in the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and world championships. NTU alumni include England Rugby player Nick Easter and GB Hockey players Crista Cullen and Alistair Wilson.
The 2010 world number one golfer and honorary graduate Lee Westwood opened the new Lee Westwood Sports Centre on the university's Clifton campus. The centre has sport and athlete support facilities, including sports halls, studios and fitness suites, and a nutrition training centre.
NTU is consistently ranked in the top 20% of institutions in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) championships, in the 2014/2015 season the university achieved 17th place. The university competes in the Varsity Series against local rival, the University of Nottingham.
Rowing
Nottingham Trent University Rowing Club is affiliated to British Rowing (boat code NTU) and Trent Polytechnic's Rachel Hirst won the women's single sculls title at the 1986 British Rowing Championships.
Notable alumni
- Grace Keeling – English TikToker and host of the podcast Saving Grace.
- Richard Evershed – Professor of Biogeochemistry and Fellow of the Royal Society.
- Roger Carr – British businessman, current chairman of BAE Systems.
- Darryl Hunt - English musician and singer-songwriter, who was best known for playing bass guitar in The Pogues.
- Rayner Hoff – Public sculptor who rose to prominence in Australia.
- Nene Amegatcher – Active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2023)
- Dame Laura Knight – First female artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire
- Paul K. Joyce - Music composer.
- Matt Berry – Actor, writer and comedian
- Patricia Noxolo – British geographer who is a professor at the University of Birmingham. She is the Chair of the Society for Caribbean Studies.
- Freda Love Smith – American musician, journalist, and non-fiction author. She was a lecturer at Northwestern University.
- Mohammed bin Jasim Alghatam – Bahraini politician. He was President of the University of Bahrain and Minister of Education of Bahrain.
- Karen A. Smith MNZM – New Zealand management academic. She is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.
- Libor Michálek – Czech economist, politician, and whistleblower.
- Mamoru Iriguchi – Japanese multimedia artist and theatre designer.
- Olav Bjortomt – Quiz setter for The Times and notable contestant
- Christopher Blanchett – BBC presenter and weather forecaster
- Chris Townsend CBE - KPMG Senior Partner and Head of KPMG's Infrastructure, Government, Defence and Healthcare (IGH) practice.
- Steve Trapmore MBE - Olympic gold medallist.
- Richard Hounslow - Slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 until his retirement in 2016.
- Hazel Blears – Labour Party MP for Salford (1997-2015), former Cabinet Minister and Chair of the Labour Party
- Crista Cullen MBE – Olympic gold medal-winning English field hockey player.
- Erold Naomab – Namibian academic. He is the vice-chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST).
- Stewart Brown – English poet, university lecturer and scholar of African and Caribbean Literature
- Rizwan Hussain – Barrister and UK television presenter.
- Jack Saunders – British radio DJ and TV presenter. He is best known for presenting his shows on BBC Radio 1.
- Paul Carr – writer, journalist and commentator.
- Ana Boulter – Actress, TV Presenter
- Ben Bradley – Conservative MP for Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, since 2017
- Graham Budgett – Artist and educator
- Daniel Byles – Guinness world record holding Ocean Rower and polar explorer, Conservative MP for North Warwickshire from 2010
- Vernon Coaker – Labour Party MP for Gedling, Nottingham, 1997–2019
- Stuart Trevor - Scottish-born fashion designer who founded the retail group AllSaints.
- Amy Voce – Award-winning Radio Breakfast Show presenter, currently on Virgin Radio.
- Hattie Naylor – English playwright.
- Graham Ibbeson – British artist and sculptor, known for the realistic figurative sculptures he has created for public commissions in the United Kingdom.
- Sean Cunningham – Flight Lieutenant
- Joe Coombs – canoe slalom athlete
- Shane Cullinan – composer
- Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham 1977–2011 – Red Arrows pilot
- Adrian Searle – chief art critic of The Guardian newspaper in Britain, and has been writing for the paper since 1996. Previously he was a painter.
