West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. Covering an area with nearly 2.9 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up of 6,495 Police Officers . In 2014 there were 7,162 officers, 611 are from a BAME background, supported by 3,131 Police Staff, 188 Special Constables and 506 Police Community Support Officers – with these 10,884 employees, this makes it the third largest force in England and Wales behind the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police; and the fifth-largest force in the United Kingdom after Police Scotland and Police Service Northern Ireland . The force is currently led by Chief Constable Dave Thompson. The force area is divided into ten Local Policing Units , each being served by four core policing teams – Response, Neighbourhood, Investigation and Community Action & Priority – with the support of a number of specialist crime teams. These specialist teams include CID, traffic and a firearms unit who provide a twenty-four-hour availability to attend reported incidents involving the use of firearms and knives. From comparative data published by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for the twelve months up to September 2013, West Midlands Police recorded 62.93 crimes per 1000 population against an average for England and Wales of 61.39. Total recorded crime was down 3% on the same period the previous year against an average of a 3% fall nationally. Detection rates for the same period were 23% against a national average of 29% and victim surveys indicated 84.76% of victims were satisfied with overall service provided by West Midlands Police compared against a national average of around 85%. West Midlands Police is a partner, alongside Staffordshire Police, in the Central Motorway Police Group. The force is party to a number of other resource sharing agreements including the National Police Air Service.
Wesley House was founded as a Methodist theological college in Jesus Lane, Cambridge, England. It opened in 1921 as a place for the education of Methodist ministers and today serves as a gateway to theological scholarship for students and scholars of the Wesleyan and Methodist traditions from around the world. It was a founding member of the Cambridge Theological Federation, an ecumenical body of theological colleges in Cambridge which is affiliated to but independent of the University of Cambridge.
La villa Pisani est une maison patricienne située à Strà en Vénétie, construite à partir de 1721 sur un projet de l'architecte Gerolamo Frigimelica. C'est aujourd'hui un musée national, qui abrite des œuvres d'art et du mobilier du XVIIIe et XIXe siècles.
La Villa Giustiniani-Cambiaso ou simplement Villa Cambiaso est une résidence noble historique de Gênes. Situé dans le quartier résidentiel d'Albaro, le bâtiment est accompagné d'un parc public, portion beaucoup plus petite du vaste parc qui entourait la villa presque jusqu'à la mer, considérablement réduite par l'expansion urbaine du quartier d'Albaro dans les années 1930. L'ancienne résidence en 1921 est passée à la municipalité de Gênes; aujourd'hui propriété de la Fondation Carige, elle abrite l'École polytechnique de l'Université de Gênes.
La Galerie d'art de Vancouver est un musée d'art situé à Vancouver, au Canada.
Hôpital d'instruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce
Le Val-de-Grâce est un ancien Hôpital d'instruction des armées français situé dans le 5e arrondissement de Paris. L’hôpital d’instruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce était ouvert jusqu'en juin 2016 à l’ensemble des assurés sociaux, même sans lien avec le ministère de la Défense, adressés par leur médecin traitant dans le cadre du parcours de soins coordonnés. Il participait à la mission de service public hospitalier avec l'AP-HP de Paris. L'établissement accueillait aussi, régulièrement, des personnalités ayant besoin d'une aide médicale. Par exemple, au cours de leur mandat, les présidents français Jacques Chirac et Nicolas Sarkozy, le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika,.
Le Staatsoper Unter den Linden est un des trois opéras de Berlin avec le Deutsche Oper Berlin et le Komische Oper Berlin. Il se trouve sur la Bebelplatz, le long de la célèbre avenue Unter den Linden au no 7. Selon Voltaire, « les plus belles voix et les meilleurs danseurs » se produisaient à l'opéra Unter den Linden , si cher à Frédéric II et dessiné par Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. L'édifice au portique corinthien, expression du néoclassicisme le plus pur, a connu une reconstruction pierre par pierre dans les années 1950, qui a vu son agrandissement et son élévation. L'institution qui fonda la tradition musicale de Berlin poursuit sur la voie de l'excellence avec, depuis 1992, Daniel Barenboim comme directeur musical.
L'université de Westminster est une université publique anglaise située à Londres. L'université a été fondée en 1838 sous le nom de Royal Polytechnic Institution. En 1881, elle est renommée en Regent Street Polytechnic et, en 1970, elle est renommée Polytechnic of Central London , appellation qu'elle conserve jusqu'en 1992 quand elle reçoit son intitulé actuel.
The Fralin Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Virginia. Before 2012, it was known as the University of Virginia Art Museum. It occupies the historic Thomas H. Bayly Building on Rugby Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, a short distance from the Rotunda. The museum's permanent collection consists of nearly 14,000 works; African art, American Indian art, and European and American painting, photography, and works on paper are particularly well represented. The Fralin serves as a teaching museum for academic departments in the university, and serves the community at large with several outreach programs. Admission is free of charge and open to the public. In the spring of 2012, Cynthia and W. Heywood Fralin announced a bequest of their collection of American art to the museum. In honor of their gift and Heywood Fralin's service to the university and to the arts in Virginia, the Board of Visitors voted to name the museum The Fralin Museum of Art.
