2012 marked?a?double anniversary for?the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载. It celebrated its diamond jubilee as the first university to be created in the?reign of Queen Elizabeth II, receiving its royal charter on?29 April 1952. The second anniversary was that of the foundation of the Hartley Institution, the University's predecessor.? The Hartley Institution was opened by?Lord Palmerston, the?then Prime Minister, on 15 October 1862.
The exhibition "To constitute and found a university ...": from Hartley Institution to the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载's diamond jubilee set out to reflect development over 150?years, both in terms of the experience of students, from the nineteenth century onwards, and in the physical changes to the institution.