- Alan Dapre – Children's Author, BBC Radio and Television Playwright: Brum, Boohbah
- George Daniels – Watchmaker
- Varun Dhawan – Bollywood actor
- Jane Smit – Former England Ladies Cricketer
- Liz Blackman – British Labour Party politician.
- Richard Evans – Graphic designer of album covers and music-related design
- Bob Mackenzie – British businessman.
- Matthew Offord – British Conservative Party politician.
- Dudley D. Watkins – Creator of Lord Snooty and Desperate Dan for the Beano and Dandy comics.
- Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond – Artist
- Stephen Dixon – Sky News presenter
- Nick Easter – Rugby Union player
- Nick Freeman – solicitor.
- Temi Balogun – Nigerian media personality and creator of the TV series Skinny Girl in Transit.
- Chris Harrison – British photographer
- Lucy Horobin – Sony Award nominated broadcaster with a career spanning 20 years in radio.
- Bobby Friction – DJ
- James Robert Ford – Contemporary conceptual artist.
- Neal Lawson – British political commentator and organiser.
- Jon McCarthy – Professional footballer.
- Nwabueze Nwokolo – Royal princess of Ngwaland and Nigerian United Kingdom based lawyer who is council member at Law Society of England and Wales.
- Ryan France – Professional footballer
- Rajdeep Goala – Indian politician
- Jonathan Glazer – Film and Video Director
- Dan Hardy – mixed martial artist, UFC Welterweight fighter
- Nigel Healey – Vice-Chancellor, Fiji National University
- Rachel Hirst – Olympic rower
- Lucy Orta – English contemporary visual artist.
- Steve Hogarth – Lead Singer of Marillion
- John Davies – British landscape photographer.
- Jack Scott – British meteorologist
- James Rowe – English football manager and former player.
- Anthony Howell – Professional footballer at Mansfield Town FC
- Felix Ibru – Nigerian architect
- Nick Waplington – British-American artist and photographer. He has critically acclaimed work displayed at the Tate Britain, Venice Biennale, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
- John Bowley – British architect and engineer.
- Lawrence Bright – British architect.
- Hedley John Price – English architect based in Nottingham.
- John Frederick Dodd – British architect based in Derbyshire.
- Gilbert Smith Doughty – British architect based in Nottingham and Matlock.
- Noel Denholm Davis – English artist, who worked chiefly as a portrait painter.
- Charles Doman – British sculptor based in Nottingham.
- Arthur Lowe – British painter and member of the Nottingham Society of Artists.
- Joseph Else – British sculptor based in Nottingham and associate member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
- Sheila Robinson – British artist and illustrator, one of the Great Bardfield Artists and member of staff at the Royal College of Art.
- Richard Evans – British graphic designer and author.
- Mary Gillick OBE – British sculptor and medallist, best known for her effigy of Elizabeth II used on coinage in the United Kingdom and elsewhere from 1953 to 1970.
- John Howitt – British architect based in Nottingham.
- Sidney Roberts Stevenson – English architect based in Nottingham.
- Joseph Warburton – English architect based in Nottinghamshire.
- Charles Nelson Holloway – British architect based in Nottingham.
- James Woodford OBE RA – English sculptor most famous for the statue of Robin Hood outside Nottingham Castle.
- Harold Knight RA – English portrait, genre and landscape painter.
- Jonathan Huxley – Artist
- Ellie Harrison – British artist.
- Martyn Jones – Former Labour Party MP
- Tim Noble and Sue Webster – British artists who are associated with the post-YBA generation of artists.
- Alastair Wilson – GB and England hockey player.
- Alyn Smith – Scottish politician
- Rob Ryan – British visual artist who specialises in Papercutting and screen-printing.
- Samson Kambalu – Malawi-born artist, academic, and author. He is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
- Scout Niblett – English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
- Lala Meredith-Vula – English and Albanian-Kosovian artist and photographer.
- Stephen Jones – English novelist and lo-fi musician.
- Paul Kaye (Dennis Pennis) – Actor, Comedian
- Paul Kenyon – BAFTA-winning journalist and author.
