Nottingham Trent University

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{{Infobox_University |name = Nottingham Trent University |image = Image:Ntulogo.gif |established = 1992 |city= Nottingham |country= United Kingdom |campus= City, Clifton and Brackenhurst |vice_chancellor = Professor Neil Gorman |students= 26,101 |undergrad= 15,666 |postgrad= 10,425 |type = Public |website= www.ntu.ac.uk }}

Image:Nottinghamarkwrightbuilding.jpg</div> 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. According to The Times Higher Education Supplement it is the second best post-1992 university in the United Kingdom.

1 Campuses
2 Structure
3 Recent developments
4 Unusual courses
5 Nottingham Trent Students' Union
6 Vice-Chancellors
7 History
8 Alumni
9 See also
10 External links
11 Clubs
12 News links

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Campuses

The Nottingham Trent University is split into three campuses.(3)

The City Campus, located to the North of Nottingham City Centre, around Shakespeare Street.
Clifton Campus, located in Clifton on the edge of Nottingham - Biomedical and physical sciences, School of Education, School of Communication & Culture (languages, social science and media courses), and the School of Computing.
Brackenhurst Campus - has its own dairy farm and licensed bar, and is situated near Southwell.

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Structure

With the arrival of Vice-Chancellor Neil Gorman, the university underwent a major change in organisation. It is now split into four colleges, which in turn subdivide into separate schools.

College of Science and Technology
College of Culture, Communication and Education
- School of Arts, Communication and Culture
- School of Education
College of Art & Design and Built Environment
- School of Art & Design
- School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
College of Business, Law & Social Sciences

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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 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.

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.

2005 saw the start of the regeneration project to update many of the university's building to meet the growing needs of the university.

July 2005 saw the purchasing 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 which aims to give international students the requirements needs for acceptance onto NTU and other UK university programmes. The first 200 students are due to start October 2005 with the hope that most will continue onto a NTU programme.

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Unusual courses

Computer Science (Games Technology) - although it is similar to many university computing multi-media courses.
Planetary Science - how to live on another planet.
Social and Therapeutic Horticulture - at Brackenhurst.

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Nottingham Trent Students' Union

The students' union, NTSU, is based in a building on Shakespeare Street, which contains extensive bar facilities. The student newspaper is called 'Platform' and is published every Monday. The radio station is called Fly FM and has broadcast on the internet, though not at present.

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Vice-Chancellors

1992 - Professor Ray Cowell
2003 - Professor Neil Gorman

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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.
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 Nottingham took place.
1989 - Nottingham Polytechnic Higher Education Corporation was founded.
1992 - The Nottingham Trent University was launched.

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