University of Teesside
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Teesside University is a university in Middlesbrough
, England
. It has a student body of 29,285 students as of the 2009/10 academic year. It recorded rises in applications of 25.1 per cent and 23.5 per cent for degree
courses beginning in 2010, the highest such percentage increases of the five universities in the North East of England
. The University has a campus in Darlington named Teesside University Darlington.
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 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 Graham R. Dawbarn (a London
architect also responsible for additions to Corpus Christi College
, Cambridge
) was appointed on 29 March 1926. Building work finally kicked into action in 1927, culminating in the beginning of enrolment 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. The College briefly restyled itself 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 on 16 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, as well as, more recently, the Phoenix and Athena Buildings. 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.
In 2009, the University of Teesside changed its name to "Teesside University", changed its logo and adopted the motto "Inspiring success" as part of a rebrand that cost £20,000. Alternative names also suggested included "Middlesbrough University" and "Tees Valley University".
On 15 October 2009, Teesside University was elected University of the Year and Outstanding Employer Engagement Initiative in the Times Higher Education Awards.
The University has been situated since its formation as Constantine Technical College in 1930 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 road
s. The University's entrance is at the site of the old Constantine College building, fronted by the Waterhouse clock tower.
The University has opened its temporary campus Teesside University Darlington, in the former Eastbourne Secondary School in the Eastbourne area of Darlington. A new Darlington campus will open in 2011 with work starting on site in April 2010. The new campus will be on the Darlington College site, in the Central Park regeneration area next to the East Coast mainline railway station.
Further investment at the main campus site in Middlesbrough includes the new £17 million Centuria South building for dental training and sports therapy, planned to open in Autumn 2010. Also planned to open in Autumn 2010 are two new higher education centres in Hartlepool and Redcar.
All accommodation is within easy walking distance of University facilities.
The University has four managed residences (halls, houses and flats). Further places are available through the University managed housing scheme (properties owned by private landlords but managed by the University).
The School of Arts and Media is made up of six academic sections:
Fine Art,
Design,
Media,
History,
English and
Performing Arts.
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.
s.
The construction of an £11 million 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 criteria, 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. According to the 2008 National Student Survey, 84 per cent of degree students are happy with their course and the percentage of overall student satisfaction is up for the third year running.. Teesside University was named the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards University of the Year 2009.
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
, succeeding the University's first ever Chancellor, European Commission
er Leon Brittan.
, the University offers an array of relevant routes of study resulting in the qualification of MPhil, PhD
, MProf and DProf. The strongest research profiles, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, were in Computing and History, with Business & Management Studies and Sociology also producing work of international excellence.
The current Executive Officer Team is Lori Wheatman (President), Phil Makinson (Education Officer), Tony Clapham (Student Activities Officer) and Jenny Gill (Campaigns and Welfare Officer) who will hold their posts until July 2012. As the Officer Trustees they sit on a wider Board of Trustees who oversee the running of the Students' Union which also includes External Trustees drawn from the worlds of local government, business, charity and the public sector.
The Students' Union
has won numerous accolades; it was named Students' Union of the Year at the BEDA (Bar Entertainment and Dance Association) Awards in 2004 and Club Mirror Students' Union of the Year in 2002, as well as finishing runner-up in the latter award in 2007. In 2002/2003, the Students' Union also won the Sport England Volunteer Investment Programme Award, while the Union's bar, The Terrace Bar, was awarded Best Bar None status in both 2006 and 2008, overcoming competition from universities from across the two regions of the North East and Yorkshire before going on to win four Best Bar None Middlesbrough Awards 2009 recognising outstanding standards of staff training and strong focus on the safety of customers. The Students' Union also won the 2007 It's Not Funny competition, winning a live comedy performance featuring Bill Bailey
, Marcus Brigstocke
, Andrew Maxwell
and Simon Amstell
.
Alongside an award winning bar and venue, the Students' Union has support services for students in the shape of The Link which provides help with welfare, academic, financial and personal problems as well as a range of part-time jobs vacancies. Students are also 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 are able to set up their own. The Activities Centre will help them to do this, as well as provide the opportunity to get involved in charity work such as Raise and Give (RAG).
