Editing Anglia Ruskin University (section)

===Faculties and Schools===
There are four Faculties at Anglia Ruskin University:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.angliastudent.com/news/article/union/The-Universitys-plans-for-Academic-Restructure/|title=Academic Restructure|website=Anglia Students' Union}}</ref>
* Faculty of Business and Law
* Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
* Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care
* Faculty of Science & Engineering

[[File:Lord Ashcroft Building at ARU Cambridge.jpg|thumb|Lord Ashcroft Building in Cambridge.]]

====Faculty of Business and Law====
{{main|Anglia Ruskin University Faculty of Business and Law}}
The [[Anglia Ruskin University Faculty of Business and Law|Faculty of Business and Law]] is located in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, and London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Business and Law – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/business-and-law |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref>

The faculty has two schools, the School of Economics, Finance and Law, and the School of Management.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School of Economics, Finance and Law – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/business-and-law/economics-finance-and-law |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Business and law – Management – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/business-and-law/management |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab]] was opened for finance, banking, accounting, and economics students at the Chelmsford campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Bloomberg Lab provides City experience – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/news/new-bloomberg-lab-provides-city-experience |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref>

During his tenure as Chancellor, [[Michael Ashcroft|Lord Ashcroft]] made donations totaling £10 million to construct two facilities for the Lord Ashcroft International Business School in Chelmsford and Cambridge. The Lord Ashcroft Building in Chelmsford was inaugurated by [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex]], in 2003, while the Lord Ashcroft Building in Cambridge was opened in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lord Ashcroft steps down as ARU's Chancellor – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/news/lord-ashcroft-steps-down-as-arus-chancellor |website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglia Ruskin University – Philanthropy – Michael Ashcroft |url=https://www.lordashcroft.com/philanthropy/anglia-ruskin-university/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Lord Ashcroft |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-30 |title=Building the future of modern business education today |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/mbas-guide/building-the-future-of-modern-business-education-today-2304767.html |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, the ARU Certificate for Professional Development achieved third place out of over 70 submissions for the Most Innovative Approach to Developing Employability Skills at the Pearson HE Innovate Awards.<ref>{{Citation |title=Pearson HE Innovate Awards 2022 | date=19 December 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4od3khne8Y |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, the Faculty of Business and Law was awarded the Small Business Charter Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National award for ARU's commitment to business – ARU |url=https://aru.ac.uk/news/national-award-for-arus-commitment-to-business |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=aru.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

The business school has an Entrepreneurs in Residence program. In 2023, X-Forces Enterprise joined the program as a strategic partner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enterprise support for students and graduates - ARU |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/student-life/opportunities-at-aru/startup-at-anglia/students-and-graduates |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.aru.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Armed Forces business innovators to support students - ARU |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/armed-forces-business-innovators-to-support-students |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.aru.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:ARU Chelmsford - Marconi Building in summer.jpg|thumb|Marconi Building at ARU Chelmsford]]

====Faculty of Science & Technology====

The Faculty of Science and Technology has six departments spread across the Cambridge, Chelmsford, and Writtle campuses.<ref>{{cite web|title=About us – Welcome to the Faculty of Science & Technology.|url=http://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/about|website=anglia.ac.uk|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108030424/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/about|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Faculty of Science and Engineering consists of six schools: the School of Computing and Information Science, the School of Engineering and the Built Environment, the School of Life Sciences, the School of Psychology, the School of Sport and Sensory Science, and the Writtle School of Agriculture, Animal and Environmental Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Science and Engineering - ARU |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-engineering |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.aru.ac.uk}}</ref>

The Department of Built Environment is a multidisciplinary department and is located at the Chelmsford campus.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120719050655/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/departments/builtenv.html Built Environment – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref>

The Department of Computing and Technology is located at both the Chelmsford and Cambridge campuses. The department maintains close links with the electronics, software, automotive, and creative industries and is a [[Cisco]] Systems Regional Networking Academy.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003124244/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/departments/comptech/cisco_networking_academy.html Cisco Networking Academy – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref>

The Department of Life Sciences is located at the Cambridge campus. Teaching equipment includes laboratories, gas and liquid chromatographic systems, and facilities for drug analysis, toxicology, fire investigation, and DNA analysis.<ref>[http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/departments/lifesciences/about.html Life Sciences – Anglia Ruskin]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref>

The Department of Psychology is based at the Cambridge campus.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120717094652/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/departments/psychology.html Psychology – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref>

The Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences is based at the Cambridge Campus for Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120718091619/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/departments/vision_hearing.html Vision and Hearing Sciences – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref>

