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Northumbria University

March 10, 2023

Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a UK public university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.[5]

Northumbria University
Coat of Arms
MottoLatin: Aetas Discendi[1]
Motto in English
A lifetime of learning
TypePublic
Established1877 - Rutherford College of Technology
1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic
1992 - gained university status
Endowment£0.394 million (2022)[2]
Budget£307.2 million (2021-22)[2]
ChancellorBaroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Andy Long[3]
Academic staff
1,617 (as at December 2021) [4]
Administrative staff
1,516 (as at December 2021) [4]
Students37,000
Other students
10,000 of Northumbria's students are international
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
,
England

54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W / 54.9764; -1.6080Coordinates: 54°58′35″N 1°36′29″W / 54.9764°N 1.6080°W / 54.9764; -1.6080
CampusUrban and suburban
ColoursUniversity: Black & white
                       
Northumbria Sport:
             
Sporting affiliations
Northumbria Sport
Websitewww.northumbria.ac.uk

Northumbria University is primarily based within City Campus located in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and at Coach Lane campus on the outskirts of the city centre, London and Amsterdam. It is organised into four faculties — Arts, Design and Social Sciences; Business and Law; Engineering and Environment and Health and Life Sciences. Northumbria University has approximately 37,000 students.[6]

According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Northumbria University was rated 23rd in the UK for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).[7] This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage-point rise in market share since the previous exercise.[8] The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £307.2 million of which £19.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £308 million.[2]

Northumbria was named the Times Higher Education University of the Year for 2022.[9] The University is ranked top 25 in the UK for the number of graduates entering professional employment, with nine out of ten graduates working or studying six months after graduation.[10]

Northumbria is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Universities UK and the Wallace Group.

History

Northumbria University has its origins in three Newcastle colleges: Rutherford College of Technology, which was established by John Hunter Rutherford in 1877 and opened formally in 1894 by the Duke of York (later King George V), the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce. In 1969, the three colleges were amalgamated to form Newcastle Polytechnic. The Polytechnic 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.[11]

 
The Sutherland Building

In 1992, Newcastle Polytechnic was reconstituted as the new University of Northumbria,[12] as part of a nationwide process in which polytechnics became new universities. It was originally styled, and its official name still is, the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (see the Articles of Government[13]) but the trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002. In 1995, it was awarded responsibility for the education of healthcare professionals, which was transferred from the National Health Service.

In 2017, the university was fined £400,000 after a sports science experiment gave volunteers a hundred times the safe dose of caffeine. Two student volunteers were given a dose of 30g instead of 0.3g, because staff conducting the experiment tried to calculate the dose on a mobile phone calculator and misread the decimal point. Both were hospitalised and one reported loss of short-term memory.[14][15] A court hearing heard that the university had not trained staff in safety and had not carried out a proper risk assessment, and that the dose was above the level known to cause risk of death.[16]

Northumbria was named the UK University of the Year 2022 by Times Higher Education. The award was given in recognition of Northumbria's transformation over more than a decade into a research-intensive modern institution. The judging panel stated "The scale of [Northumbria's] ambition, the rigour and effectiveness with which is has been pursued and its role in transforming lives and supporting its region all make it a deserving winner."[17]

Campuses

 
Northumbria university's City Campus East.

United Kingdom

 
City Campus East

The university has two large campuses situated in Newcastle and one in London. City Campus, located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, is divided into City Campus East and City Campus West by the city's central motorway and linked by a £4 million bridge which in 2008 was officially opened by the former Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Digby Jones.[18]

City Campus

 
Law and Business Building

City Campus East is home to the Schools of Law, Design and the Newcastle Business School (NBS). NBS and Law are housed in one building, and the School of Design is across a courtyard.

City Campus East, designed by Atkins, opened in September 2007, winning awards from The Journal newspaper and the Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year accolade.

 
Buildings of Northumbria University

City Campus West is home to the Schools of Arts & Social Sciences, Built & Natural Environment, Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences and Life Sciences. Also located on this campus is the University Library, Students' Union building and Sport Central, a £31m sports facility for students, staff and the community which opened in 2010.[11]

The Sutherland Building, formerly the Medical School of Durham University,[19] which was a naval warehouse during World War II, and the Dental School of Newcastle University[citation needed] (1945–78) is the home of is the home of the University Executive team and new world-class studios for Architecture students, designed by Page\Park architects, which opened in 2019.[20]

Administrative Departments including Finance & Planning and Human Resources, are based in Pandon Building.