The Tease, formerly The Terrace Star, is the Students' Union's monthly magazine and students are able to get involved as Media and Marketing Assistants by becoming editors, writers, reporters, critics, photographers and designers.
Union Council or the Student Opinion Counts Forum is held once a month and in this meeting the key issues affecting students are debated, motions are passed and the Executive Officers are held to account. The Chair and Vice Chair of Union Council 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.
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It has a student body of 29,285 students as of the 2009/10 academic year. It recorded rises in applications of 25.1 per cent and 23.5 per cent for degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
courses beginning in 2010, the highest such percentage increases of the five universities in the North East of England
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
. The University has a campus in Darlington named Teesside University Darlington.
History
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
-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 to build the college from local shipping magnate
Business magnate
A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a capitalist, czar, mogul, tycoon, baron, oligarch, or industrialist, is an informal term used to refer to an entrepreneur who has reached prominence and derived a notable amount of wealth from a particular industry .-Etymology:The word magnate itself...
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 Graham R. Dawbarn (a London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
architect also responsible for additions to Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
) was appointed on 29 March 1926. Building work finally kicked into action in 1927, culminating in the beginning of enrolment 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
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
. Although not yet a university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, from the outset, Constantine was both a further
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
and higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
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
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
validated by the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. Star disciplines included metallurgy
Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. It is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use...
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
. Five rooms were also reserved for an art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
department, until cramped accommodation forced the School of Art to split from its parent site for the 1950s.
Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
The administration of education policy in the United Kingdom began in the 19th century. Official mandation of education began with the Elementary Education Act 1870 for England and Wales, and the Education Act 1872 for Scotland...
, Anthony Crosland
Anthony Crosland
Charles Anthony Raven Crosland , otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby...
, and Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
's defining White Paper, respectively. The latter effectively shelved plans for the erection of any new institution in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, until the 1980s at least.
On campus, one of the most visible major developments for the College was an extension comprising an 11-storey
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
"skyscraper", on which construction work began in 1963. The College acquired the neighbouring former High School of 1877. The College briefly restyled itself Constantine College of Technology, before becoming a polytechnic
Polytechnic (United Kingdom)
A polytechnic was a type of tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 they became universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The comparable institutions in Scotland were...
(Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
'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 on 16 June 1992, when Teesside Polytechnic became one of the United Kingdom's first new universities, following that year's Further and Higher Education Act.
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
school, housing a series of graduate business incubator units), are all Grade II listed buildings.
In 2009, the University of Teesside changed its name to "Teesside University", changed its logo and adopted the motto "Inspiring success" as part of a rebrand that cost £20,000. Alternative names also suggested included "Middlesbrough University" and "Tees Valley University".
On 15 October 2009, Teesside University was elected University of the Year and Outstanding Employer Engagement Initiative in the Times Higher Education Awards.
Campuses
Middlesbrough (borough)
-External links:*...
in the North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
area of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on the south banks of the River Tees
River Tees
The River Tees is in Northern England. It rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines, and flows eastwards for 85 miles to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar.-Geography:...
. Transport links exist via the A19
A19 road
The A19 is a major road in England running approximately parallel to and east of the A1 road, although the two roads meet at the northern end of the A19, the two roads originally met at the southern end of the A19 in Doncaster but the old route of the A1 was changed to the A638. From Sunderland...
and A66 road
A66 road
The A66 is a major road in northern England which in part follows the course of the Roman road from Scotch Corner to Penrith. It runs from east of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire to Workington in Cumbria...
s. The University's entrance is at the site of the old Constantine College building, fronted by the Waterhouse clock tower.
The University has opened its temporary campus Teesside University Darlington, in the former Eastbourne Secondary School in the Eastbourne area of Darlington. A new Darlington campus will open in 2011 with work starting on site in April 2010. The new campus will be on the Darlington College site, in the Central Park regeneration area next to the East Coast mainline railway station.
