Rose Bruford College

{{Short description|Hgher Education Institution in Greater London}}

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| established = 1950

| type = Performing Arts University

| chairman = Jennifer Sims

| president = Ray Fearon

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| principal = Professor Randall Whittaker

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| city = London

| country = England

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Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a higher education institution in the London Borough of Bexley. Bruford has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various disciplines of stagecraft.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bruford.ac.uk |title=Rose Bruford College Official Website |website=bruford.ac.uk |access-date=2 May 2008}}

Its undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications and programmes were validated by the University of Manchester,{{Cite web |author=Rose Bruford College |url=http://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses.aspx |title=Courses |website=bruford.ac.uk |access-date=2 May 2008 |quote=Our undergraduate and post-graduate programmes are validated by the University of Manchester (the Foundation Degree in Organising Live Arts is validated by London Metropolitan University) and, where appropriate, courses are accredited by the National Council of Drama Training [sic] (NCDT). |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404021150/http://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses.aspx |archive-date=4 April 2008 }} until it received taught degree awarding powers in 2017.{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/about-us/history/ |website=Rose Bruford College |access-date=17 March 2025 |quote=History was made in September 2018 when the first ever Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance degrees were awarded at a graduation ceremony in The Rose Theatre, Sidcup, following the granting of Taught Degree Awarding Powers by Her Majesty’s Privy Council in 2017.}}

History

In 1950 Rose Elizabeth Bruford established The Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama, with the help of poet laureate John Masefield and actors Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft, who formed part of the Board of Governors.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Rose Bruford "pioneered the first acting degree in 1976".{{Cite news| url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/universityguide/profile/story/0,,491262,00.html |title=Rose Bruford College |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 May 2008 | location=London | date=1 May 2008}}

The Kent Education Committee offered to lease to her Lamorbey House, an 18th-century, Grade II listed manor house in the Lamorbey district of Sidcup, for £5 per year ({{Inflation|UK|5|1950|fmt=eq |cursign=£}}). Grants helped sustain the college in its early years, and it eventually became profitable.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bruford.ac.uk/college_history.html |title=About the College: College History |website=bruford.ac.uk |access-date=2 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124054851/http://www.bruford.ac.uk/college_history.html |archive-date=24 November 2007 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectLevel/q114_97_textonly.htm |title=Quality Assessment Report by the HEFCE |website=qaa.ac.uk |access-date=2 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313195819/http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectLevel/q114_97_textonly.htm |archive-date=13 March 2005 }}

The campus has since been expanded. Construction of several new buildings was completed in 2002. The college's research facilities and archives include the Stanislavski Centre and the Clive Barker Library.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bruford.ac.uk/college_news_article.aspx?BackTo=college.aspx&NewsID=19 |title=The Clive Barker Library Naming Event |work=College News: News & Press Releases |publisher=Rose Bruford College|date=9 November 2005 |access-date=2 May 2008 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Members or former members of its faculty serve as editors and/or on the editorial boards of such performing-arts journals as New Theatre Quarterly and Performance Prompt.{{Cite web|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=NTQ&type=eb |title=New Theatre Quarterly |publisher=journals.cambridge.org |access-date=2 May 2008}}

In 2014, The Stage reported that 91.6% of Rose Bruford students were from state schools.[http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/10/drama-schools-rubbish-elitism-claims-80-state-school-intake-statistics/ "Drama Schools Rubbish Elitist Claims", The Stage] In the same year, Rose Bruford College scored an overall satisfaction rating of 90% in the National Student Survey."Student Satisfaction up at Drama Schools", The Stage. [http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/08/student-satisfaction-drama-schools Profile], thestage.co.uk; retrieved 13 May 2017.

When the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts closed in April 2022, Rose Bruford offering a place to all ALRA's students.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/press-and-media/students-offered-places-at-rose-bruford-following-alra-drama-school-closure/#:~:text=We%20are%20grateful%20to%20Rose,will%20be%20taught%20in%20London.|title=Students offered places at Rose Bruford following ALRA Drama School closure|website=Office for Students|access-date=2024-04-10|date=2024-04-11}}

Alumni

College alumnus Ray Fearon followed as the new President of the College in November 2024. Bernardine Evaristo, the 2019 Booker Prize winner, succeeded Richard Eyre as college president in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/news-events/news/professor-bernardine-evaristo-obe-is-appointed-president-of-rose-bruford-co/|title=Professor Bernardine Evaristo OBE is appointed President of Rose Bruford College|website=bruford.ac.uk|access-date=6 February 2021}} Other alumni include Hayley Squires,{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/bafta-nominee-hayley-squires-daniel-blake-working-class-girls/|title=Bafta nominee Hayley Squires on I, Daniel Blake, and why working-class girls aren't victims|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-03-14|language=en-GB}} Gary Oldman, Mathew Baynton, Tom Baker, Tom Hopper, Graham Hamilton, Edward Peel, Christopher Pizzey, Lake Bell, Rosalie Craig, Giovanna Fletcher, Hannah Walters, Stephen Graham, Nick Darke, Sam Palladio, Jessica Gunning, Kerry Godliman, Mem Fox, and Marc Duret.

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External links

{{Official website|https://www.bruford.ac.uk/}}

Category:Higher education colleges in London

Category:Educational institutions in the London Borough of Bexley

Category:Educational institutions established in 1950

Category:1950 establishments in England

Category:Buildings and structures in Sidcup

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