Nottingham Trent University

Arkwright Building

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.

Campuses

The Nottingham Trent University is split into three campuses.

• The City Campus, located to the North of Nottingham City Centre.
• Clifton Campus, located just outside 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 which provides a stop outside the Boots Library.

The university also recently joined forces with Microsoft to form the Official Education Support Centre (ESC)[1] for the UK educational sector.

The university's inhouse 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.

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 university is has an international dimension in education, 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.

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.

See Also:

• University of Nottingham is another University in Nottingham.

External link

• Nottingham Trent University website
• 360° tour - Nottingham Trent University
• Microsoft Customer Evidence: Nottingham Trent University - University Turns Virtual Learning into an Academic Reality