Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other government departments and service personnel from other nations. The Director General of the Defence Academy is Air Marshal Edward Stringer, a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
MottoIntellectual Excellence in Defence
TypeMilitary
Established2002, oldest constituent unit est. 1772
DirectorAir Marshal Edward Stringer
Location
Shrivenham
,
Oxfordshire
,
United Kingdom

CampusRural
Websitehttp://www.da.mod.uk/

Structure

The Defence Academy is headquartered at what used to be the Royal Military College of Science site at Shrivenham in southwestern Oxfordshire; it delivers education and training there and in a number of other sites. The majority of training is postgraduate with many courses being accredited for the award of civilian qualifications.

The formation of the Defence Academy consolidated education and training delivered by a number of different establishments into a single organisational and budgetary structure, intended to improve efficiency, reduce duplication of effort and align delivery to defence requirements. The Defence Academy is also responsible for the maintenance of relationships with the UK academic establishment and with military and naval service educational institutions worldwide.

Non technical research is carried out for the development of doctrine and analysis of the international security environment.

Delivery units and locations

Training is delivered by:[1]

Governance

The Director General of the Defence Academy was, until 2011, a three-star rank (vice admiral, lieutenant general, air marshal) which can be filled by any of the three armed services.

The Director General of the Defence Academy chairs the Defence Academy Management Board which is composed of the commandants of the constituent delivery units and Chief of Staff, Defence Academy. The commanding officer of Shrivenham Station is a separate post filled by a Royal Air Force Wing Commander.

The management board report to a four-star steering board and an advisory board including academic expertise from the private sector and academia. A customer board at two-star level represents the customer community.

Academic provision is delivered through partnering agreements with Cranfield University and King's College London.

List of Directors General:

References
  1. "About us". MOD Defence Academy. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. Aim high The Guardian, 16 July 2003.
  3. "Oxford Leverhulme". Ccw.modhist.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  4. Lieutenant General Andrew Graham takes over from Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely Defence Academy Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Defence Academy, Defence Academy Director Archived 2011-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Vice Admiral Duncan Potts takes over as Director General Joint Force Development & Defence Academy". News. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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