The Students' Union building, at City Campus West, underwent a multimillion-pound makeover with new lobby and recreational facilities, and a refurbished bar and cafe space, in summer 2010.

In September 2016 the Sandyford Building was acquired from Newcastle College.[21]

In 2018 a £7m building for Computer and Information sciences was opened in City Campus West[22] in place of the demolished Rutherford Hall.[23]

Coach Lane

A second campus[24] is located 2.6 miles (4 km) outside Newcastle, on Coach Lane, and is known as the Coach Lane Campus[25] at Cochrane Park near the A188 (Benton Road). It is in the Dene ward near Longbenton and round the corner from Tyneview Park; a large Department for Work and Pensions office, accessible via the Four Lane Ends Interchange.

The Coach Lane Campus is home to a number of areas of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, in particular the Departments of Nursing, Midwifery and Health and Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, as well as the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeships programmes. Coach Lane Campus has computing and library services; and sports facilities, including indoor courts, a fitness suite, outdoor rugby and football pitches, and an all-weather floodlit pitch.

London Campus

The London Campus[26] offers full-time or part-time programmes, from a range of Business, Computing, Cyber, Project Management and Technology focused programmes to approximately 2,500 students. The campus is delivered in partnership with QA Higher Education, part of QA, the UK’s largest corporate training provider. The campus is near Liverpool Street station, close to the heart of London’s financial district

International

Northumbria University has an international campus based in Amsterdam,[27] Netherlands through a partnership with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences where it offers accredited postgraduate qualifications and the opportunity for undergraduates to experience overseas studies.[28]

Organisation and structure

 
Former Dame Allan's School

Northumbria  offers programmes in the disciplines of law and business, arts and design, engineering, mathematics, physics computing, geography and environmental sciences, architecture and built environment, applied sciences and healthcare, sports science, humanities and social sciences, psychology, nursing, social work and teacher education.

Northumbria University employs more than 3,100 people and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and degree apprenticeship programmes through four Faculties:

  • Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Business and Law
  • Faculty of Engineering and Environment
  • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Newcastle Business School

Main article: Newcastle Business School

In September 2007, Northumbria University opened its new Newcastle Business School building on the site of the former Warner Brothers cinema as part of a £136m city campus east development.[29] Newcastle Business School is the only university in the UK to hold double AACSB accreditation for business and accounting which makes them form part of an elite group of 190 institutions worldwide to hold this.[30][31] As of 2020, The university also holds accreditation for EPAS in 21 different undergraduate programmes, more than any other university in the UK. Newcastle Business School has also developed relations with a wide range of other professional bodies.[31] As a result, the university can offer a wide range of professional exemptions in its programmes such as the Accountancy degree which holds exemptions from many of the top accountancy boards including ICAEW, ACCA, and CIMA.

In 2015, Newcastle Business School was the winner of ‘UK Business School of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education Awards.[32]

Northumbria Law School

 
Northumbria Law School is located within City Campus East where it shares its building with Newcastle Business School.

Northumbria Law School[33] is located within City Campus East where it shares its building with Newcastle Business School.

Northumbria Law School is the largest law school within the north-east of England. It is part of only six institutions outside of London that provides the Bar Professional Training Course. Northumbria Law School is located within City Campus East where it shares its building with Newcastle Business School.

Northumbria also offers 'clinical' courses in law accredited by the Law Society and Bar Council. These allow graduates direct entry to the profession. The institution's Student Law Office is a clinical legal education enterprise, where law students participate in a legal advice and representation scheme on behalf of real clients, under the supervision of practising lawyers. The student law office has managed over 8,300 enquiries, represented over 3,000 clients and secured over £1.6m in compensation since 2005. In 2013, the university was awarded with the Queens Anniversary Prize in Further and Higher and Further Education for outstanding community work of its student law office.

