Nottingham Trent University
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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.
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Campuses
The Nottingham Trent University is split into three campuses.
- The City Campus, located to the North of Nottingham City Centre.
- Clifton Campus, located in Clifton on the edge of Nottingham.
- Brackenhurst Campus
Structure
The university is currently split into eight Schools and Faculties.
- Nottingham Trent School of Art and Design
- Nottingham Business School
- Faculty of Construction, Computing and Technology (FACCT)
- Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Humanities
- Nottingham Law School
- Faculty of Science and Land-based Studies
Recent Developments
The City campus recently benefitted from the completion of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) light rail system in December 2003 which provides a stop outside the Boot 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)[1] (http://www.escuk.net) 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)[2] (http://elearn.ntu.ac.uk) now in its 3rd highly successful 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 offical university name. The old logo still appears around department buildings.
The university has an international dimension in education, as 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.
Student Union
NTSU, the student union, on Shakespeare Street provides extensive facilities to be inebriated. The student newspaper is called Platform is published every Monday. The radio station is called Fly FM and broadcasts on the internet and 107.6FM. The weekly student night is called Flirt! held on Friday at the Point in Clifton.
Vice-Chancellors
- 2003- Professor Neil Gorman, BVSc., Ph.D., FRCVS., DACVIM (Oncology)
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.
- 1945 - Nottingham and District Technical College was designated.
- 1958 - Nottingham Regional College of Technology was opened.
- 1964 - The 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 Nottingham took place.
- 1989 - Nottingham Polytechnic Higher Education Corporation was founded.
- 1992 - The Nottingham Trent University was launched.
Alumni
See Also:
- University of Nottingham is another University in Nottingham.
External Links
- Nottingham Trent University website (http://www.ntu.ac.uk)
- 360° tour - Nottingham Trent University (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/360/students/nottingham_trent)
- Microsoft Customer Evidence: Nottingham Trent University - University Turns Virtual Learning into an Academic Reality (http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Nottingham.aspx)
- Nottingham Trent Students' Union. (http://www.su.ntu.ac.uk)
- Fly FM - student radio station. (http://www.su.ntu.ac.uk/media/fly.php)
- Platform - student newspaper. (http://www.su.ntu.ac.uk/media/platform.php)
- Local map of NET stop outside Boot Library on Goldsmith St. (http://www.thetram.net/maps/trentuni.asp)
- BBC Nottingham page for NTU students. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/students/nottingham_trent_university/index.shtml)
- Unofficial Guide. (http://www.unofficial-guides.com/guides/ntrent.html)
News Links
- New energy storage material discovered. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3973313.stm)
- Trent's Betting Research Unit. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1897293.stm)
- 24 year old drunk driver kills male and female students walking in Nottingham City Centre in December 2000. (http://212.58.226.40/1/hi/uk/1074478.stm)