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| Established: | 1969 (as Newcastle Polytechnic) |
| Type: | Public |
| Chancellor: | Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Professor Andrew Wathey[1] |
| Students: | 29,850[2] |
| Undergraduates: | 22,825[2] |
| Postgraduates: | 6,805[2] |
| Other students: | 220 FE[2] |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK |
| Campus: | Urban and Suburban |
| Website: | http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/ |
Northumbria University is a modern university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England.
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Schools
Northumbria offers approximately 500 study programmes through nine Schools:
- Applied Sciences
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Built Environment
- Design
- Health, Community and Education
- Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
- Law
- Newcastle Business School
- Psychology and Sports Sciences
Campuses
Location
The University has two campuses. The main campus,[3] located in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, is known as the City Campus. With the construction of a new building for degree courses such as business the City Campus has been spilt in two. It now has City Campus East[4] and City Campus West.
A secondary campus[5] is located a five miles outside of Newcastle, on Coach Lane, and is known as the Coach Lane Campus at Cochrane Park near the A188 (Benton Road). It is in the Dene ward near Longbenton and round the corner from large HMRC offices, accessible via the Four Lane Ends Interchange. The Coach Lane Campus is home to School of Health, Community and Education Studies only, all others schools are located at the City Campus. A free Shuttle Bus runs between the two campuses at hourly intervals during University opening times and also runs until approximately 2200 Monday to Friday.
Development
The University is currently involved in a £100+ million development project to improve and expand its city campus. This includes a new state-of-the-art seven acre site to be known as City Campus East, adjacent to the main campus, which will house the Schools of Law, Design and the Newcastle Business School. This expansion opened on time in September 2007.
The development project suffered a setback when, on 9 April 2007, a building that was to be student flats burned to the ground during the night. The nearby School of Design also suffered minor heat damage before the blaze was brought under control.[6]
Improvements to the City Campus West are also ongoing, and include a new footbridge[7] linking the East and West Campuses across the central motorway, pedestrianisation and greening of the integrated teaching environment. This footbridge was officially opened early in 2008.
The next stage of the redevelopment of City Campus West is a new vehicular access route to the north of the campus from Sandyford Road. Demolition of Northumberland Annexe is now complete and work will shortly commence on a state of the art Sports Centre containing a swimming pool. The long term plan is for Northumberland Road to be pedestrianised. Sutherland Building is earmarked to be the home of Administrative Departments using the space vacated when the School of Law moved to City Campus East.
On the 6th October 2008 the city campus was evacuated due to an enexplained tremor. Possibly caused by built up strain on the buildings central supporting pillers.
 City Campus East as of July 6, 2006 looking across the central motorway. |
History
Northumbria University has its origins in three regional colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce. An amalgamation of these three institutions formed the Newcastle Polytechnic in 1969, which became the major regional centre for the training of teachers with the incorporation of the City College of Education in 1974, and the Northern Counties College of Education in 1976. Northumbria was inaugurated as a university in 1992.
Notable alumni
- Ron Bowey, Chairman of Bowey Homes Ltd, major house building company
- Rodney Bickerstaffe, Former General Secretary of UNISON.
- Simon Butterworth, Design Director with Ford Australia
- Timothy Brown, Chief Executive of IDEO
- Amanda Berry, Chief Executive of BAFTA
- Vera Baird, MP for Redcar
- Tunde Baiyewu, vocalist, lead singer of the Lighthouse Family
- Chris Cook, GB Commonwealth & Olympic Swimmer
- Lawrence Christensen, former Supply Director of Safeway PLC
- Andea Cooper, Head of Design Knowledge for the Design Council in London
- Alan Campbell, MP for Tynemouth
- Paul Copley, actor
- Martin Corry, England rugby international, and Leicester Tigers
- Steve Cram, English athlete and television presenter
- Rick Dickinson, designer of the ZX81 computer
- Toby Flood, England rugby international, and Leicester Tigers
- Scott Henshall, fashion designer
- Louise Hopkins, artist
- Jonathan Ive, industrial designer, lead designer of the iMac and iPod
- Kevan Jones.MP for North Durham
- Duncan Lloyd, lead guitarist of Maxïmo Park
- Bob Murray, Former Chairman of Sunderland AFC
- Neil Marshall, film director
- Alexei Mordashov, Russian business oligarch
- Jamie Noon, England rugby international, and Newcastle Falcons
- Vicky Pendleton, Olympic Cyclist
- Gerry Steinberg, former MP for City of Durham
- Sting, English musician
- Kevin Whately, actor
- Jonny Wilkinson, England Rugby international, and Newcastle Falcons
- Jane Wilson, Artist
- Paul Winsper, Fitness expert
Students' Union
The Students' Union provides representation for all students studying at the University. It provides a range of student activities such as Northumbria Student Community Action(NSCA), One Planet(in conjunction with student services), Raise and Give(RAG), Give It A Go and Skills sessions. The building itself contains several venues for students to socialise in a safe environment, chiefly at Bar One, The Venue and Reds. It hosts a range of club nights, including:- 'Grenade', the popular drum and bass night, 'Get Y' Skates On', which caters for the alternative types and the most popular night, 'Wiggle' which often offers themed nights and a wide variety of mainstream music.
The monthly student newspaper is called 'The NUws Bulletin', which includes the popular entertainments section 'Poly Scene'.
Northumbria University Press
IN 2002 Northumbria University opened its own book publishing arm "Northumbria University Press" based in Newcastle, Northumbria Press publishes a diverse list of books including language, photography, biography, travel and music.[8]
References
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor's Office". Northumbria University (2008-02-13). Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ a b c d "Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07" (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/197755
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/596367
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/55505
- ^ BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Blaze damages £100m uni buildings
- ^ Time-lapse video of bridge installation - High Bandwidth - Northumbria University, Newcastle UK
- ^ http://www.northumbiauniversitypress.co.uk
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