Medicine

Although the university roots are linked with medicine through the Sutherland Building being formerly the Medical School of Durham University, it has not offered medicine as a programme until recently. Northumbria has a joint medical programme through a partnership with St George's University of Grenada.[34] As part of the programme the teaching hours are split between time spent within the Grenada and the United Kingdom. The programme has been expanded in recent years with an increased amount of time that students can spend within the United Kingdom.

Academic profile

Rankings
National rankings
Complete (2023)[35]43
Guardian (2023)[36]46
Times / Sunday Times (2023)[37]49
Global rankings
ARWU (2022)[38]801–900
QS (2023)[39]701-750
THE (2023)[40]501-600

Research

Northumbria was one of the best performing universities in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, rising the highest number of places in a ranking of 'research power' by THE. The University climbed to 23rd place from 50th in 2014 and 80th in 2008.[41]

In the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008 some research in nine of twelve areas submitted was described as "world-leading".[42] In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, Northumbria was one of the UK top 50 for research power and the university which had risen fastest up the rankings.[43]

Reputation and rankings

  • Northumbria was named UK University of the Year by Times Higher Education in November 2022.[44]
  • Northumbria University is in the top 25 for research power in the UK, according to the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Times Higher Education REF2021 rankings.
  • Northumbria University is the top University in the North East for sustainability,[45] according to the People and Planet league table
  • Northumbria is one of the highest ranked UK universities in the Times Higher Education's Young Universities Rankings (2022-).

Student life

 
Sutherland Building main entrance.

Northumbria Students' Union[46] is a campaigning and representative organisation. It is a charity currently exempt from registration and is led by six Sabbatical Officers (President and five vice-presidents) and a 26-member Student Council.

 

The Students' Union offers a range of student activities such as NSU/Community, NSU/Media (Which encompasses NSU/TV, NSU/Radio, NSU/Life and NSU/Snaps), NSU/Rag (Raise and Give),NSU/Societies, NSU/Employability, Duke of Edinburgh awards and Fast Friends. It represents students in academic and non-academic matters through a nationally recognised School Reps and Postgraduate Research Reps Systems.

The university building contains several venues for students to socialise in a safe environment, chiefly at Habita (formerly Bar One), Domain (formerly The Venue) and Reds.

In 2011, Northumbria Students' Union received the National Union of Students award for best higher education students' union.

In 2016, Northumbria Students' Union received the National Union of Students award for Student Opportunities and runner up for the Education Award.[47]

Sport

See also: Team Northumbria (netball), Team Northumbria (basketball), and Team Northumbria F.C.

Northumbria is considered one of the leading universities for Rugby League in the UK,[48] after being crowned BUCS National Champions in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.

In 2022 Northumbria entered 69 teams into BUCS, the highest number to date for the university.   

Sport Awards:

  • In 2014 Northumbria won the BUCS Most Improved University for Sport award[49] following a rise in the national ranking from 20th in 2010 to 8th in 2014 where they remained until 2017.
  • In 2017 Sport’s Student Leadership and Workforce programme was recognised as the best in the country when awarded the BUCS Workforce Development programme of the year.[50]  

Sporting Alumni:

Northumbria has several world class sporting alumni[51] including Steve Cram CBE, Stephen Miller MBE, and Victoria Pendleton CBE.

Northumbria support talented athletes through its partnership with the TASS Scheme and their own Student Athlete Scholarship Scheme. Current student Taka Suzuki won seven medals, including five golds and two silvers in swimming at Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics Games.

Notable alumni

Arms

Coat of arms of Northumbria University
 
Notes
Granted 9 November 1995.[77]
Crest
On a wreath Argent and Gules, a lion sejant affronty Or holding in the dexter forepaw a torch Azure enflamed Proper and supporting with the sinister forepaw a trident also Azure.
Escutcheon
Per fess enarched and embattled Argent and Gules in chief two castles triple-towered also Gules and in base an open book Or.
Supporters
On either side a sea-horse the head neck and forelegs Argent the piscine parts Bleu Céleste dorsally finned Or gorged with a mural crown Gules and supporting between the forelegs a trident erect Azure.
Motto
'Aetas Discendi'

The university states 'Northumbria's shield contains two triple-towered castles, representing the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, and an open book which represents learning. The arched line of battlements dividing the shield refers to the Roman Wall, a historic feature of Northumberland. Whilst the curve of the arch reflects the King George the Fifth Bridge over the River Tyne, more generally the bridge alludes to the university's role in the transmission of knowledge to, and strong links, with the society in which its located.'[78] The crest is a lion grasping a flaming torch which is an emblem of learning, also a trident as the emblem of the old god of the River Tyne. The supporters are seahorses referencing the arms of Newcastle upon Tyne but with the addition of crowns around their necks, alluding to the roman Wall and holding tridents of the River Tyne.

