Newman University College

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Newman University College

Motto:	Latin: Ex Umbris in Veritatem. From Shadows into Truth
Established:	1968
Type:	Public
Principal:	Pamela Taylor
Students:	2600^[1]
Undergraduates:	2,235
Postgraduates:	365
Location:	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Campus:	Bartley Green
Website:	http://www.newman.ac.uk

Newman University College is a university college offering academic degrees and teacher training in Birmingham, England.

Known as Newman College of Higher Education until January 2008, it has the highest employment of graduates rate of UK universities and is in the top 25% of UK universities for teaching quality, academic support, personal development and assessment and feedback in the 2007 National Student Survey.^{[citation needed]} In September 2007, it was given the right to award its own degrees by the Privy Council, giving it the formal status of a University College.^[2] It changed its name in January 2008 to reflect this change of status^[3].

1 History
2 Degree courses
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Newman was founded in 1968 on a campus in the suburb of Bartley Green. It is a Roman Catholic institution, although it is open to students regardless of their religious beliefs, and is named in honour of the Catholic intellectual John Henry Newman, who had strong links with the city of Birmingham.

[edit] Degree courses

The college currently awards degrees from the University of Leicester, though in September 2007 it was given the right to award its own degrees.^[3]

Although specialising in teacher training, offering both undergraduate teaching degrees and the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, the college also offers a number of degree and Foundation Degree courses that do not lead to Qualified Teacher Status.

Other courses include: