Newbold College of Higher Education

{{Short description|College in Binfield, Berkshire, UK}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Notability|Company|date=September 2023}} {{third party|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox university |name =Newbold College of Higher Education |native_name = |image_name = |image_size =250px |motto = Life Changing - Faith Affirming |mottoeng = |established =1901 |type =Private |affiliation = Seventh-day Adventist<ref>[http://www.adventistyearbook.org/default.aspx?page=ViewEntity&EntityID=13016&Section=General&Search=Newbold College#Search. Accessed 30 October 2012.]</ref> |faculty = 23 |administrative_staff = 30 |principal = Dr Dan Serb<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ted.adventist.org/news/dr-dan-serb-appointed-as-newbold-principal/ |title=Dr Dan Serb Appointed As Newbold Principal |publisher=tedNEWS Network |date=2025-05-19 |access-date=2025-11-22}}</ref>|students = 101 |undergrad = |postgrad = |doctoral = |city =Binfield |state=Berkshire |country =England |campus =Rural |free_label =Newspaper |free =''The Newboldian'' |colors = |mascot = |nickname = |former_names = Duncombe Hall College |affiliations = |footnotes = |website =[http://www.newbold.ac.uk/ www.newbold.ac.uk] |coor = |logo = }} {{Seventh-day Adventism}}

'''Newbold College of Higher Education''' is a member of the worldwide network of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities and attracts students from over 60 countries. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists |title=For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists |date=2010-11-25 |quote="the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm |title=Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts |access-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323223151/http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm |archive-date=23 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church |url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017005947/http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://news.adventist.org/2003/04/worl-church-a-closer-look-at-higher-eucatio.html | title =World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education | first1 =Wendi | last1 =Rogers | first2 =Mark A. | last2 =Kellner | date =1 April 2003 | publisher =Adventist News Network | access-date =2010-06-19 }}</ref>

Founded in 1901 as '''Duncombe Hall College''' in London, in 1945 it moved to Binfield in Berkshire, approximately {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=out}} west of London, with the purchase of '''Moor Close''', around which the main campus has grown. The college offers courses in Theology, Business Management and Humanities for students pursuing a combination of studies in Business Studies, English Literature, History, Media Studies, Fine Arts, Psychology and/or Religion. A range of one year programmes are available, including Gap Year, University Year in England, and a British Heritage suite of modules as part of the Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA) programme. The college offers an English programme for speakers of other Languages (ESOL).

The college is an international member of the Council of Independent Colleges<ref>{{cite web|title=CIC International and Associate Members|url=http://www.cic.org/About-CIC/Who-We-Are/Members-of-CIC/Pages/Internationals-and-Associates.aspx|publisher=cic.org|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009014949/http://cic.org/About-CIC/Who-We-Are/Members-of-CIC/Pages/Internationals-and-Associates.aspx|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an international affiliate of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=CCCU Members & Affiliates| date=26 July 2016 |url=http://www.cccu.org/members_and_affiliates?member_type=int&pg=3|publisher=cccu.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Newbold College joins two international associations|url=http://www.ted-adventist.org/news/newbold-colleg-joins-two-international-associations|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911201822/http://www.ted-adventist.org/news/newbold-colleg-joins-two-international-associations|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|publisher=ted-adventist.org|date=13 February 2012}}</ref>

==History== thumb|Salisbury Hall, the main administrative building at Newbold College of Higher Education thumb|Moor Close Newbold College of Higher Education opened in 1901 as Duncombe Hall College in Holloway, North London to train church workers and ministers. It has undergone a number of name changes. The Newbold name was taken from its Newbold Revel location to the east of Rugby, Warwickshire, during World War II. Another wartime Warwickshire location was Packwood Haugh, between Solihull and Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire. In 1945 the college purchased Moor Close, which expanded to the present-day campus. One factor for this choice was its proximity to Oxford and London. The existing campus is located near Heathrow Airport.

