Bath
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Approximate Population: 90,144
Bath has two universities. The University of Bath was established in 1966 and has grown to become a leading university in the United Kingdom. The university is known, academically, for the physical sciences, mathematics, architecture, management and technology.
Bath Spa University was first granted degree-awarding powers in 1992 as a university college, before being granted university status in August 2005. It has schools in the following subject areas: Art and Design, Education, English and Creative Studies, Historical and Cultural Studies, Music and the Performing Arts, and Social Sciences.
The city contains one further education college, City of Bath College, and several sixth forms as part of both state and independent schools. Bath is home to several independent schools, and according to the annual National Schools league tables, King Edward’s School, Bath is the most successful in Bath. Bath has two main local newspapers, the Bath Chronicle and the Bath Times. The Bath Chronicle, published since 1760, was a daily newspaper until mid-September 2007 when it became a weekly.[107] The Bath Times is a free weekly newspaper, largely based around advertising. Both newspapers are owned by Northcliffe Media.