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Legal

The University is an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011. It's subject to charity law, but isn't regulated by, or required to register with, the Charity Commission. The Office for Students is designated as the ‘Principal Regulator’ for the institutions it funds and has a general duty to promote compliance with charity law.

The powers of the University, as defined in sub-section 124(1) of the Education Act 1988, are:

  1. To provide higher education.
  2. To provide further education.
  3. To carry out research and to publish the results of the research or any other material arising out of or connected with it in such manner as the corporation shall see fit.

These powers constitute the objects of the University. The charitable purpose of the University, as defined in the Charities Act 2011, is the advancement of education for the public benefit. The Trustees of the University are members of the Arts University Bournemouth Board of Governors.

Arts University Bournemouth has a number of subsidiary and associate companies that carry out non-primary trading purposes, the latter one below being a charity:

  • AUB Enterprises Ltd
  • AUB Services Ltd
  • The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation

The legal name of the institution, principal place of business and address for correspondence is:

The Arts University Bournemouth
Wallisdown
Poole
Dorset
BH12 5HH

Website: aub.ac.uk
Email: hello@aub.ac.uk

A preferred name in use is Arts University Bournemouth

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