Everything about The University Of Teesside totally explained
The
University of Teesside, based in
Middlesbrough,
UK, has a student body of 22,387 students as of 2007. Recording rises in applications of 11.4 per cent and 2.5 per cent for
degree courses beginning in 2005 and 2006 respectively has given Teesside, for two years running, the highest such percentage increases of any university in the
North East of England.
Location
The University has been situated since its formation as a Technical College in 1930 in the town of
Middlesbrough, within the
borough of Middlesbrough in the
North Yorkshire area of
England on the south banks of the
River Tees. Transport links exist via the
A19 and
A66 roads. The University's entrance is at the site of the old Constantine College building, fronted by the Waterhouse clock tower.
History and estates
While it was clear enough that, when the time came for a successor to the
Middlesbrough-based
Mechanics' Institute of 1844, a new technical college was in order, a shortage of funding long proved a barrier to any such plan. The College's launch could otherwise have come as early as 1914. Even after the donation of £40,000 in order to build the college from local shipping
magnate Joseph Constantine in 1916, progress was slow. A Governing Council took place in 1922, followed by a doubling of the original financial offer by the Constantine family in 1924. For the task of constructing the first Technical College building, Mr G. R. Dawbarn, of
London, on
29 March 1926, was appointed as architect. Building work finally kicked into action in 1927, culminating in the beginning of enrollment and teaching formalities on
16 September 1929. But the fanfare had to wait, until the turn of the decade, in order to accommodate the royal schedule.
Constantine Technical College was nonetheless finally opened on
2 July 1930 by the future King Edward VIII, the
Prince of Wales. Although not yet a
university, from the outset, Constantine was both a
further and
higher education college. While at one end of the spectrum students at Constantine could be as young as 15, also publicised in its Prospectus were
degree courses validated by the
University of London. Star disciplines included
metallurgy,
engineering and
chemistry. Five rooms were also reserved for an
art department, until cramped accommodation forced the
School of Art to split from its parent site for the 1950s.
The 1960s were years of sweeping change – as well as political sting – for the still comparatively fledgling College. By the end of the decade the first two "Teesside University" campaigns had begun: the first, from the early 1960s to 1966, and the second, from 1967 to 1972, spates of enthusiasm killed off on each occasion only by the scepticism of then-
Minister of Education,
Anthony Crosland, and
Margaret Thatcher's defining White Paper, respectively. The latter effectively shelved plans for the erection of any new institution in the
United Kingdom, until the 1980s at least.
On campus, one of the most visible major developments for the College was an extension comprising an 11-
storey "skyscraper", on which construction work began in 1963. The College acquired the neighbouring former High School of 1877, extended the grounds. The College briefly restyled itself as
Constantine College of Technology, before becoming a
polytechnic (
Britain's 13th) in 1969. At that point, the institution boasted 17 degree courses.
A merger with Teesside College of Education took place in the
1970s along with the purchase of Flatts Lane. The Clarendon Building was added in 1973, as was the Stephenson Building in 1976, with both remaining in use for the Polytechnic's long-awaited conversion into a University. That happened in June 1992, when Teesside Polytechnic became one of the United Kingdom's first
new universities, following that year's
Further and Higher Education Act.
By the 1990s student numbers were nearing the 8,000 mark, but only in 1997 was the old Polytechnic's library replaced, by a Learning Resource Centre. Subsequent additions included the Virtual Reality Centre and Centre for Enterprise. Today, historic structures such as the old High School (the Waterhouse building), the Constantine building and Victoria Building of 1891 (a schoolyard-equipped
Victorian school, housing a series of graduate business incubator units), are all Grade II
listed buildings.
Status and future developments
The University has been ranked second place of all English universities by the Funding Council for attracting students from untypical addresses, and has achieved three
National Teaching Fellowships. The University's School of Computing houses six of the most popular servers in the world, as well as the most popular
Desert Combat server.
