University of Derby was run by the NHS after 1948. The University of Derby purchased the then-derelict hospital from the NHS in 2001, and moved operations here from the Harpur Hill campus in 2005. The campus is also the location of Buxton & Leek College, created in August 2012 when the university merged with Leek College. Buxton & Leek College primarily offers further education courses, and has a second campus in Leek, Staffordshire. Film and video, fine art, photography, graphic design, fashion studies, and textile design were initially based at Kedleston Road before moving to the Britannia Mill site. They are now at
Union of Students (University of Derby) Bar is the only Union of Students owned entertainments venue. Prior to the opening of the Academy Bar, the Students' Union operated a bar called The Union Arms at the Kedleston Road Campus, whilst the Richardson Hall (location of the new Academy bar) was used for concerts and events. Union of Students (University of Derby) The Union of Students (US) is the representative organisation (students union) for students at the University of Derby, and is based within the Students' Union Quarter at the Kedleston Road site. The Union of Students completed a rebrand for the start of 2017 - 2018