Teesside University has its main campus in Middlesbrough in North East England.
It has 21,830 students, according to the 2012/13 HESA student record.As well as the main university in central Middlesbrough, it also has a campus in Darlington named Teesside
University Darlington While it was clear enough that, when the time came for a successor to the Middlesbrough-based Mechanics' Institute of 1844, a new technical college was in
order, a shortage of funding long proved a barrier to any such plan. The College's launch could otherwise have come as early as 1914. Even after the donation of £40,000 to build
the college from local shipping magnate Joseph Constantine in 1916, progress was slow. A Governing Council took place in 1922, followed by a doubling of the original financial
offer by the Constantine family in 1924. For the task of constructing the first Technical College building, Mr Graham R. Dawbarn (a London architect also responsible for additions
to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge) was appointed on 29 March 1926.[8] Building work finally kicked into action in 1927, culminating in the beginning of enrolment and teaching
formalities on 16 September 1929. But the fanfare had to wait, until the turn of the decade, to accommodate the royal schedule.
The 1960s were years of sweeping change – as well as political sting – for the still comparatively fledgling College. By the end of the decade the first two "Teesside University"
campaigns had begun: the first, from the early 1960s to 1966, and the second, from 1967 to 1972, spates of enthusiasm killed off on each occasion only by the scepticism of
then-Minister of Education, Anthony Crosland, and Margaret Thatcher's defining White Paper, respectively. The latter effectively shelved plans for the erection of any new institution
in the United Kingdom, until the 1980s at least.
To achieve regional, national and international recognition as the UK’s leading University for working with business and to be among the UK’s top institutions of higher education in
relation to:
being a vibrant and effective learning community with students at the heart of everything we do
enhancing academic and professional standards and producing highly employable graduates for the benefit of both individuals and organisations
contributing effectively to the economic, social and cultural success of the communities we serve
demonstrating a real and continuing commitment to social inclusion.
On campus, one of the most visible major developments for the College was an extension comprising an 11-storey "skyscraper", on which construction work began in 1963. The
College acquired the neighbouring former High School of 1877. The College briefly restyled itself as Constantine College of Technology, before becoming Teesside Polytechnic
(Britain's 13th Polytechnic) in 1969. At that point, the institution boasted 17-degree courses.
A merger with Teesside College of Education took place in the 1970s along with the purchase of Flatts Lane. The Clarendon Building was added in 1973, as was the Stephenson
Building in 1976, with both remaining in use for the Polytechnic's long-awaited conversion into a University. That happened on 16 June 1992,[10] when Teesside Polytechnic
became the University of Teesside, one of the United Kingdom's first new universities following that year's Further and Higher Education Act.
ew industry standard equipment.
The University has been situated since its formation as Constantine Technical College in 1930 within the borough of Middlesbrough in the North Yorkshire area of England on the
south banks of the River Tees. Transport links exist via the A19 and A66 roads. The University's entrance is at the site of the old Constantine College building, fronted by the
Waterhouse clock tower.
The University opened its temporary campus Teesside University Darlington, in the former Eastbourne Secondary School in the Eastbourne area of Darlington. The new Darlington
campus opened in 2011. The new campus is on the Darlington College site, in the Central Park regeneration area next to the East Coast mainline railway station.
Further investment at the main campus site in Middlesbrough includes the new £17 million Centuria South building for dental training and sports therapy, which opened in Autumn
2010. Also opened in 2010 were two new higher education centres in Hartlepool and Redcar.
the upcoming campus heart from teesside university Campus Heart is the new £30m investment in the centre of the Middlesbrough campus. It includes a £20m new teaching
building with 200 seat lecture theatre and 1,476m² of teaching and learning space. It is a five-storey building and a pedestrianised landscaped area.
Over £6m is being invested in the refurbishment and extension of the Orion Building - this will include a three storey glass extension to house the new industry standard equipment.
In research, the University offers an array of relevant routes of study resulting in the qualification of MPhil, PhD, MProf and DProf. The strongest research profiles, according to the
2008 Research Assessment Exercise, were in Computing and History, with Business & Management Studies and Sociology also producing work of international excellence.
The Students' Union is led by students for students with four current students (usually final year) elected by the student body to hold the positions of President, Education Officer,
Student Activities Officer, Campaigns and Welfare Officer in March of each year. They then take their posts from July to the end of June each year and have the option to seek re-
election for a second and final term if they wish. The current Executive Officer Team will hold their posts until July 2015. As the Officer Trustees they sit on a wider Board of Trustees
who oversee the running of the Students' Union which also includes External Trustees drawn from the worlds of local government, business, charity and the public sector.
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