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6 unusual facts about Newcastle University


Alginic acid

In March, 2010 researchers at Newcastle University announced that dietary alginates can reduce human fat uptake by more than 75%.

Armstrong College

Armstrong College, an educational institution in Newcastle, England, founded in 1871 as the College of Physical Science and becoming the Durham College of Physical Science in 1883, and merged in 1937 to form King's College; now a component of Newcastle University

Bowsden Court

Bowsden Court is a halls of residence for students of Newcastle University located in the Gosforth area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dear Nobody

The framing sequence is set in autumn as Chris is on the verge of leaving for Newcastle University.

Network on a chip

The second IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip was held in April 2008 at Newcastle University.

Thomas Zehetmair

He holds honorary doctorates from the Music Academy Franz Liszt in Weimar and Newcastle University.


Alick Walker

On graduation, he join the research group of Professor Stanley Westoll at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, working on the fossil reptiles of the Late Triassic found in Elgin.

Arthur Raistrick

His early academic life was spent at Armstrong and Kings Colleges, Newcastle part of Durham University (later to become Newcastle University) where he attained the role of Reader in Applied Geology.

Ashraf Choudhary

He continued his studies abroad, gaining a master's degree in agricultural engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England and a PhD in agricultural engineering at Massey University, New Zealand.

BacillaFilla

BacillaFilla was developed by a group of students at Newcastle University in 2010, as part of an international science competition in the United States.

Harold Orton

He worked as lecturer at Uppsala (1924–28), as lecturer at Armstrong College, Newcastle (now the University of Newcastle) (1928–39) and as lecturer in charge of the department of English language, University of Sheffield (1939–46).

Jeff McMullen

He has been awarded three honorary degrees, a Doctorate of Journalism from Central Queensland University a Doctorate of Letters from Newcastle University and a Doctor of Letters from Macquarie University.

Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets with the Beatbox Alliance

Scenes focus particularly on performances at the Melbourne International Music Festival, Newcastle University, the Byron Bay East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, and the West Coast Blues and Roots Festival, as well as the band’s attendance of the 2005 MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney.

Jonathan Israel

He was named Sir James Knott Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970, and in 1972 he moved to the University of Hull where he was first an assistant lecturer then a lecturer in Early Modern Europe.

Karen Tweed

She is the main piano accordion tutor at the World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland and a regular tutor at the BMus Degree in folk and traditional music at Newcastle University and The Sage Gateshead.

Marion Borgelt

She was a guest lecturer at Newcastle University, Macquarie University, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery and the Ivan Dougherty Gallery at the University of New South Wales.

Mark Walden

Walden spent seven years at Bablake School, an independent co-educational day school in Coventry, before studying for a BA in English Literature and an MA in Twentieth Century Literature, Film and Television at Newcastle University.


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Edward Tollemache

His Newcastle University degree is in Business Management and Marketing and he worked at Merrill Lynch between graduation and 2002.

Francis Jones

Francis R. Jones, poetry translator and Reader in Translation Studies, Newcastle University