Nottingham Trent University
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| Established | 1992 |
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| Type | Public |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Neil Gorman |
| Students | 26,101 |
| Undergraduates | 15,666 |
| Postgraduates | 10,425 |
| Location | Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| Campus | City, Clifton and Brackenhurst |
| Affiliations | ACU, EUA |
| Website | www.ntu.ac.uk |
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as Trent Polytechnic (later Nottingham Polytechnic) in 1970 before gaining its university status in 1992. It is one of the largest new universities in the United Kingdom with over 26,000 students.
Nottingham Trent University has a good academic reputation, being ranked second best post-1992 university in the United Kingdom and having the best record for graduate employability in England and Wales, both according to the The Times Higher Education Supplement.
[edit] Campuses
Nottingham Trent University has three campuses.(3)
- The City Campus, located in Nottingham City Centre, around Shakespeare Street.
- Clifton Campus, located in Clifton on the edge of Nottingham - home to the School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, School of Education, School of Arts and Humanities, and the School of Computing and Informatics.
- Brackenhurst Campus - home to the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences - has its own dairy farm and licensed bar, and is situated near Southwell.
[edit] Structure
With the arrival of Vice-Chancellor, Professor Neil T. Gorman, the university underwent a major change in organisation. It is now made of up four colleges, which bring together a number of schools.
- College of Science and Technology
- College of Arts, Humanities and Education
- College of Art & Design and Built Environment
- College of Business, Law & Social Sciences
[edit] Recent developments
The City campus recently benefited from the completion of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) light rail system in December 2003 which provides a tram stop outside the Boots Library. This allows a direct link to the main railway station.
The university also recently joined forces with Microsoft to form the Official Education Support Centre (ESC) for the UK educational sector.
The university's in-house MLE is also based around Microsoft technology, namely Exchange with university wide use of the VLP (Virtual Learning Portal) now in its 3rd highly successful year (2.1 TB of materials served and 3.3 million logins during the 2004/05 academic year).
October 2004 saw the introduction of the university's new identity (rebranding) which included the amalgamation of faculties into new colleges, the introduction of a new logo and the dropping of the definite article from the official university name. The old logo still appears around department buildings, although much of the old signage has been removed and replaced with rebranded versions on all three campuses.
The university has a strong international dimension in education, and has partnerships with many universities and colleges throughout the world. For example, it awards a number of degrees in Griffith College Dublin, Ireland which were recently recognised by King's Inns, Dublin as satisfying the requirements of entry to that institution.
July 2005 saw the purchase of the Belgrave Centre, thus releasing Nottingham Law School from its ongoing rental commitment along with the added benefit of providing rental income from the Government Office of the East Midlands, which currently has a tenancy agreement until 2010 for approximately half of the building.
The university has recently entered into a partnership with Kaplan Inc. to form the Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC) which, through foundation courses and pre-masters courses - helps international students to progress to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at NTU and other UK universities. The NTIC is proving very successful.
[edit] Estate Regeneration
2005 saw the start of the regeneration project to update much of the university's estate to meet the growing needs of the university.
Improvements to date include:
- Brand new £8,000,000 Computing & Informatics building on the Clifton Campus.
- The Art & Design Bonington Building on the City Campus has been completely refurbished, with a brand new front section, a two storey atrium, an increased number of exhibition spaces, as well as a cafe.
- The Chaucer Building, home of the Business School (again, on the City Campus), has also been fully refurbished, with new paintwork, signage and a range of new facilities such as a brand new foyer/reception, lecture theatres and lifts.
- New accommodation blocks on the Brackenhurst Campus.
Planning permission has been granted for the University's planned improvements of the Newton and Arkwright buildings. The £70 million scheme aims to link the existing Newton and Arkwright Buildings with a 'central court', and a new quadrangle. The new building will house new lecture theatres, as well as student services.[1]
The plans were to initially demolish much of the Arkwright Building, which were refused on the grounds that it is a Grade 2 Listed Building.[2] However, the initial plans were changed, and the Council later agreed to allow permission.
The 18-month planning phase involved discussions with the local council, English Heritage, and conservation groups.
[edit] Unusual courses
- Computer Science (Games Technology). The university also has a multi-media course which has a wider focus.
- Social and Therapeutic Horticulture - at Brackenhurst.
[edit] Nottingham Trent Students' Union
The students' union, NTSU, has bases at all three Nottingham Trent campuses.