- Paul Lester – Businessman who is chairman of the FTSE 250 companies McCarthy & Stone, and Essentra.
- Neal Lawson – Political commentator
- Dai Roberts – British sculptor, print and installation artist
- Said Adrus – Ugandan-British artist.
- Barry North – retired senior Royal Air Force officer, who served as Deputy Commander (Personnel) at RAF Air Command.
- Adam Leventhal – Presenter at Sky Sports News
- Dave Lewis – CEO of Tesco PLC
- Matthew Spacie – India-based British entrepreneur, humanitarian, and a former international rugby player.
- Lynda Clark – author and creator of interactive fiction.
- Anne Marie Waters – Far-right politician and activist based in the UK.
- Jürgen Maier – British-Austrian businessman, and the former Chief Executive of Siemens UK.
- Jenny Tiramani – British costume, stage and production designer.
- Marc Spackman – Professional swimmer who had a successful International career spanning 10 years.
- Keith Piper – British artist, curator, critic and academic
- Ed Macfarlane – Singer, Friendly Fires
- Glenis Willmott – Retired British Labour Party politician who served as leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP).
- Arthur Spooner – British painter
- Mel Ramsden – British conceptual artist and member of the Art & Language artist group.
- Christian O'Connell – Broadcaster
- Mike Parry – Broadcaster
- Michael Driscoll – British economist. From 1996 to 2015, he was Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University in London.
- Joyce Mbui – Kenyan lawyer
- Alex Rodman – Professional Footballer at Aldershot Town F.C.
- Donald Rodney – Artist
- Tim Stead MBE – British sculptor and furniture maker who worked primarily in wood.
- Mark Simmonds (former Member of Parliament) – former MP for Boston and Skegness
- Alan Simpson – MP for Nottingham South 1992–2010 (Students' Union President 1969–70)
- Six By Seven – Nottingham-based rock band
- Simon Starling – Turner Prize Winner, 2005
- Simon Taylor-Davis – Guitarist in the Klaxons
- Tom Kay - Rower and three times world championship gold medallist.
- Stephen Newton – British artist
- Iwan Thomas – BBC Radio 4 Brain of Britain, 2011
- David Pearson – British social care administrator
- Tom Sandberg – Norwegian art photographer.
- David Tress – Anglo-Welsh Artist
- Roger Southam FRICS – British chartered surveyor and managing agent.
- Mark Crossley – Award-winning music and sports broadcaster.
- Keith Albarn – English artist
- Charlie Christina Martin – British racing car driver and transgender rights activist.
- Chuka Umunna – MP for Streatham (2010–19) and former Shadow Business Secretary.
- Glenis Willmott – Labour MEP for East Midlands
- Sonali Shah – BBC broadcaster
- Charlie O'Loughlin – Professional footballer
- Peter Liddle – British landscape artist and sculptor, known for his allegorical depictions of the British Isles.
- Richard Bacon – British broadcaster
- Sam Fell - Oscar and BAFTA nominated director of animated films, including Flushed Away.
- Paul Hart – British landscape photographer.
- Alistair Begg - Pastor
- Brendan Clarke-Smith – Politician
- Alex Ibru – Nigerian businessman, founder and publisher of The Guardian (Nigeria) newspaper, who was minister of internal affairs.
- Tony Galvin – Professional footballer
- Katie Byres – British track and field athlete
- Nicholas Buckland – English competitive ice dancer
- Andreas Schmidt - German artist
- Duncan Baker – British Conservative Party politician
- Penny Coomes – English competitive ice dancer
- John Richard Townsend – English painter and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
- Samson Kambalu – Malawi-born artist, academic and author who trained as a fine artist and ethnomusicologist at the University of Malawi's Chancellor College.
- Courtney Sweetman-Kirk – English footballer
- George Cooper – English professional footballer
- JoBeth Coleby-Davis – Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician and attorney who has been the Bahamian Minister of Housing and Transport since September 2021.
- Jon Burgerman – British artist
- Eddie Cooper – British actor.
- Malik Noor Saleem Khan – Pakistani politician
- Chris Lee Chun Kit – Malaysian politician.