University of Derby & Leek College, a further education college operated by The University of Derby which is based in Leek in Staffordshire and the university campus in Buxton. The former St Helena's Grammar School was bought by the University of Derby in 2014 and converted into the university's new campus in the town, replacing existing premises in the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce building. The new campus opened in October 2016, housing the University’s nationally recognised Adult Nursing degrees and Mentoring in Practice modules. These courses are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. These courses will continue the University's training work in
Campus university Campus universities are contrasted to collegiate universities, based on a number of colleges (such as the universities of Oxford, Durham, London or Cambridge) or a university consisting of a number of sites, or even individual buildings, spread throughout a town (such as the University of Edinburgh or the University of Sheffield). Confusingly, multi-site universities often call each separate site "a campus" and many original campus universities now have expanded to more than one site (or campus), for example the University of Nottingham. The classic campus university is often found on the edge of cities, examples include: Campus university A campus