Newcastle Upon Tyne is commonly known as Newcastle and is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea.
Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University.
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Northumbria University is among the top 150 universities aged 50 years or under in the world (THE World University Rankings) and was shortlisted for Times Higher Education University of the Year Award 2017.
In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Northumbria University ranked top 50 in the UK for research power, demonstrating the biggest rise in research power of any UK university.
With a Silver award in the new Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Northumbria University delivers high-quality teaching, learning and outcomes for our students in a research-rich learning environment.
Ranked 1st in the UK for graduate start-up businesses, based on turnover. Since 2009, Northumbria has supported the development of more than 200 graduate companies that employ over 1,000 staff and have a combined turnover of more than £80 million.
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Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