The construction of an £11m Institute of Digital Innovation, as part of the 2010 DigitalCity project is now underway and the
Animex International Festival is also staged there on an annual basis, complementing the University's coverage of
animation and
computer games. It is also home to the
Northern Region Film and Television Archive.
The
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has thus far identified units of teaching "excellence" in
Art &
Design,
computer science,
history,
social work,
sport and
exercise, electrical and electronic
engineering,
nursing, the
Foundation Degree in chemical technology and a number of subjects allied to
medicine.
The first
National Student Survey disclosed its findings in September 2005. Over the full range of criterion, the University scored 4/5 for overall student satisfaction - level with institutions such as
Leeds and
Newcastle. Within Teesside,
English,
Law and Art & Design fared best, with all three areas within the top 25 per cent of student satisfaction nationally. In the resulting overall "league table", the University was ranked joint 34th of 101 institutions. It was also during this year that the University scaled the national top 20 for graduate further study or employment in
The Times Good University Guide 2005; Teesside was the highest ranked
new university.
The 2006
Times Good University Guide and
The Sunday Times university league table ranked Teesside 91st out of 100 British universities and joint 75th of 119 institutions respectively, with the
National Student Survey 2006 giving the institution's Art & Design courses the top ranking nationally. The University achieved the same overall satisfaction score of 4/5 as the previous year, contributing to an overall rank of joint 70th of 129 recorded institutions.
In
research, the University offers an array of relevant routes of study resulting in the qualification of
MPhil,
PhD, MProf and
DProf. The best research profile is in History, where a score of 5/5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise placed it on a par with the
University of Oxford.
Undergraduate application statistics for Autumn 2005 entry showed that Computer Art (applications up 41.7 per cent), Electronic and Electrical Engineering (up 30.4 per cent), Sociology (up 25.5 per cent), Psychology (up 18.09 per cent) and Law (applications up 16.8 per cent) were among the courses with the fastest growing popularity within the University.
The present
Vice-Chancellor is Professor Graham Henderson. In April 2005, the University welcomed
Lord Sawyer as its new
Chancellor, supplanting the University's first,
European Commissioner
Leon Brittan.
Faculty
Schools
The University consists of six schools.
Research Centres
Centre for Nano & Microsystems
Centre for Applied Science (CAS)
Clean Environment Management Centre (Clemance)
Teesside Manufacturing Centre
Centre for Forensic Investigation (CFI)
Centre for Construction Innovation and Research (CCIR)
Centre for Leadership and Organisational Change (CLOC)
Centre for Nano & Microsystem
The Centre for Nano & Microsystem has developed a new facility to apply nanotechnology and microfabrication into the design of miniaturised diagnostic devices. such as 'Lab on a chip', micro fluidics, BioMEMS, and photonics, with a focus on photolithographic processing, wet and dry etching, metallisation and thin film deposition, screen printing and device packaging.
The CNM clean room is 140 square meters in size and comprises two Class 1,000 rooms (white & yellow areas), one Class 100 area, and one Class 10,000 gowning area with an unclassified service chase area.
CNM have assembled a comprehensive polymer replication and manufacturing suite made up of CAD design and tool path assembly, CNC micro-milling for tool fabrication, micro-injection moulding and hot embossing for polymer replication and joining.
Advanced instrumentation available in CNM are those of surface analysis, electro analysis, dry etching, ultrasonic bonder, photolithography, screen printing, CNC micro milling, hot embossing, injection moulding, laser ablation, metallization and thin film deposition.
Researchers
Professor Zulf Ali
Dr. Vincent Auger
Dr.Meez Islam
Dr.Simon Scott
Andrew Henderson
Mamun Rashid
Heather Saxby
Accommodation
There is accommodation provided in self-catered rooms, mostly reserved for first year undergraduate students but also for international students, postgraduates, staff and undergraduates who have been unable to find alternative accommodation.
All accommodation is within easy walking distance of University facilities.
