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As a general remark, it appears that the main editors of this page (as for most new university pages) have done their utmost to avoid the association of N.U. with the word polytechnic. This is (a) a pity since polys enjoyed an excellent reputation in their specialist areas and (b) a little misleading
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I see someone's added a section about the naming of the institution after it ceased being a
Polytechnic. Having grown up in Newcastle myself, I and many others had heard about the possible name for the new university and the problems the acronym posed, however I was of the impression that this was an
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It was reported by Tyne Tees news back in 1992 when converting from a
Polytechnic. I remember the news report as I was a student over at the University of Newcastle at the time (later going to Northumbria as a postgrad), however, can't find a reliable web reference. I didn't realise it had gone
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You were right, wherever those figures came from they were incorrect. According to the
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RE: Gordon Sumner (Sting), CBE Internationally renowned musician, songwriter and actor. Lead singer and bassist with rock/pop band 'The Police' who won six Grammy awards in the 1980s. Sting has also achieved great success as a solo artist. Sting qualified as a teacher in 1974 from
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So many big names have been forgotten from this section of the page, and isn't truly representative of our
Universities past students. A few of the 'big names' excluded, follow: jamie noon(england and falcons), Alan Tomes (most capped Scotland rugby lock ever), Ed Thorpe (Munster rugby), Michael
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There seems to be something a little strange going on with the rankings table. For example, the
Guardian 2011 ranked Northumbria at 67, down from 53 in 2010 (as shown in the reference in the article) and not 47 down from 33 as given in the article. I wonder if somebody might have accidentally
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Newcastle area, N.U. was known for most of their lives as simply "the poly" or "Newcastle Poly". I realise that it somehow sounds a little better from a PR-perspective to stress the association of college -: -->
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Inclusion on the main page can't really be justified (I see reference has been removed from the main page at some point) unless someone finds definitive proof such a clear web story about the incident, or a logo or letter head. There I'll leave it
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I've just corrected the section regarding the large government offices to the rear of the Coach Lane Campus. Tyneview Park, as it is called is entirely Dept. Work & Pensions and not HMRC. HMRC is based over at Benton Park View, next to
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Pendleton (Gold and Silver Commonwealth cycling medals), Chris Cook (Double commonwealth swimming gold medalist), Kevin Whately (Midsomer murders), Duncan Lloyd (Maximo Park)......list goes on
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I added a brief sentence setting out that N'castle poly obtained university status as part of a wave of conversions in 1992 affecting the UK polytechnic sector. This adds a little broader context to the history of the university.
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Similarly in the "Complete University" guide, Northumbria was actually 64th in 2011, not 34th as shown in the article, etc.
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