Scottish Police College

Kincardineshire

The Scottish Police College is based at Tulliallan Castle, in Kincardine. Since 1 April 2013, the college has been under the control of the Police Service of Scotland. In addition to probationer training, the college provides training in various specialist areas, such as Road Policing, Criminal Investigation, and training for newly promoted officers. The motto of the college is, BI GLIC - BI GLIC, which is the cry of the Oystercatcher which translates from Gaelic as ' Be Wise, Be Circumspect '. Oystercatchers can be found throughout the grounds of the college. The College Crest depicts two Oystercatchers surrounding the crest of the Scottish Police Service which is in itself surrounded by two books to signify learning.

Tamworth Castle

Tamworth

Tamworth Castle ist eine Burg aus normannischer Zeit an den Ufern des River Tame in Tamworth in der englischen Grafschaft Staffordshire. Die gut erhaltene Burg hat English Heritage als historisches Bauwerk I. Grades gelistet.Das Gelände über dem River Tame war seit angelsächsischer Zeit befestigt. Damals ließ Æthelflæd, die mercianische Königin, eine Burh bauen, um sich gegen die Wikinger zu verteidigen. Sie diente als Residenz für die mercianischen Könige. Von den Normannen wurde die Festungsanlage neu gebaut und ist heute eine der besterhaltenen Motten in England. Die Burg hat den zweitgrößten Mound in England nach dem von Windsor Castle.

The Open University

Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow

The Open University , gegründet 1969, ist die größte staatliche Universität in Großbritannien und Europa. Die Open University bietet Kurse, Zertifikate, Diplome und Universitätsabschlüsse wie den Bachelor, Bachelor und Master im Fernstudium sowie den Doktorgrad Doctor of Science und den Doktorgrad Doctor of Philosophy / Philosophiae Doctor im Teilzeitstudium an. Darüber hinaus gilt die Fakultät Open University Business School als eine der größten MBA-Anbieter weltweit und zählt damit zu den größten Business Schools in Europa. Die Open University wurde 1969, die Open University Business School 1983 gegründet.

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Liverpool

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is a major teaching and research hospital located in the city of Liverpool, England. It is the largest and busiest hospital in Merseyside and Cheshire, and has the largest emergency department of its kind in the UK.A major redevelopment of the hospital began in 2013 and was scheduled for completion in 2017, but construction problems and the 2018 collapse of main contractor Carillion have pushed the estimated completion date back to 2022. Alongside Broadgreen Hospital and Liverpool University Dental Hospital, the hospital is managed by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is associated with the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Lancaster Castle

Lancaster (Lancashire)

Lancaster Castle ist eine Burg in Lancaster, Lancashire.

Bovington Tank Museum

Bovingdon

Das 1947 eröffnete Tank Museum ist ein Panzermuseum in Bovington Camp, Dorset, etwa 20 Kilometer westlich von Poole in Südwestengland. Es verfügt über die weltweit größte Sammlung gepanzerter Kampffahrzeuge. Die Ausstellung besteht aus insgesamt über 300 Panzern aus 26 Ländern. Darunter ist der älteste erhaltene Kampfpanzer der Welt, der britische Prototyp „Little Willie“ aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, das einzige erhaltene Exemplar des darauf aufbauenden Typs Mark I, sowie das einzige fahrende Exemplar des deutschen Tiger I.

The Wilson (Cheltenham)

Cheltenham

The Wilson, formerly known as Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was opened in 1899. It offers free admission, and has a programme of special exhibitions. It was renamed The Wilson in honour of polar explorer Edward Wilson, a son of Cheltenham, in 2013 after the building was extended. The gallery and museum is managed by The Cheltenham Trust. The museum is housed in part of a Regency building on Clarence Street , designed as the Cheltenham Public Library by architect William Hill Knight, who also designed the Cheltenham Synagogue and Montpellier Walk. In 2007 a national architectural design competition was launched by RIBA Competitions to extend the building, providing more space for the renowned Arts and Crafts collection. Through this process Berman Guedes Stretton were selected by Cheltenham Borough Council and the extension was completed in 2012. Baron de Ferrieres, a former Mayor and Liberal MP for Cheltenham, gave 43 important paintings, mostly from Belgium and the Netherlands, to the town. He also donated £1,000 towards the building of a gallery in which to display them. The Museum was opened in 1907 in the adjacent former Schools of Art and Science. A major extension to the building by Hugh Casson was opened by the Princess Royal in September 1989, where the main entrance to the gallery is now situated. The museum is particularly noted for its Arts and Crafts collection of furniture, textiles, ceramics, carvings, silver and jewellery which is recognised as an outstanding collection of international importance for which the Art Gallery & Museum has received Designated status.Cheltenham's history is well represented, and in addition there are paintings spanning four centuries, oriental collections of pottery and costume, and archaeological treasures from the neighbouring Cotswolds.The Edward Wilson gallery shows the life of the Antarctic explorer who perished with Scott on his expedition to the South Pole in 1912.

University of Bradford

Bradford

The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. This plate glass university received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832. The student population includes 7,435 undergraduate and 2,225 postgraduate students. Mature students make up around a third of the undergraduate community. 22% of students are foreign, and come from over 110 different countries. There were 14,406 applications to the university through UCAS in 2010, of which 3,421 were accepted.It was the first British university to establish a Department of Peace Studies in 1973, which is currently the world's largest university centre for the study of peace and conflict.

Warrington Town Hall

Warrington

Warrington Town Hall is in the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It consists of a house, originally called Bank Hall, flanked by two detached service wings at right angles to the house, one on each side. The house and the service wings are each recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade I listed buildings. Being in that part of the town north of the River Mersey, the house falls within the historic county of Lancashire. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner declared it to be "the finest house of its date in south Lancashire".