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| 1447 establishments | |
| ashford, kent | |
| education in kent | |
| imperial college london | |
| university of kent | |
| former colleges of the university of london | |
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HISTORICAL INTEREST Several of the oldest College buildings, such as the Latin School or the Parlour, date from the fifteenth century and the main college buildings are set amidst quadrangles and gardens. The medieval features of the College are definitely worth a visit. ACADEMIC AND LEARNING CENTRE The Wye campus occupies a 3 km² estate, which includes a farm, managed woodland and ancient grassland that provide outstanding research resources for agroecological research. These resources are augmented by extensive Glasshouses , climate-controlled growth rooms for plants and insects, and a new containment facility for Transgenic Plants , that support the laboratory-based research. There are dedicated laboratories for plant Molecular Biology , genomics and gene sequencing, electron microscopy, use of radiochemicals, microbiology, soil analysis, and plant/animal cell culture. Students from all over the world followed undergraduates or postgraduates courses in fields related to agriculture, biology and food marketing. Numerous conferences and seminars were also run for professionals, or short-term students. In 2000 Wye College lost its status as a College within the federal University Of London and merged with Imperial College London , renamed as Imperial College at Wye. In 2004 Imperial College announced that the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Wye was closing, for financial reasons, and that most teaching and research at Wye would end {Link without Title} . In 2005 it was announced that Wye College would be converted into a research centre for non-food crops, in association with Kent County Council. Funding for the project remains uncertain {Link without Title} . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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