Manchester Metropolitan University
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Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in Manchester, England.
It is probably the fourth largest university in Britain after the universities of London, Manchester and Leeds, with over 20,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students as of 2004, and hundreds of courses in over 70 subjects. It maintains five campuses in Manchester, as well as two in Crewe and Alsager in Cheshire.
It includes the following faculties:
- Faculty of Art & Design
- Faculty of Food, Clothing & Hospitality Management
- Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education
- Faculty of Humanities, Law & Social Science
- Faculty of Science & Engineering
- Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
- MMU Cheshire
Most undergraduate programmes lead to a degree, diploma or certificate; some lead to an award of the EdExcel Foundation (formerly the BTEC) or to membership in a professional body.
The university's sports facilities are excellent, partly as a legacy of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. These are shared with the University of Manchester.
The Student Union is MMSU. They have a well-attended weekly dance night on a Friday called 'Double Vision' held in the union's K2 nightclub with music provided by DJs from Manchester's Key 103 radio station. The union magazine is called Pulp.
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History
During the last third of the 20th century MMU grew through the combination of several colleges, some of which were founded in the 19th century.
The mergers began on 1st January 1970, when Manchester Polytechnic was formed from Manchester College of Art and Design, the Manchester College of Commerce and the John Dalton College of Technology. On the 1st January 1977, the Polytechnic merged with the Didsbury College of Education and Hollings College, and on 1st January 1983 with the City of Manchester College of Higher Education. Having previously been a local authority institution, the Polytechnic because a corporate body on the 1st April 1989, as allowed by the terms of the Education Reform Act 1988. It became a University under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 under the new title of "Manchester Metropolitan University". This new title was approved by the Privy Council on the 15th September 1992. The university grew larger still when the Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education was merged on the 1st October 1992.
List of alumni
This partial list of alumni include those who attended institutions which became part of present-day MMU during its history.
- Steve Coogan
- Jenny Eclair
- Thomas Heatherwick
- Mick Hucknall
- Phil Ineson
- Peter Saville
- Julie Walters
- Carey Young
- Matthew Kelly
External links and sources
- Manchester Metropolitan University website (http://www.mmu.ac.uk/)
- MMU summary (http://www.britishhighereducation.com/Institutions_We_Represent/Our_Partner_Institutions/mmu.asp) from Study Overseas Ltd., a consultancy funded by universities
- MMU summary (http://education.guardian.co.uk/virtualfairs/profiles/story/0,12855,890029,00.html) from The Guardian
- MMU summary and statistics (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8404-1246426.html) from The Times
- Manchester Metropolitan Students Union (http://www.mmsu.com)
- MMSU's Pulp magazine. (http://www.uniservity.net/club_homepage.asp?clubid=5936)
News Links
- Emmerdale actor damages MMU student flat at Daisy Bank Hall in March 2004. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3583623.stm)
- 2003 student calendar is not sold on campus to much apparent disappointment. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2444763.stm)
- Burnage Lane student jailed for six months in January 2003 for paying for drinks with two forged £10 notes in January 2002. (http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/67/67161_fake_cash_student_jailed.html)
- 22yr old male photography student shot and killed by Israeli forces in April 2003. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/2941885.stm)Template:Edu-stub