Research in Psychology, Vision, and Environmental Sciences was rated as world-leading or of international quality in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise. Notable successes include the discovery of new animal species, the design of new car bonnets for improved pedestrian safety, and leading studies on the toxic effects of [[benzylpiperazine]] (BZP).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120630210010/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/news0/archive/bzp.html Scientists are first to study toxic effects of BZP – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120520040858/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/research/research_at_anglia_ruskin/research_excellence.html Research Excellence – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120718071119/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/news0/ladybirds_threat.html European ladybirds under threat from alien predator – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120723060129/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/news0/archive/car_bonnet.html 'Pedestrian-friendly' car bonnet revealed – Anglia Ruskin]. anglia.ac.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2012.</ref>

In 2023, the Peterborough Innovation and Research Centre launched XRP eXtended Reality Peterborough, an immersive learning environment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Work starts on new XR centre at ARU Peterborough - ARU |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/work-starts-on-xr-centre-at-aru-peterborough |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.aru.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

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[[File:Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge - The Cambridge School of Art.jpg|thumb|The Cambridge School of Art]]

====Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education & Social Sciences====
The Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences was formed in 2023, bringing together four schools: the Cambridge School of Art, the Cambridge School of Creative Industries, the School of Education, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

It is also home to three research institutes: the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI), and StoryLab.

The Cambridge School of Art was opened in 1858 by the renowned art critic and professor [[John Ruskin]]. [[Edward Bawden]], a distinguished graphic artist and printmaker studied here in the 1920s. [[Ronald Searle]], creator of the ''St Trinian’s'' books, attended during the 1930s. [[Gustav Metzger]], a pioneer of [[auto-destructive art]], studied in the 1940s.<ref name=":13" />

In 1953, in collaboration with [[Francis Crick]] and [[James Watson|James D. Watson]] at Cambridge University, lecturer [[Odile Crick]] drew the original sketch to illustrate the complex concept of DNA’s [[double-helix]]. Cambridge School of Art was home to students including, caricaturists [[Roger Law]] and [[Peter Fluck]], known for their work on TV’s ''Spitting Image'', as well as [[Pink Floyd]] members [[Syd Barrett]] and [[David Gilmour]], who played one of their first gigs in 1966 from the balcony of what is now the illustration studios. Cambridge School of Art is known worldwide for its MA in Children's Book Illustration.<ref name=":13" />

Anglia Ruskin is a member of the Creative East.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-01 |title=Travolta producer hopes £1.3m plan boosts east's creative industry |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64799393 |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref>

In 2023, Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Cambridge formed a partnership to support PhD researchers in the social sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-18 |title=New regional partnership to support PhD researchers |url=https://www.miragenews.com/new-regional-partnership-to-support-phd-1126473/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Mirage News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
[[File:Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford Medical Building.jpg|thumb|The School of Medicine in Chelmsford]]

====Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care====
The Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Social Care comprises four schools: the School of Allied Health and Social Care, the School of Medicine, the School of Midwifery and Community Health, and the School of Nursing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care - ARU |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/health-medicine-and-social-care |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.aru.ac.uk}}</ref>

On 10 October 2016, Anglia Ruskin University announced plans to open Essex's first School of Medicine at its Chelmsford campus. The purpose-built medical school would be the first undergraduate medical school in Essex and would cost £20 million to construct. It is designed to include skills facilities, specialized teaching spaces, a lecture theatre, and a cadaveric anatomy suite.<ref>{{Cite news |title=School of Medicine will address pressing healthcare needs – Anglia Ruskin University |url=http://www.anglia.ac.uk/news/school-of-medicine-will-address-pressing-healthcare-needs |access-date=24 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

On 19 May 2017, Anglia Ruskin University announced that it had begun construction on the purpose-built medical school at its Chelmsford campus, which was scheduled to open in September 2018. Clare Panniker, Chief Executive of [[Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]], [[Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]], and [[Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]], attended the event alongside other officials.<ref name="AA1" />

On 21 September 2017, the university announced that the [[General Medical Council]] had approved its curriculum and that it now had official School of Medicine status. In 2019, the school was formally opened by [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=It's official: Essex has its first School of Medicine – Anglia Ruskin University |url=http://www.anglia.ac.uk/news/its-official-essex-has-its-first-school-of-medicine |access-date=24 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, ARU founded the first university hub in the UK for [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]], a charity for emotional support.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARU hosts first Samaritans university hub in UK - ARU |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/aru-hosts-first-samaritans-university-hub-in-uk |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.aru.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Anglia Ruskin University was rated tenth among the top ten British universities for social work by ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Best UK universities for social work – league table |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2022/sep/24/best-uk-universities-for-social-work-league-table |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=the Guardian |date=24 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>