[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] Formerly Anglia Polytechnic, CCAT, Essex IHE[EBOLD][PARA][ITAL]Along with [ULNE]Ulster[EULNE] and [ULNE]Cranfield[EULNE], this is as close as different sites [PARA]get to being separate colleges. [EITAL] In fact, Anglia Poly University's 2 [PARA]main campuses were separate colleges; Cambridge College of [PARA]Art and Technology (CCAT) and the Essex Institute of Higher [PARA]Education in Chelmsford; until they merged in 1989, became a [PARA]poly in 1991 and a university in May 1992 - all in the time it takes to [PARA]get a degree. [ITAL]'Merged' that is in the loosest sense, because [PARA]they're still geographically and socially quite distinct. [EITAL]The courses[PARA]taught at each site are different, but to confuse matters, there are[PARA]another 2 smaller sites to cite at Brentwood and Danbury.[HDNG]ATMOSPHERE and SITES:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]What have Anglia students and ravers got in common? A lot of [PARA]'E's. A cruel joke and a reference to the fact that the University is[PARA]not often students' 1st choice - few regret the tricky hand of fate, [PARA]though. The spirit at each site varies as much as the place [PARA]names on the train tickets and there's no common overtone.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cambridge:[EBOLD] (5,440 - arts; law; language; humanities; music; pure [PARA]sciences) Since Cambridge is 37 miles north-west of [PARA]Chelmsford, students at the Cambridge campus have less to do [PARA]with students from the other sites, socially speaking, than with [PARA]those from [ULNE]Cambridge University[EULNE], whose clubs they can join and [PARA]whose entertainments they attend. The campus buildings [PARA]themselves are a small collection of mostly modern red brick [PARA]blocks,[ITAL] looking functional, smart and impressively like the home [PARA]of eminent technical insight. The main problem is that there are [PARA]really too many students for what's essentially a small site.[EITAL][BOLD] [EBOLD][ITAL] It still [PARA]has remnants of its CCAT days and [EITAL]has a few A Level students[ITAL],[PARA]who other students don't much like to mix with. The effect of [PARA]students constantly feeling they have to prove they're older and [PARA]oh-so-much more mature is odd. A lot of the students here are [PARA]ferociously left wing and radical, but it's certainly the place for [PARA]students bitten by the political bug whatever political shade that [PARA]bug may be. It's artier than Chelmsford too, but socially quieter, [PARA]despite the vibrant local student population (see [ULNE]University of [PARA]Cambridge[EULNE]).[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]CAMBRIDGE:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL][STAT][BULL] Population: 100,000 [BULL] London: 58miles [BULL] Oxford: 77miles [PARA]Norwich: 57miles[ESTAT][EITAL][PARA][ITAL]People in Cambridge seem to be either students or tourists. The [PARA]permanent residents just get lost in the throng and, although there[PARA]are all the basic ingredients you'd expect in a relatively [PARA]prosperous city of Cambridge's size. Superficially, at least, most[PARA]of the shops are trying to appeal to a passing trade: [EITAL]quaint shops [PARA]and tea rooms, pubs with horse brasses, that sort of thing. [ITAL]The [PARA]river Cam couldn't have been better designed if it had been put [PARA]there especially for tourism. It's littered with ducks and drunken [PARA]punters at almost every turn.[EITAL] On a more sober note, the local [PARA]amenities including the Grafton Shopping Centre, big book shops [PARA](1st and 2nd hand), a street market, the Kettles Yard Art Gallery [PARA]and a mass of museums: the Fitzwilliam, Zoology, and [PARA]Archaeology Museums; Museum of Technology; Folk Museum [PARA]and so on. There is, however, a shortage of supermarkets (1 [PARA]small and busy Sainsbury's) and convenience shops in the city [PARA]centre. Some colleges and departments, quite apart from being [PARA]tourist attractions in themselves, have [ITAL]impressive [EITAL]collections of [PARA]art or artefacts.[HDNG]TRAVEL:[EHDNG][PARA][BOLD]Trains:[EBOLD] Some mainline connections - Cambridge Station to [PARA]London King's Cross and Liverpool Street (57mins, 2/hr), Bristol, [PARA]Edinburgh and Birmingham.[PARA][BOLD]Coaches:[EBOLD] Plenty of [ITAL]competitive [EITAL]services, for example, Greenline, [PARA]Premier Travel and National Express who offer services to [PARA]London (ú6.50, 1:50hrs, 1/hr), Manchester (ú6.50, 6:20hrs, 2/day), [PARA]Oxford (ú10.25, 3hrs, 4/day), Bristol (ú19, 4:50hrs, 1/hr) and elsewhere.[PARA][BOLD]Car: [EBOLD]Just a few minutes off the M11 from London. Also A45, A10 [PARA]and A604.[PARA][BOLD]Air: [EBOLD]There's Cambridge Airport, but unless you own your own jet,[PARA]you'd better think more in terms of Stansted, 23 miles down the [PARA]M11 and on a direct train link, with domestic and European flights [PARA]and flights to the Channel Islands.[PARA][BOLD]Hitching: [EBOLD][ITAL]Variable; aim towards M11 junctions, or [PARA]A10/Trumpington Road for London.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Local: [EBOLD]The local buses, [ITAL]which are regular as prunes[EITAL], go round the[PARA]surrounding villages, the station and the outer colleges. [PARA]Cambridge is too small to need much more and only has one BR station.[PARA][BOLD]Taxis:[EBOLD] [ITAL]They work out quite cheap (mainly because it doesn't take [PARA]too long to get anywhere). Some colleges have free taxi [PARA]arrangements at night. See separate entries.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Bicycles:[ITAL] [EBOLD]A bicycle is an essential part of the stereotype. Apart [PARA]from looks, it's almost essential to be able to cycle around town [PARA]and especially to remote departments or colleges if the need [PARA]arises. Everything has been provided for cyclists: lanes, sheds, [PARA]thieves, vandals... An Amsterdam-style free bicycle scheme [PARA]was a short-lived boom period for second-hand bike salesmen.[EITAL][HDNG]NOS and REQUIREMENTS:[EHDNG][PARA][BOLD]Arts[EBOLD] 1,615 20pts[BOLD][PARA]Law[EBOLD] 398 22pts[BOLD][PARA]Science[EBOLD] 1,417 16pts[BOLD][PARA]Social Science[EBOLD] 850 20pts[HDNG]LIBRARIES: CAMBRIDGE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Books: 127,000 [BULL] Periodicals: 1,005 [BULL] Study places: 307[ESTAT][HDNG]CAREER PROSPECTS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Careers Service [BULL] No of staff: 6full/6part [BULL] Unemployed [PARA]after 6mths (1992): 9%[ESTAT][PARA]There are careers services at all 3 teaching sites.[HDNG]SPECIAL FEATURES:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL]The University has a number of Associate Colleges [ITAL]which [PARA]have very little effect on most students' lives[EITAL]: Writtle College; [PARA]Colchester Institute; City College Norwich; Norfolk Institute of Art [PARA]and Design.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Adam Ant (pop star); Chloe Cheese (artist); Fluck and Law [PARA](creators of 'Spitting Image'); Jerry Hayes MP (Con); Kim Howells[PARA]MP (Lab); the original Pink Floyd; Ronald Searle (cartoonist); Tom[PARA]Sharpe (writer); Mike Smith (TV presenter).[HDNG]FURTHER INFO:[EHDNG][PARA]Prospectuses for undergrads and postgrads.