L'université de Sheffield est une université anglaise, située à Sheffield dans le Yorkshire du Sud. Elle appartient au Russell Group, qui regroupe les établissements supérieurs du pays les plus actifs dans le domaine de la recherche.
L'université de Plymouth est une université publique anglaise située à Plymouth.
University of Maine Museum of Art
Zillman Art Museum-University of Maine is an art museum in downtown Bangor, Maine. It is part of the University of Maine, which is located in nearby Orono, Maine. The University of Maine Art Collection was established in 1946, under the leadership of Vincent Hartgen. As the initial faculty member of the Department of Art and curator of the art collection, Hartgen's goal was to provide the people of Maine with significant opportunities to experience and learn about the visual arts and their diverse histories and cultural meanings. In the early 1980s, the University Art Collection became the University of Maine Museum of Art. Through the cooperative effort and vision of the City of Bangor and the University of Maine, the museum relocated in December 2002 to downtown Bangor where it has taken on a new role as a regional fine arts center. The facility was designed by the Boston firm, Ann Beha Architects, and now occupies the first floor of Norumbega Hall, a historic downtown building that formerly housed a department store. The Bangor facility, while allowing the museum to showcase a greater proportion of its collection, also enhances the arts scene of the region's largest city. The museum remains the only institution owned by the citizens of the State of Maine to house a permanent fine arts collection – one which has grown to a stature that makes it a nucleus in the state for historic and contemporary art. Consisting of more than 3500 original works of art, the collection is particularly strong in American mid-20th century works on paper. Contemporary highlights of the collection include works by David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Hopper, Knox Martin, Pablo Picasso, and Edward Burtynsky. Additionally, the museum's permanent collection includes work by artists associated with Maine such as Berenice Abbott, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, John Marin, Carl Sprinchorn, and Andrew Wyeth. In addition to making the University's collection more accessible to the public, the downtown location enables the museum to expand its educational programs beyond the confines of the Orono campus. In 2011, the museum was said to have one of the finest gallery spaces in the state.The museum hosts an annual calendar of exhibitions featuring contemporary artists and ideas. In 2011, the museum hosted its first national show, Photo National 2011. The exhibit featured 76 photographs by 34 photographers, including 11 from Maine. Among the museum's educational offerings are art camps for children lectures, special events, family programming, and educational classes and workshops for adults.University of Maine Museum of Art is part of the Maine Art Museum Trail, a circuit of eight art museums designed to highlight Maine's art history.In 2014, the museum renewed its lease to remain in the downtown location for an additional 17 years.
L'université de Londres est fondée par charte royale en 1836. Elle est constituée en une fédération de collèges et d'instituts, couvrant différents champs académiques, et constitue, dans son ensemble, une des plus grandes universités du monde.
L'université de Liverpool est une université britannique située dans la ville de Liverpool . Elle est en 28e position au classement des meilleures universités britanniques, publié par le journal Sunday Times. L'Université est en partenariat avec l'université Jiaotong de Xi’an en Chine. Il y a deux autres universités à Liverpool, non liées à l'Université de Liverpool : Liverpool Hope University et Liverpool John Moores University. L'Université de Liverpool est membre du Russell Group qui rassemble les plus grandes universités britanniques actives au niveau de la recherche.
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art is a visual arts institution that is part of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and its director is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. Since its inception, the museum has partnered in many teaching programs and research projects with the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, and for several decades has sponsored the annual MFA show as well as the faculty exhibitions. Faculty from the SAAH and elsewhere, and graduate students on campus have curated shows at the Museum that are closely linked with their research, courses, and seminars. The teaching mission of the UIMA embraces the curriculum of the University of Iowa and extends throughout the state.
L'université de Huddersfield est une université nationale anglaise, située à Huddersfield. Elle a été fondée en 1992.
L'université de Greenwich est une université située à Greenwich, dans le Borough royal de Greenwich, dans le Grand Londres. L'université compte parmi ses anciens étudiants, Charles Kao, prix Nobel de physique. Par ailleurs, l'université peut se targuer d'une excellente réputation dans les enseignements de médecine et de finance. Apparue dans de nombreux films, elle est notamment connue pour avoir été l'un des lieux de tournage de Thor : Le Monde des ténèbres.
Leiden University Library is a library founded in 1575 in Leiden, Netherlands. It is regarded as a significant place in the development of European culture: it is a part of a small number of cultural centres that gave direction to the development and spread of knowledge during the Enlightenment. This was due particularly to the simultaneous presence of a unique collection of exceptional sources and scholars. Holdings include approximately 5,200,000 volumes, 1,000,000 e-books, 70,000 e-journals, 2,000 current paper journals, 60,000 Oriental and Western manuscripts, 500,000 letters, 100,000 maps, 100,000 prints, 12,000 drawings and 300,000 photographs. The library manages the largest collections worldwide on Indonesia and the Caribbean. Furthermore, Leiden University Library is the only heritage organization in The Netherlands with three registrations of documents in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. "Est hic magna commoditas bibliothecae ut studiosi possint studere" —Josephus Justus Scaliger"The greatest advantage of the library is that those who want to study, can study."
