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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. According to The Times Higher Education Supplement it is the second best Post-1992 University in the United Kingdom . CAMPUSES The Nottingham Trent University is split into three campuses.(3)
STRUCTURE With the arrival of Vice-Chancellor Neil Gorman, the university underwent a major change in organisation. It is now split into four colleges, which in turn subdivide into separate schools.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS The City campus recently benefitted from the completion of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) light rail system in December 2003 which provides a Tram Stop outside the Boots Library. This allows a direct link to the main railway station. The university also recently joined forces with Microsoft to form the Official Education Support Centre (ESC) for the UK educational sector. The university's in-house of materials served and 3.3 million logins during the 2004/05 academic 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 official university name. The old logo still appears around department buildings. The university has an international dimension in education, as 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. 2005 saw the start of the regeneration project to update many of the university's building to meet the growing needs of the university. July 2005 saw the purchasing of the Belgrave Centre thus releasing Nottingham Law School from its ongoing rental commitment along with the added benefit of providing rental income from the Government Office of the East Midlands which currently has a tenancy agreement until 2010 for approximately half of the building. The university has recently entered into a partnership with Kaplan Inc to form the '' Nottingham Trent International College '' which aims to give international students the requirements needs for acceptance onto NTU and other UK university programmes. The first 200 students are due to start October 2005 with the hope that most will continue onto a NTU programme. UNUSUAL COURSES
NOTTINGHAM TRENT STUDENTS' UNION The Students' Union , NTSU, is based in a building on Shakespeare Street, which contains extensive bar facilities. The student newspaper is called 'Platform' and is published every Monday. The radio station is called Fly FM and has broadcast on the internet, though not at present. VICE-CHANCELLORS
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ALUMNI See Also: List of Nottingham Trent University people
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