===Moor Close=== Moor Close is a Grade II listed redbrick Jacobethan house built in 1881. It was extended and altered c. 1914, with a complete Jacobethan interior, by architect and garden designer Oliver Hill for financier Charles Birch Crisp,<ref name=EHMC>{{NHLE |num=1390303 |desc=Moor Close |accessdate=10 February 2015 }}</ref> to complement the terraces and gardens which Hill created over 1910–13. These are listed Grade II* in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Extending to the south and east of the house, the grounds contain a number of terraces on different levels, many linked by circular steps. There are courts, pergolas, staircases, balustrades and lily pools. Hill also built a stone bridge over a ravine, leading to Sylvia's Garden, named after Crisp's daughter. Moor Close was Hill's first major project, and was influenced by the work of garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.<ref name=EHNC>{{NHLE |num=1000547 |desc=Newbold College (formerly Moor Close) |accessdate=10 February 2015 }}</ref>

==Campus== Campus facilities include Salisbury Hall, Murdoch Hall, Roy Graham Library and Egremont which are the main academic and administration buildings. Moor Close, Keough House and Schuil House are student residence halls, and family housing is located north of the campus at Ashgrove, Beechwood and Ceder Close. Sports facilities include a gym equipped for basketball, volleyball, floorball, football, badminton and a football pitch. Newbold Church Centre and Newbold School are located on the south side of campus adjacent to Moor Close Gardens.<ref>''Life is for living Two Cultural Strategy 2008 – 2012''. http://democratic.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Published/C00000102/M00001566/AI00008338/$LifeisforLiving.doc.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230614/http://democratic.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Published/C00000102/M00001566/AI00008338/$LifeisforLiving.doc.pdf |date=4 October 2013 }}, Retrieved 2012-10-15, p. 12.</ref>

The college hosts a local research centre of the Ellen G. White Estate in the Library. It collects and makes available material relating to the life and work of Ellen White and the theology, history and development of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a worldwide, international organisation.<ref>[http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article.php?id=449&search=white%20centre E.G. White Centre]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It opened in 1974.

==Academics== Newbold College of Higher Education is accredited through Friedensau Adventist University<ref>{{cite news|title=New Boost to Anglo-German relations|url=http://www.ted-adventist.org/news/new-boost-to-anglo-german-relations|publisher=ted-adventist.org|date=22 February 2012|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417044208/http://www.ted-adventist.org/news/new-boost-to-anglo-german-relations|archive-date=17 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Germany, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist university in Europe, and also through Andrews University, Southern Adventist University<ref>{{cite news|title=Newbold College International Business Studies Programme Expanding|url=http://www.ted-adventist.org/news/newbold-college-international-business-studies-programme-expanding|publisher=ted-adventist.org|date=11 December 2011|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003551/http://www.ted-adventist.org/news/newbold-college-international-business-studies-programme-expanding|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Washington Adventist University. Newbold is part of the worldwide network of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities.

Undergraduate degrees are offered in Business Studies<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/185/study-options/study-options/business-studies-bsc |title=Business Studies |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907182823/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/185/study-options/study-options/business-studies-bsc |archive-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Theology/Divinity.<ref name="theo"/> Students may also choose to do a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree offered by Andrews University and Washington Adventist University.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904014422/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/155/prospective-students/academic-programmes-policies/handbook-2006-07-academic-year/handbook-us-programmes/andrews-university-ba-bs-degrees/au-bs-degree?search=degree AU BS degree]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20121223015639/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/145/prospective-students/academic-programmes-policies/handbook-2006-07-academic-year/handbook-us-programmes/andrews-university-ba-bs-degrees/au-ba-degree?search=degree AU BA degree]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120910105609/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/290/study-options/study-options/business-studies-bsc/business-studies/wau-bs-degree?search=degree WAU BS degree]</ref> Students without the necessary entrance requirements may take foundation courses at the nearby Bracknell and Wokingham College.

Certificates,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120906052332/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/114/prospective-students/academic-programmes-policies/handbook-2006-07-academic-year/handbook-short-programmes/introductory-certificate-undergraduate-certificate-in-religious-and-pastoral-studies?search=degree Introductory Certificate/Undergraduate Certificate in Religious and Pastoral Studies]</ref> Postgraduate certificates and master's degrees are offered in Theology, Ministry and Church History.<ref name="theo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/175/study-options/department-of-theological-studies-dts |title=Department of Theological Studies |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618083436/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/175/study-options/department-of-theological-studies-dts |archive-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The college offers a summer English programme for speakers of other languages as well as short courses throughout the academic year for EFL students.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904190444/http://www.newbold.ac.uk/article/168/study-options/school-of-english School of English]</ref>

==References==

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.newbold.ac.uk/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090905021701/http://newboldchurch.org/default.aspx Newbold Church]

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