Bucks New University

OCA courses are accredited by one of the UK’s newest universities.

The origins of Bucks New University go back to 1893 and the foundation of a County School of Science and Arts, based at High Wycombe. By 1963 this had become the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology. In 1975 the college merged with Newland Park College of Education – a former teacher training college – and became Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education. It became a university in 2007.

Bucks New has around 9,300 students on a mix of full- and part-time courses. It has three faculties: the Faculty of Creativity and Culture; the Faculty of Enterprise and Innovation; and the Faculty of Society and Health, all aligned to employment markets.

OCA’s links are primarily with the Faculty of Creativity and Culture, which has four schools: the School of Design and Craft; the School of Visual and Communication Arts; the School of Music, Entertainment and Moving Image; and the School of Arts and Media.

Over half of the students at Bucks New are ‘mature’ – that is they are aged 25 and over.

You can find out more about our accrediting university at www.Bucks.ac.uk