On the City Campus, the union is based in the Byron House building. Facilities include a bank, 2 bars (Glo and Sub), a gym, catering facilities (including a cafe and diner), a shop, and a sports hall. The student union's executive committee are also based here. The building is home to the union's flagship 'Climax' night on a Saturday, with a capacity of 3000 students accommodated by both bars, and much of the remaining building (which is transformed to allow its special use for the night). Other nights include 'The Tone Club' (a specialist indie band night), and 'Assault' (for rock and punk fans).
On the Clifton Campus, the union is based in DH Lawrence House. Facilities here include a bank, a bar and diner (known as The Point), a gym, a shop, and a takeaway. Clifton's flagship night is on a Friday, and host to the nationwide club nightFlirt!.
Brackenhurst also has an NTSU presence, featuring a shop and bar (The Orangery).
The student newspaper is called 'Platform' and is published every Monday. The union radio station, FlyFM, has won the BBC Best Student Show award. It can be listened to online. 97.5 KICK FM, the orignal Radio station, was created in 1996 and won three radio 1 student radio awards.
Started in 2006, the student's union now has it own TV station - Trent TV - which has begun broadcasting some top quality programmes, beginning with events from Freshers Week, the Kinki nights out at Nottingham's Ocean nightclub, and popular video on a Student Demo over top-up fees held in London, and now programmes ranging from comedies to documentaries - Programmes
There are around 30 clubs & Societies
[edit] Past Presidents of The Nottingham Trent University Union of Students
1992-1994 Ashley Baxter
1994-1995 Nicholas Beal
1995-1997 Benjamin Morrison
2001-2002 Matthew Nunn
2002-2003 Matthew Nunn
2003-2204 Matthew Wallace
2004-2005 Kate Sillito
2005-2006 Kate Steventon
2006-2007 Bavesh Shah
[edit] Vice-Chancellors
[edit] History
- 1843 - Nottingham Government School of Design opened
- 1858 - The Nottingham Government School of Design moved to Commerce Square
- 1865 - The Nottingham Government School of Design moved to Waverley Building
- 1881 - University College was established. It later became the new university's Arkwright Building.
- 1941- The Victorian Arkwright building, on the corner of South Sherwood Street and Shakespeare street , was hit during the Nottingham blitz the building was partially destroyed as it took a direct hit, It was rebuilt a number of years later, 45 people were killed
- 1945 - Nottingham and District Technical College was designated.
- 1958 - Nottingham Regional College of Technology was opened.
- 1959 - Nottingham College of Education opens at Clifton
- 1964 - Nottingham Regional College was officially launched.
- 1966 - Nottingham College of Art and Design was linked with the Regional College - as a Polytechnic designate.
- 1970 - Trent Polytechnic was granted polytechnic status.
- 1975 - Trent amalgamated with Nottingham College of Education at Clifton.
- 1988 - The official name change to Trent Polytechnic took place.
- 1989 - Nottingham Polytechnic Higher Education Corporation was founded.
- 1992 - The Nottingham Trent University was launched.
[edit] Alumni
- Paul Kaye - Dennis Pennis
- Six By Seven
- Simon Starling - Turner Prize winner, 2006
- Hazel Blears - Labour Party MP for Salford and Chairman of the Labour Party
- Mike Parry - Broadcaster
- Rachael Bown - studied History and International Relations
[edit] See also
- University of Nottingham is the other university in Nottingham.
- Trent University is a university in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
[edit] External links
- Nottingham Trent University website
- Virtual Learning Portal (VLP)
- Raising and Giving (RAG)
- 360° tour - Nottingham Trent University
- Microsoft Customer Evidence: Nottingham Trent University - University Turns Virtual Learning into an Academic Reality
- Nottingham Trent Students Union Homepage
- Fly FM - student radio station.
- Platform - student newspaper.
- Local map of NET stop outside Boot Library on Goldsmith St.
- BBC Nottingham page for NTU students.
- NTU Pride - The Nottingham Trent University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Undecided student representative Society
- QAA's audit report of the university of May 2004
[edit] Clubs & Societies
Nottingham Trent University Canoe Club
Afro-caribbean
Asian Cultural
Chinese
Chinese Christian Fellowship
Mystro Singers
Christian Union – Clifton
Current & Social Affairs
Conservation
Drama
Film
International Relations Society
International Student Society (ISS)
Islamic
Jewish
LEX (Law)
Musicians
People & Planet
Pirates
Real Ale
Sikh
Sociology
Student Forum for Peace & Liberty
Tristian's Product Design
[edit] References
[edit] News links
- New energy storage material discovered.
- Trent's Betting Research Unit.
- Bonington building reopened by designer Sir Paul Smith - 11 May 2006
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