Further investment at the main campus site in Middlesbrough includes the new £17 million Centuria South building for dental training and sports therapy, planned to open in Autumn 2010. Also planned to open in Autumn 2010 are two new higher education centres in Hartlepool and Redcar.
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.
The University has four managed residences (halls, houses and flats). Further places are available through the University managed housing scheme (properties owned by private landlords but managed by the University).
Schools
The University consists of six schools.- School of ArtsARtsaRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
& MediaMedia studiesMedia studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
(SAM) - School of ComputingComputingComputing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
(SCM) - School of HealthHealthHealth is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
& Social Care (SSC) - School of ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
& EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
(SSE) - School of Social SciencesSocial sciencesSocial science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
& LawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
(SSSL) - Teesside University Business SchoolBusiness schoolA business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
(TUBS)
The School of Arts and Media is made up of six academic sections:
Fine Art,
Design,
Media,
History,
English and
Performing Arts.
Research Centres
- Centre for Nano & Microsystems
- Clean Environment Management Centre (Clemance)
- Teesside Manufacturing Centre
- Centre for Construction Innovation and Research (CCIR)
- Centre for Leadership and Organisational Change (CLOC)
- Teesside Formal MethodsFormal methodsIn computer science and software engineering, formal methods are a particular kind of mathematically-based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems...
and Programming Research Group (TFMPRG)
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.
Academic profile
The University has been ranked second place of all English universities by the Funding Council for attracting students from atypical addresses, and has won seven National Teaching FellowshipNational Teaching Fellowship
The Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship scheme recognises and rewards individual excellence in teaching in higher education in England and Northern Ireland. Fifty awards are made annually. The scheme began in 2000, with total funding per year of £2.5 million.-External links:***...
s.
The construction of an £11 million Institute of Digital Innovation, as part of the 2010 DigitalCity project is now underway and the Animex International Festival
Animex
The Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games takes place every year in Middlesbrough in the North East of England. The festival has its roots firmly planted in the creative side of the animation and computer games industries and acts to provide animators, directors, students,...
is also staged there on an annual basis, complementing the University's coverage of animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
and computer games
Computer Games
"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...
. It is also home to the Northern Region Film and Television Archive
Northern Region Film and Television Archive
The Northern Region Film and Television Archive is a not-for-profit organisation which exists to collect, preserve and provide access to film, television and other moving image material related to the history of a region of England, which is defined as the Tees Valley area and the counties of...
.
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Established in 1997, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education works to ensure that higher education qualifications in the United Kingdom are of a sound standard. It protects the public interest by checking how universities and colleges maintain their academic standards and quality...
has thus far identified units of teaching "excellence" in Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
& Design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
, computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, social work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
, sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
and exercise, electrical and electronic engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
, the Foundation Degree
Foundation degree
The Foundation Degree is a vocational qualification introduced by the government of the United Kingdom in September 2001, which is available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
in chemical technology and a number of subjects allied to medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
.
The first National Student Survey
National student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
disclosed its findings in September 2005. Over the full range of criteria, the University scored 4/5 for overall student satisfaction - level with institutions such as Leeds
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
and Newcastle. Within Teesside, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
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
New University
The UCI New University is a student-operated newspaper at the University of California, Irvine. Originally named the Spectrum, later Spectre, The Tongue, and The Anthill, it is published once a week during the regular academic year. Although the New University is officially a university department,...
.
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
National student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
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. According to the 2008 National Student Survey, 84 per cent of degree students are happy with their course and the percentage of overall student satisfaction is up for the third year running.. Teesside University was named the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards University of the Year 2009.
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
Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer
Lawrence "Tom" Sawyer, Baron Sawyer is a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1994 to 1998....
as its new Chancellor
Chancellor (education)
A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
, succeeding the University's first ever Chancellor, European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
er Leon Brittan.
Research
In researchResearch
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
, the University offers an array of relevant routes of study resulting in the qualification of MPhil, PhD
PHD
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, MProf and DProf. The strongest research profiles, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, were in Computing and History, with Business & Management Studies and Sociology also producing work of international excellence.