See also

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Northumbria University legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle is a UK public university located in Newcastle upon Tyne North East of England It has been a university since 1992 but has its origins in the Rutherford College founded in 1877 5 Northumbria UniversityCoat of ArmsMottoLatin Aetas Discendi 1 Motto in EnglishA lifetime of learningTypePublicEstablished1877 Rutherford College of Technology1969 Newcastle Polytechnic1992 gained university statusEndowment 0 394 million 2022 2 Budget 307 2 million 2021 22 2 ChancellorBaroness Tanni Grey ThompsonVice ChancellorProfessor Andy Long 3 Academic staff1 617 as at December 2021 4 Administrative staff1 516 as at December 2021 4 Students37 000Other students10 000 of Northumbria s students are internationalLocationNewcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear England54 58 35 N 1 36 29 W 54 9764 N 1 6080 W 54 9764 1 6080 Coordinates 54 58 35 N 1 36 29 W 54 9764 N 1 6080 W 54 9764 1 6080CampusUrban and suburbanColoursUniversity Black amp white Northumbria Sport Sporting affiliationsNorthumbria SportWebsitewww wbr northumbria wbr ac wbr ukNorthumbria University is primarily based within City Campus located in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and at Coach Lane campus on the outskirts of the city centre London and Amsterdam It is organised into four faculties Arts Design and Social Sciences Business and Law Engineering and Environment and Health and Life Sciences Northumbria University has approximately 37 000 students 6 According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework Northumbria University was rated 23rd in the UK for research power the grade point average score of a university multiplied by the full time equivalent number of researchers submitted 7 This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage point rise in market share since the previous exercise 8 The annual income of the institution for 2021 22 was 307 2 million of which 19 9 million was from research grants and contracts with an expenditure of 308 million 2 Northumbria was named the Times Higher Education University of the Year for 2022 9 The University is ranked top 25 in the UK for the number of graduates entering professional employment with nine out of ten graduates working or studying six months after graduation 10 Northumbria is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Universities UK and the Wallace Group Contents 1 History 2 Campuses 2 1 United Kingdom 2 1 1 City Campus 2 1 2 Coach Lane 2 1 3 London Campus 2 2 International 3 Organisation and structure 3 1 Newcastle Business School 3 2 Northumbria Law School 3 3 Medicine 4 Academic profile 4 1 Research 4 2 Reputation and rankings 5 Student life 5 1 Sport 6 Notable alumni 7 Arms 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditNorthumbria University has its origins in three Newcastle colleges Rutherford College of Technology which was established by John Hunter Rutherford in 1877 and opened formally in 1894 by the Duke of York later King George V the College of Art amp Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce In 1969 the three colleges were amalgamated to form Newcastle Polytechnic The Polytechnic 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 11 The Sutherland Building In 1992 Newcastle Polytechnic was reconstituted as the new University of Northumbria 12 as part of a nationwide process in which polytechnics became new universities It was originally styled and its official name still is the University of Northumbria at Newcastle see the Articles of Government 13 but the trading name was simplified to Northumbria University in 2002 In 1995 it was awarded responsibility for the education of healthcare professionals which was transferred from the National Health Service In 2017 the university was fined 400 000 after a sports science experiment gave volunteers a hundred times the safe dose of caffeine Two student volunteers were given a dose of 30g instead of 0 3g because staff conducting the experiment tried to calculate the dose on a mobile phone calculator and misread the decimal point Both were hospitalised and one reported loss of short term memory 14 15 A court hearing heard that the university had not trained staff in safety and had not carried out a proper risk assessment and that the dose was above the level known to cause risk of death 16 Northumbria was named the UK University of the Year 2022 by Times Higher Education The award was given in recognition of Northumbria s transformation over more than a decade into a research intensive modern institution The judging panel stated The scale of Northumbria s ambition the rigour and effectiveness with which is has been pursued and its role in transforming lives and supporting its region all make it a deserving winner 17 Campuses Edit Northumbria university s City Campus East United Kingdom Edit City Campus East The university has two large campuses situated in Newcastle