Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom   (Military academy)
Motto	Intellectual Excellence in Defence
Headquarters	Shrivenham, Wiltshire, England
Type	Military
Sponsor of	European Atlantic Group
Provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other UK Government Departments and personnel from other nations.

Not to be confused with Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

The UK Defence Academy provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other UK Government Departments and personnel from other nations.

Structure

The Defence Academy is headquartered at Shrivenham, Wiltshire and delivers education and training in a number of 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:

• Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) – formerly Imperial Defence College (IDC), Seaford House, Belgravia, London
• Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC), Watchfield, Oxfordshire
• Defence College of Management and Technology (DCMT), Shrivenham, Wiltshire

• Defence School of Finance and Management (DSFM),(Financial management training)

• Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre (AFCC), Amport House, Amport, Hampshire
• Cranfield Univeristy, Academic provider to the Defence College of Management and Technology
• Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme

• Aston University
• Loughborough University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• Southampton University

• Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Research is carried out by:

• Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG)

• Conflict Studies Research Centre

Governance

The Director of the Defence Academy is a 3 star rank (Vice Admiral, Lieutenant-General, Air Marshal) which can be filled by any of the three Armed Services. Academic provision is delivered through partnering agreements with Cranfield University and King's College London. Facilities management is provided through a Public Private Partnership arrangement with Serco Defence and Aerospace.

People

Director

On 30 May 2008 Lieutenant General Andrew Graham CBE assumed the post of Director of the Defence Academy, taking over from Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely, KCB, MC.

Defence Academy Advisory Board Membership

Ministry of Defence

Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup (Chair) Chief of Defence Staff Mr Bill Jeffrey Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence Lieutenant General A J N Graham CBE Director Defence Academy

Academia

• Professor Sir Andrew Likierman London Business School (LBS) and the Government’s Chief Accountancy Adviser to HM Treasury
• Professor Sir Adam Roberts Montague Burton Professor for International Relations and Fellow, Oxford University/Balliol College
• Sir Paul Lever KCMG Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
• Sir David Davies Chairman of the Hazard Forum, former President Royal Academy of Engineering, and former CSA (MOD)
• Sir John Parker Chairman National Grid Transco and former NED of Defence Logistics Organisation
• Sir Peter Gershon Non-executive Chairman of General Healthcare Group Ltd., Premier Farnell plc. and Symbian Ltd., and non-executive directorship of HM Treasury.
• Dr Louise Bennett Strategic and corporate governance. Public and private sector consultancy in exploitation of new technology, risk management including fraud prevention, crowd safety and the ethical dimensions of governance.
• Professor Jonathan Gosling Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Richard Beaumont	29 December 1912	23 January 2009	UK	Diplomat	British diplomat and Arabist who spent most his diplomatic career serving in the Arab world.
Ralph Cochrane	24 February 1895	17 December 1977	UK	Pilot	RAF Air Chief Marshal, Bilderberg
Bruce Ferguson	4 July 1949			Spook	New Zealand spook and Chief of the Defence Force
Augustus Jaspert			UK	Diplomat	British diplomat and Private Secretary to the UK Prime Minister 2012-2014
Jerry Mateparae	14 November 1954
Ian McDonald	29 March 1936	28 March 2019		Civil servant	Ian McDonald famously told the Scott Inquiry: “Truth is a very difficult concept”
Julian Oswald	11 August 1933	19 July 2011	UK	Mariner	First Sea Lord and Chief of UK Naval Staff in the early 1990s.
Lionel Payne	2 October 1894	11 February 1965		Spook	A director general of MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
Clive Rose	15 September 1921	17 April 2019		Diplomat Deep state actor	British diplomat and right wing networker with an interest in countering "civil emergencies"
Walter Walker	11 November 1912	12 August 2001	UK	Soldier
Alan Wrigley	19 July 1931		Australia		ASIO Director-General of Security

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