Founded in 1968 by the Catholic Education Service to train teachers, Newman University College has diversified into other areas including both traditional single and joint honours degrees and the recently introduced foundation degrees. However, the founding principles of supporting students and providing opportunity to all continue to influence the work of Newman. Situated on the outskirts of South West Birmingham, Newman University Colleges campus is based in Bartley Green, some 8 miles from the city centre, and overlooks Bartley reservoir and the Worcestershire countryside beyond. Its location makes it convenient for access to both the M5 and M42 motorways. Newman University College is a diverse and multi–cultural community. Staff and students from overseas make up the staff and student body and come from a wide variety of social, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Newman University College aims to be an Equal Opportunities employer and it is our policy to recruit staff solely on merit, irrespective of ethnic origin, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability, gender or age. To enable Newman to monitor the effectiveness of its Equal Opportunities Policy we request all applicants to complete the equal opportunities monitoring questionnaire included within the on–line application. This information will be held on a computer record for statistical purposes to monitor the effectiveness of our Equal Opportunities Policy. All information provided will remain totally confidential.