and one in London City Campus located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne is divided into City Campus East and City Campus West by the city s central motorway and linked by a 4 million bridge which in 2008 was officially opened by the former Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Digby Jones 18 City Campus Edit Law and Business Building City Campus East is home to the Schools of Law Design and the Newcastle Business School NBS NBS and Law are housed in one building and the School of Design is across a courtyard City Campus East designed by Atkins opened in September 2007 winning awards from The Journal newspaper and the Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year accolade Buildings of Northumbria University City Campus West is home to the Schools of Arts amp Social Sciences Built amp Natural Environment Computing Engineering amp Information Sciences and Life Sciences Also located on this campus is the University Library Students Union building and Sport Central a 31m sports facility for students staff and the community which opened in 2010 11 The Sutherland Building formerly the Medical School of Durham University 19 which was a naval warehouse during World War II and the Dental School of Newcastle University citation needed 1945 78 is the home of is the home of the University Executive team and new world class studios for Architecture students designed by Page Park architects which opened in 2019 20 Administrative Departments including Finance amp Planning and Human Resources are based in Pandon Building Burt HallThe Students Union building at City Campus West underwent a multimillion pound makeover with new lobby and recreational facilities and a refurbished bar and cafe space in summer 2010 In September 2016 the Sandyford Building was acquired from Newcastle College 21 In 2018 a 7m building for Computer and Information sciences was opened in City Campus West 22 in place of the demolished Rutherford Hall 23 Coach Lane Edit A second campus 24 is located 2 6 miles 4 km outside Newcastle on Coach Lane and is known as the Coach Lane Campus 25 at Cochrane Park near the A188 Benton Road It is in the Dene ward near Longbenton and round the corner from Tyneview Park a large Department for Work and Pensions office accessible via the Four Lane Ends Interchange The Coach Lane Campus is home to a number of areas of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences in particular the Departments of Nursing Midwifery and Health and Social Work Education and Community Wellbeing as well as the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeships programmes Coach Lane Campus has computing and library services and sports facilities including indoor courts a fitness suite outdoor rugby and football pitches and an all weather floodlit pitch London Campus Edit The London Campus 26 offers full time or part time programmes from a range of Business Computing Cyber Project Management and Technology focused programmes to approximately 2 500 students The campus is delivered in partnership with QA Higher Education part of QA the UK s largest corporate training provider The campus is near Liverpool Street station close to the heart of London s financial district International Edit Northumbria University has an international campus based in Amsterdam 27 Netherlands through a partnership with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences where it offers accredited postgraduate qualifications and the opportunity for undergraduates to experience overseas studies 28 Organisation and structure Edit Former Dame Allan s School Northumbria offers programmes in the disciplines of law and business arts and design engineering mathematics physics computing geography and environmental sciences architecture and built environment applied sciences and healthcare sports science humanities and social sciences psychology nursing social work and teacher education Northumbria University employs more than 3 100 people and offers undergraduate postgraduate CPD and degree apprenticeship programmes through four Faculties Faculty of Arts Design and Social Sciences Faculty of Business and Law Faculty of Engineering and Environment Faculty of Health and Life SciencesNewcastle Business School Edit Main article Newcastle Business School In September 2007 Northumbria University opened its new Newcastle Business School building on the site of the former Warner Brothers cinema as part of a 136m city campus east development 29 Newcastle Business School is the only university in the UK to hold double AACSB accreditation for business and accounting which makes them form part of an elite group of 190 institutions worldwide to hold this 30 31 As of 2020 The university also holds accreditation for EPAS in 21 different undergraduate programmes more than any other university in the UK Newcastle Business School has also developed relations with a wide range of other professional bodies 31 As a result the university can offer a wide range of professional