University have four managed residences (halls, houses and flats), providing 726 places. A further 472 places are available through the University managed housing scheme (properties owned by private landlords but managed by the University).
Self Catered
King Edward`s Square
Parkside Halls
Parkside Houses and Flats
Woodland Halls
Students' Union
The Students' Union was named "Students' Union of the Year by BEDA" in 2004 and "Club Mirror Students' Union of the Year" in 2002. The Union's bar, The Terrace Bar, was awarded "Best Bar None" status in 2006.
The Sabbatical Officers for 2007/8 are Stephen Dowson (President), David Fillingham (Student Activities Officer), Jonathan Fearnley (Communications Officer) and the newly elected; Andrew Morwood (Education & Welfare Officer). The Part Time Executive Officers for 2007/8 are Vicky James (Environment), Maddy Holt Gadner (Diversity) James Jalalian (Campaigns) Sarah Armstrong (Non-Portfolio), Ashley James (Activities and Volunteering).
Students are encouraged to get involved in their Students' Union in a variety of ways. There are over 40 clubs and over 20 societies and if their interests aren't covered they're able to set up their own. The Activities and Skills Centre (ASC) will help them to do this, as well as provide the opportunity to get involved in charity work such as Raise and Give (RAG) and Student Community Action (SCA).
P.T.O. is the Students' Union's monthly newspaper and students are able to get involved as Media and Marketing Assistants by becoming editors, writers, reporters, critics, photographers and designers.
Union Senate is held once a month and in this meeting the key issues affecting students are debated, motions are passed and the Executive Committee are held to account. The Chair and Vice Chair of Union Senate are elected to these posts at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). There are plenty of committees for students to get involved with, such as Finance and Elections.
Recently, the university and the student's union won the 2007 It's Not Funny
competition, winning a live comedy performance featuring Bill Bailey, Marcus Brigstocke, Andrew Maxwell and Simon Amstell.
People
Principals of Constantine Technical College
»
Notable staff
Robert Adams, sociologist and author, Professor of Social Work
Philippa Gregory, novelist
Nigel Kitching, illustrator and writer, Lecturer in Drawing and Graphic Technique
Gervase Phinn, Visiting Professor of Education
Notable alumni
Vera Baird QC MP, Member of Parliament for Redcar and Solicitor General for England and Wales (MA in Local History in c.2004)
David Bowe, Member of the European Parliament (Diploma in Management Studies in 1988)
Suzannah Clarke, opera singer (BA (Hons) Business Studies in 1992)
Brendan Cleary, poet (c.1980)
Wendy Craig, actress (also honorary Master of Arts in 1994)
Deborah Dyer or "Skin", lead singer of Skunk Anansie (BA (Hons) Interior Design in 1992)
Dennis Heywood, leading computer scientist (BA (Hons) Business Studies in 1992)
Andy Lomas, animator (MSc Computer Aided Graphical Technology Applications in 1992)
Paul Marsden, Former Labour and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and Atcham (studied from 1986 to 1990)
Ray Mallon, directly-elected Mayor of Middlesbrough (Diploma in Management Studies in 1992)
Gareth Mitchell, entrepreneur and founder of Tree2mydoor Ltd. (BA (Hons) Design Marketing in 2000)
Chris Newton, silver medal-winning cyclist at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
Marek Reichman, Aston Martin Lagonda, Ltd. Director of Design (BA (Hons) Industrial Design in 1989)
Roger Shannon, film producer and consultant at Swish Ltd. (BA (Hons) Humanities in 1976)
Steve Wilson, Calcio Italia and When Saturday Comes football journalist (Journalism)
Image gallery
Image:University of teesside Main Building.jpg|Middlesbrough Tower
Image:Olympia Building.jpg|Olympia Building (Opened by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2004)
Image:Student Union.jpg|Student Union & Refectory Building
Mr. Karlos Van McRichardsonface|The Sexiest Man on Campus
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