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History. Leeds Mechanics' Institute building, Woodhouse. Logos used by Leeds Polytechnic in the 1980s and Leeds Metropolitan University in the 1990s and early 2000s. The university traces its roots to 1824 when the Leeds Mechanics Institute was founded.
University of Leeds. / 53.80722°N 1.55167°W / 53.80722; -1.55167. The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science.
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Changed its name from Leeds Metropolitan University in September 2014; formerly Leeds Polytechnic, founded in 1970, and traces its history back to the Leeds Mechanics Institute, founded in 1824. University of Lincoln: 1992 Excellence through study Formerly Humberside Polytechnic (located in Kingston upon Hull); moved to Lincoln in 2001
As a polytechnic, Sunderland created the first part-time, in-service BEd (Bachelor of Education) programme in the country. University status Steve Cram at Freshers Week, 2018. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, the polytechnic gained university status. Lord Puttnam became the university's first Chancellor in 1998.
History 1862 – 2000. The university was originally founded as the Plymouth School of Navigation in 1862, before becoming a university college in 1920 and a polytechnic institute in 1970, with its constituent bodies being Plymouth Polytechnic, Rolle College in Exmouth, the Exeter College of Art and Design (which were, before April 1989, run by Devon County Council) and Seale-Hayne College ...
Leeds Arts University. / 53.8084; -1.5517. Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds .
The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a public university in Portsmouth, England. Comprising five faculties, the university offers a wide range of academic disciplines. With around 28,280 students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the university in 2022 was the 25th-largest higher education institution by student enrolments in the United Kingdom.
Leeds City College. / 53.801; -1.558. Leeds City College is the largest further education establishment in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England with around 26,000 students, 2,300 staff, with an annual turnover of £78 million. [1] It officially opened on 1 April 2009.
In 1975 it amalgamated with Nottingham College of Education, and in 1988 the official name changed to 'Nottingham Polytechnic'. Under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 , all polytechnics and some higher education colleges became eligible for full university status; at this point, the institution officially became 'Nottingham Trent ...