exemptions in its programmes such as the Accountancy degree which holds exemptions from many of the top accountancy boards including ICAEW ACCA and CIMA In 2015 Newcastle Business School was the winner of UK Business School of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards 32 Northumbria Law School Edit Northumbria Law School is located within City Campus East where it shares its building with Newcastle Business School Northumbria Law School 33 is located within City Campus East where it shares its building with Newcastle Business School Northumbria Law School is the largest law school within the north east of England It is part of only six institutions outside of London that provides the Bar Professional Training Course Northumbria Law School is located within City Campus East where it shares its building with Newcastle Business School Northumbria also offers clinical courses in law accredited by the Law Society and Bar Council These allow graduates direct entry to the profession The institution s Student Law Office is a clinical legal education enterprise where law students participate in a legal advice and representation scheme on behalf of real clients under the supervision of practising lawyers The student law office has managed over 8 300 enquiries represented over 3 000 clients and secured over 1 6m in compensation since 2005 In 2013 the university was awarded with the Queens Anniversary Prize in Further and Higher and Further Education for outstanding community work of its student law office Medicine Edit Although the university roots are linked with medicine through the Sutherland Building being formerly the Medical School of Durham University it has not offered medicine as a programme until recently Northumbria has a joint medical programme through a partnership with St George s University of Grenada 34 As part of the programme the teaching hours are split between time spent within the Grenada and the United Kingdom The programme has been expanded in recent years with an increased amount of time that students can spend within the United Kingdom Academic profile EditRankingsNational rankingsComplete 2023 35 43Guardian 2023 36 46Times Sunday Times 2023 37 49Global rankingsARWU 2022 38 801 900QS 2023 39 701 750THE 2023 40 501 600Research Edit Northumbria was one of the best performing universities in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework rising the highest number of places in a ranking of research power by THE The University climbed to 23rd place from 50th in 2014 and 80th in 2008 41 In the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008 some research in nine of twelve areas submitted was described as world leading 42 In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise Northumbria was one of the UK top 50 for research power and the university which had risen fastest up the rankings 43 Reputation and rankings Edit Northumbria was named UK University of the Year by Times Higher Education in November 2022 44 Northumbria University is in the top 25 for research power in the UK according to the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework Times Higher Education REF2021 rankings Northumbria University is the top University in the North East for sustainability 45 according to the People and Planet league table Northumbria is one of the highest ranked UK universities in the Times Higher Education s Young Universities Rankings 2022 Student life Edit Sutherland Building main entrance Northumbria Students Union 46 is a campaigning and representative organisation It is a charity currently exempt from registration and is led by six Sabbatical Officers President and five vice presidents and a 26 member Student Council The Students Union offers a range of student activities such as NSU Community NSU Media Which encompasses NSU TV NSU Radio NSU Life and NSU Snaps NSU Rag Raise and Give NSU Societies NSU Employability Duke of Edinburgh awards and Fast Friends It represents students in academic and non academic matters through a nationally recognised School Reps and Postgraduate Research Reps Systems The university building contains several venues for students to socialise in a safe environment chiefly at Habita formerly Bar One Domain formerly The Venue and Reds In 2011 Northumbria Students Union received the National Union of Students award for best higher education students union In 2016 Northumbria Students Union received the National Union of Students award for Student Opportunities and runner up for the Education Award 47 Sport Edit See also Team Northumbria netball Team Northumbria basketball and Team Northumbria F C Northumbria is considered one of the leading universities for Rugby League in the UK 48 after being crowned BUCS National Champions in 2017 2018 2019 and 2022 In 2022 Northumbria entered 69 teams into BUCS the highest number to date for the university Sport Awards In 2014 Northumbria won the BUCS Most Improved University for Sport award 49 following a rise in the national ranking from 20th in 