Northumbria University

Northumbria University
Motto Latin: Aetas Discendi [1]
Motto in English
 "The age of learning"
Type Public
Established 1992 - Gained University status
1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic
1894 - Rutherford College of Technology
Budget £250,000,000 (2017)
Chancellor Tanni Grey-Thompson
Vice-Chancellor Andrew Wathey [2]
Students 26,675 (2016/17)[3]
Undergraduates 21,445 (2016/17)[3]
Postgraduates 5,230 (2016/17)[3]
Other students
 220 FE[4]
Location Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W / 54.9764; -1.6080Coordinates: 54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W / 54.9764; -1.6080
Campus Urban and Suburban
Athletics Team Northumbria
Affiliations Wallace Group
Website http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/

Northumbria University, officially the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, is a university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. A former polytechnic, it was established as one of the new universities in 1992.

History

Northumbria University has its origins in three Newcastle colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, which was established by John Hunter Rutherford in 1880 and opened formally in 1894 by the Duke of York (later King George V), the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce.

Newcastle Polytechnic

In 1969, the three colleges were amalgamated to form Newcastle Polytechnic. The Polytechnic became the major regional centre for the training of teachers with the creation of the City College of Education in 1974 and the Northern Counties College of Education in 1976.[5]

University status

In 1992, Newcastle Polytechnic was reconstituted as the new University of Northumbria,[6] as part of a nationwide process in which polytechnics became new universities. It was originally styled, and its official name still is, the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (see the Articles of Government[7]) but the trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002. In 1995, it was awarded responsibility for the education of healthcare professionals, which was transferred from the National Health Service.

Campuses

City Campus East

The university has two large campuses. City Campus, located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, is divided into City Campus East and City Campus West by the city's central motorway and linked by a £4 million bridge which in 2008 was officially opened by the former Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Digby Jones.[8]

City Campus

City Campus East is home to the Schools of Law, Design and the Newcastle Business School (NBS). NBS and Law are housed in one building, and the School of Design is across a courtyard.

City Campus East, designed by Atkins, opened in September 2007, winning awards from The Journal newspaper and the Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year accolade.

City Campus West is home to the Schools of Arts & Social Sciences, Built & Natural Environment, Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences and Life Sciences. Also located on this campus is the University Library, Students' Union building and Sport Central, a £31m sports facility for students, staff and the community which opened in 2010.[5]

The Sutherland Building
Sandyford Road site, opposite Newcastle Civic Centre

The Sutherland Building, formerly the Medical School of Durham University,[9] which was a naval warehouse during World War II, and the Dental School of Durham University (1945–78) is the home of Administrative Departments including Finance & Planning and Human Resources, using the space vacated when the School of Law moved to City Campus East.

The Students' Union building, at City Campus West, underwent a multimillion-pound makeover with new lobby and recreational facilities, and a refurbished bar and cafe space, in summer 2010.

In September 2016 the Sandyford Building was acquired from Newcastle College.[10]

Coach Lane

A second campus[11] is located 2.6 miles (4 km) 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 Tyneview Park; a large Department for Work and Pensions office, accessible via the Four Lane Ends Interchange.

The Coach Lane Campus is home to School of Health, Community and Education Studies. Coach Lane Campus has computing and library services; its own Students' Union, and sports facilities, including indoor courts, a fitness suite, outdoor rugby and football pitches, and an all-weather floodlit pitch.[12] A free shuttle bus scheme runs between the two campuses.

London Campus

Northumbria University has a campus in Central London that was opened in 2014.[13] This campus concentrates mainly on business courses offering postgraduate Master of Science degrees in Marketing, Financial Management and International management but also offers a Master of Science in Cyber Security. The campus is located close to a number of underground stations such as Aldgate and Liverpool Street. Postgraduate students studying with Northumbria University at the London Campus can also gain an internship as part of their studies.

Organisation and structure

Burt Hall

Northumbria describes itself as a comprehensive university, offering 30 of Britain's 32 most frequently chosen academic disciplines. It specialises in law and business, arts and design, computing, environmental science, built environment, applied healthcare, sports science and psychology, and teacher education.

Northumbria also offers 'clinical' courses in law accredited by the Law Society and Bar Council. These allow graduates direct entry to the profession. The institution's Student Law Office is a clinical legal education enterprise,[14] where law students participate in a legal advice and representation scheme on behalf of real clients, under the supervision of practising lawyers .

Northumbria University employs more than 3,200 people and offers approximately 500 study programmes[15] through four Faculties:

  • Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Business and Law
  • Faculty of Engineering and Environment
  • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Northumbria University Press is the university press, established in 2002. It is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and publishes a diverse range of books, including publications on language, photography, biography, travel and music.

Academic profile

Research

Former Dame Allan's School

In the Research Assessment Exercise 2008 a small amount of research in nine of twelve areas submitted was described as "world leading".[16]

Reputation and rankings

Rankings
Global rankings
QS[17]
(2019) 		701-750
THE[18]
(2019) 		401-500
Complete[19]
(2019)		 56
The Guardian[20]
(2019)		 48
Times / Sunday Times[21]
(2019)		 66
British Government assessment
Teaching Excellence Framework[22] Silver

2017 testing accident

In 2017, the university was fined £400,000 after a sports science experiment gave volunteers a hundred times the safe dose. Two students volunteering in a study of the effects of caffeine were given a dose of 30g instead of 0.3g, because staff conducting the experiment tried to calculate the dose on a mobile phone calculator and misread the decimal point. Both were hospitalised and one reported loss of short-term memory.[23][24] A court hearing heard that the university had not trained staff in safety and had not carried out a proper risk assessment, and that the dose was above the level known to cause risk of death.[25]

Student life

Northumbria Students' Union is a campaigning and representative organisation. It is a charity currently exempt from registration and is led by five Sabbatical Officers (President and 4 Vice-Presidents) and a 19-member Student Council.

The Students' Union offers a range of student activities such as NSU/Community,[26] NSU/Media (Which encompasses NSU/TV, NSU/Radio, NSU/Life and NSU/Snaps),[27] NSU/Rag (Raise and Give),[28] NSU/Societies,[29] NSU/Employability,[30] Duke of Edinburgh awards[31] and Fast Friends.[31] It represents students in academic and non-academic matters through a nationally recognised School Reps and Postgraduate Research Reps Systems.

The university building contains several venues for students to socialise in a safe environment, chiefly at Habita (formerly Bar One), Domain (formerly The Venue) and Reds.

In 2011, Northumbria Student's Union received the National Union of Students award for best higher education students union.[32]

In 2016, Northumbria Student's Union received the National Union of Students award for Student Opportunities and runner up for the Education Award.[33]

Notable alumni

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Vice-Chancellor's Office". Northumbria University. 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "2016/17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile" (CSV). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "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 11 April 2008.
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  6. 1 2 "Northumbria University". The Independent. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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  13. ↑ https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/2018/01/conferences-address-big-solutions-for-big-data/
  14. ↑ "Student Law Office". Northumbria University. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  15. ↑ "My Courses". Northumbria University.
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  18. ↑ "World University Rankings 2019". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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  22. ↑ "Teaching Excellence Framework outcomes". Higher Education Funding Council for England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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  30. ↑ "NSU/Employability". www.mynsu.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  31. 1 2 "Fast Friends Trips". www.mynsu.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
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Further reading

  • Allen, Joan; Buswell, Richard (2005). Rutherford's Ladder: The Making of Northumbria University, 1871-1996. Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumbria University Press. ISBN 1-904794-09-2.

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