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Our Nottingham campus is located at Carlton Road. The huge building with lots of open spaces boasts a thriving and diverse educational area that attracts students from across the region.
In addition, Nottingham being a education hub of East Midlands, provides students with the environment to explore and learn from the wide variety of available resources.
Dr. Julie King is currently the Nottingham Campus Dean at Oxford Business College. With over 30 years of experience in academia, her career began at Nottingham Trent University, where she worked on a pioneering EU-funded trend sourcing website. She then advanced to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Assistant Professor, where she created the MA Fashion and Textiles course, still delivered today. She now serves as the Chair of the School of Fashion and Textiles International Advisory Board at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Upon returning to the UK, Dr. King became Head of Fashion and Textiles at De Montfort University, where she successfully merged failing departments, reorganised the portfolio, and quadrupled student numbers in just two years. She furthered her leadership career at the University of Northampton, first as Head of Fashion and Textiles and later as Deputy Dean, where she improved National Student Survey results by 11%. At the University of South Wales, as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, she oversaw the merger of the Faculty of Creative Industries and Business, increasing international student numbers by over 2,000 in a single year. In 2022, Dr. King took on the role of Executive Dean of Digital Technologies and Arts at Staffordshire University, where she successfully managed a student body of over 6,500, achieving a profit of more than £7 million in her first year. She has also held key leadership positions with the Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry (ASBCI) and has extensive international experience as a visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Donghua University in Shanghai.Dr. King is an accomplished academic with numerous publications, keynote talks, and conference contributions to her name. She remains an active member of the Fashion and Textiles Colleges Council’s Steering Committee and serves as an editor for two academic journals.
Our Nottingham campus is awesome. At Carlton Road in the city famous for the legend of Robin Hood, the OBC campus is spread over an area of more than seven acres. Besides having tailor-made facilities and a good number of classrooms, the campus has a huge auditorium. With a capacity of accommodating more than 400 people, this auditorium is fully equipped with the facilities required for high voltage events.
We have more than 2000 students pursuing business degree courses and reshaping their futures. Due to the central location of our Nottingham campus, students have everything they need on their doorstep, including vibrant nightlife, a thriving leisure industry and plenty of things to see and do.
Address:
Carlton Road, Nottingham. NG3 2NR.
Students can avail of the following public transport services to reach Carlton road:
Nottingham is one of the old cities in the UK. It is known for the legend of Robin Hood and its significance for textile industries. In addition, Nottingham was crowned as the ‘City of Literature’ in December 2015 by UNESCO. It reflects Nottingham’s literary heritage with links with literary giants like Lord Byron, D. H. Lawrence, and Alan Sillitoe and a vibrant contemporary poetry scene.
The area around the campus is primarily residential and populated by students and provides many opportunities for entertainment and recreation. The city of Nottingham was called “The Home of English Sport” in October 2015.
Closer to the campus, students can enjoy the main shopping street at Carlton Hill, consisting of shopping chains and smaller shops. In addition, the traditional centre of Carlton called Carlton Square is also a shopping centre now.
The area has many exciting and varied bars, pubs, and restaurants serving a variety of delicious and diverse cuisines like Thai, Spanish, British, Indian food.
Students can explore job opportunities in the retail, administration, and hospitality industries in the city and its surroundings.
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0333 242 0000
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Oxford Business College is an independent institution and is not affiliated with the Oxford University.
