Northumbria University has its origins in three regional colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce. An amalgamation of these three institutions formed the Newcastle Polytechnic in 1969, which became the major regional centre for the training of teachers with the incorporation of the City College of Education in 1974, and the Northern Counties College of Education in 1976.
Northumbria was inaugurated as a university in 1992. There was much discussion over the potential name of the new University and one potential name was the City University of Newcastle upon Tyne. However, concerns over confusion with the nearby University of Newcastle upon Tyne and also over the new name's initials saw it dropped before it was used. Newcastle Polytechnic was thus upgraded under the name University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
The trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002.
Northumbria was inaugurated as a university in 1992. There was much discussion over the potential name of the new University and one potential name was the City University of Newcastle upon Tyne. However, concerns over confusion with the nearby University of Newcastle upon Tyne and also over the new name's initials saw it dropped before it was used. Newcastle Polytechnic was thus upgraded under the name University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
The trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002.
There's a bit more to it than that. Look at the capitalised initials of "City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne"!!! It got picked up by UKAS on their computer systems, who contacted the soon-to-be University to tell them. Stationary had been printed, campus signs had been made and the whole lot had to be made to disappear. However, it did not stop lecturers telling students about it in lectures as an "anecdote".
ReplyDeleteIt's less certain how the name "City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne" came about, though the story is it was a suggestion slipped in from a student from the other place (i.e. University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne). Apparently, no-one realised what the initials spelt until the very last minute.
University of Northumbria was the hastily contrived new name, which had to have "at Newcastle" added as no-one knew where Northumbria was.
This is what the logo might have looked like.
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