Students' Union
The Students' Union is led by students for students with four current students (usually final year) elected by the student body to hold the positions of President, Education Officer, Student Activities Officer, Campaigns and Welfare Officer in March of each year. They then take their posts from July to the end of June each year and have the option to seek re-election for a second and final term if they wish.The current Executive Officer Team is Lori Wheatman (President), Phil Makinson (Education Officer), Tony Clapham (Student Activities Officer) and Jenny Gill (Campaigns and Welfare Officer) who will hold their posts until July 2012. As the Officer Trustees they sit on a wider Board of Trustees who oversee the running of the Students' Union which also includes External Trustees drawn from the worlds of local government, business, charity and the public sector.
The Students' Union
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
has won numerous accolades; it was named Students' Union of the Year at the BEDA (Bar Entertainment and Dance Association) Awards in 2004 and Club Mirror Students' Union of the Year in 2002, as well as finishing runner-up in the latter award in 2007. In 2002/2003, the Students' Union also won the Sport England Volunteer Investment Programme Award, while the Union's bar, The Terrace Bar, was awarded Best Bar None status in both 2006 and 2008, overcoming competition from universities from across the two regions of the North East and Yorkshire before going on to win four Best Bar None Middlesbrough Awards 2009 recognising outstanding standards of staff training and strong focus on the safety of customers. The Students' Union also won the 2007 It's Not Funny competition, winning a live comedy performance featuring Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his appearances on Black Books, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.Bailey was listed by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in...
, Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Alexander Brigstocke is an English comedian, actor and satirist who has worked extensively in stand-up comedy, television, radio and in 2010-2011 musical theatre. He is particularly associated with the 6.30pm comedy slot on BBC Radio 4, having frequently appeared on several of its shows...
, Andrew Maxwell
Andrew Maxwell
Andrew Maxwell is an Irish stand-up comedian. Raised in Kilbarrack, Dublin, and now resident in London, he is a father of two. He regularly appears on The Panel.-Early life:...
and Simon Amstell
Simon Amstell
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.
Alongside an award winning bar and venue, the Students' Union has support services for students in the shape of The Link which provides help with welfare, academic, financial and personal problems as well as a range of part-time jobs vacancies. Students are also 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 are able to set up their own. The Activities Centre will help them to do this, as well as provide the opportunity to get involved in charity work such as Raise and Give (RAG).
The Tease, formerly The Terrace Star, is the Students' Union's monthly magazine and students are able to get involved as Media and Marketing Assistants by becoming editors, writers, reporters, critics, photographers and designers.
Union Council or the Student Opinion Counts Forum is held once a month and in this meeting the key issues affecting students are debated, motions are passed and the Executive Officers are held to account. The Chair and Vice Chair of Union Council 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.
Principals of Constantine Technical College
- Douglas Heber Ingall (1928–1930)
- T. J. Murray (1931–1936)
- H. V. Field (1936–1947)
- S. A. R. Clark (1947–1955)
- G. S. Atkinson (1955–1961)
- J. Houghton (1961–1969)
Chancellors of Teesside University
- Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of SpennithorneLeon Brittan, Baron Brittan of SpennithorneSir Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, QC, PC, DL is a British barrister, politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament, as well as former member of the European Commission and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom...
(1993–2005) - Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer of DarlingtonTom Sawyer, Baron SawyerLawrence "Tom" Sawyer, Baron Sawyer is a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1994 to 1998....
(since 2005)
Notable staff
- Robert Adams, sociologist and author, Professor of Social WorkSocial workSocial Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
- Philippa GregoryPhilippa GregoryPhilippa Gregory is an English novelist.-Early life and academic career:Philippa Gregory was born in Kenya. When she was two years old, her family moved to England. She was a "rebel" at school, but managed to attend the University of Sussex...
, novelist - Gervase PhinnGervase PhinnGervase Phinn is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside....
, Visiting Professor of Education - Professor Anthony James PollardA. J. PollardAnthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses. He is considered the leading authority on the field. A fellow of the University of Teesside, he is part of the research staff of the "Centre for Regional and Local Historical...
, medieval historian
Notable alumni
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