Talk:Northumbria University
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[edit] Very tenuous link to Sting
Didn't Sting leave Northern Counties College twenty years before Northumbria University came into being? Hardly an alumnus!
RE: Gordon Sumner (Sting), CBE Internationally renowned musician, songwriter and actor. Lead singer and bassist with rock/pop band 'The Police' who won six Grammy awards in the 1980s. Sting has also achieved great success as a solo artist. Sting qualified as a teacher in 1974 from Northern Counties College of Education, one of Northumbria University's predecessor colleges, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music in 1992 by the University. Sting was made a Commander of the British Empire in June 2003.
Northumbria Uni, existed as of 1969. Therefore, i think it's safe to claim this one despite it being a bit sketchy.
[edit] source for the figures
Can anyone provide a source for the quoted student population figures? I have a suspicion that they could be out-of-date. If so, please cite your sources and provide a date from when the census took place. Cheers! -- Jon Dowland 21:26, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Enrollment figures
You were right, wherever those figures came from they were incorrect. According to the University's own website, there are "just over 23,500 students about 16,000 of whom are full-time" . The webpage where I obtained the information was updated on 19 July 2006. Here is the link if you wish to check it out. History of Northumbria University. I have updated the page to reflect this.
[edit] University ratings
(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)
There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 23:19, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Famous Alumni
So many big names have been forgotten from this section of the page, and isn't truly representative of our Universities past students. A few of the 'big names' excluded, follow: jamie noon(england and falcons), Alan Tomes (most capped Scotland rugby lock ever), Ed Thorpe (Munster rugby), Michael Stephenson(), Tom May (Falcons), Vicky Pendleton (Gold and Silver Commonwealth cycling medals), Chris Cook (Double commonwealth swimming gold medalist), Kevin Whately (Midsomer murders), Duncan Lloyd (Maximo Park)......list goes on http://northumbria.ac.uk/browse/naa/famous/?view=Standard--DrM 02:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