2010 to 8th in 2014 where they remained until 2017 In 2017 Sport s Student Leadership and Workforce programme was recognised as the best in the country when awarded the BUCS Workforce Development programme of the year 50 Sporting Alumni Northumbria has several world class sporting alumni 51 including Steve Cram CBE Stephen Miller MBE and Victoria Pendleton CBE Northumbria support talented athletes through its partnership with the TASS Scheme and their own Student Athlete Scholarship Scheme Current student Taka Suzuki won seven medals including five golds and two silvers in swimming at Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics Games Notable alumni Edit Sir Jonathan Ive former Chief Design Officer at Apple Inc Sting musician Chris Whitty Chief Medical Officer for EnglandSam Ainsley artist 52 Bibiana Aido Almagro Spanish politician previously served as Minister for Equality 53 Chris Whitty Chief Medical Officer for England Vera Baird Victims s Commissioner for England and Wales former Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner former MP for Redcar Tunde Baiyewu vocalist lead singer of the Lighthouse Family 54 Amanda Berry Chief Executive of BAFTA 55 Rodney Bickerstaffe former General Secretary of UNISON 56 Gavin Brown art dealer 57 Lord Brownlow Conservative peer 58 Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth Nigel Cabourn fashion designer 59 Mac Collins artist and designer 60 Chris Cook GB Commonwealth and Olympic swimmer Martin Corry England rugby international and Leicester Tigers 61 Steve Cram English athlete and television presenter 61 Ali Dia Senegalese footballer Rick Dickinson designer of the ZX81 computer 62 Anke Domscheit Berg member of the German Bundestag Robbie Elliott footballer and coach John Fashanu footballer and TV personality Toby Flood England rugby international and Leicester Tigers 63 Bridget Galloway Sunderland A F C Ladies and England youth international Mary Glindon MP for North Tyneside 64 Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor prison reformer Scott Henshall fashion designer 65 Max Lamb furniture designer 66 Jason Holland designer 67 Louise Hopkins artist 68 Ben Houchen the first Mayor of Tees Valley Chris Salkeld born 1991 racing driver Sir Jonathan Ive industrial designer Chief Design Officer CDO of Apple Inc and Chancellor of the Royal College of Art in London Kevan Jones MP for North Durham 69 Riley Jones actor Bharti Kher contemporary artist 70 Emma Lewell Buck MP for South Shields 71 Duncan Lloyd lead guitarist of Maximo Park 72 Guy Mankowski author 73 Neil Marshall film director 61 Alexei Mordashov Russian business oligarch 74 Bob Murray former chairman of Sunderland AFC Jamie Noon England rugby international and Newcastle Falcons player Victoria Pendleton Olympic cyclist 12 Laura Pidcock former MP for North West Durham Jonathon Prested poker player 75 Gerry Steinberg former MP for City of Durham Sting musician 76 Alan Tomes Rugby International Scotland and British Lions Kevin Whately actor 76 Stewart Wingate CEO of Gatwick Airport Zeb Kyffin professional cyclist for Ribble WeldtiteArms EditCoat of arms of Northumbria University Notes Granted 9 November 1995 77 Crest On a wreath Argent and Gules a lion sejant affronty Or holding in the dexter forepaw a torch Azure enflamed Proper and supporting with the sinister forepaw a trident also Azure Escutcheon Per fess enarched and embattled Argent and Gules in chief two castles triple towered also Gules and in base an open book Or Supporters On either side a sea horse the head neck and forelegs Argent the piscine parts Bleu Celeste dorsally finned Or gorged with a mural crown Gules and supporting between the forelegs a trident erect Azure Motto Aetas Discendi The university states Northumbria s shield contains two triple towered castles representing the City of Newcastle upon Tyne and an open book which represents learning The arched line of battlements dividing the shield refers to the Roman Wall a historic feature of Northumberland Whilst the curve of the arch reflects the King George the Fifth Bridge over the River Tyne more generally the bridge alludes to the university s role in the transmission of knowledge to and strong links with the society in which its located 78 The crest is a lion grasping a flaming torch which is an emblem of learning also a trident as the emblem of the old god of the River Tyne The supporters are seahorses referencing the arms of Newcastle upon Tyne but with the addition of crowns around their necks alluding to the roman Wall and holding tridents of the River Tyne See also EditArmorial of UK universities Bullocksteads Sports Ground JISC infoNet Kingston Park stadium List of universities in the United Kingdom Post 1992 universities Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom Sport Central Universities in the United KingdomReferences Edit Insight Chancellor retires Archived from the original on 14 March 2012 Retrieved 20 January 2011 a b c 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