When was nottingham university built

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Meeting Rooms Sutton Bonington Campus. The idea of converting Nottingham University College into a full University was mooted early in its history. In a report by the Senate of the College expressed the desirability of the College acquiring full University status.

A concerted effort was made in to gain the College its Royal charter the recognised way to establish a new University. In order to be granted University status the College needed to show that it had the support of the local community in the form of endowments.

An endowment appeal was launched in to coincide with the opening of the new college buildings. Despite the large amounts of money donated by Sir Jesse Boot and other benefactors, the endowment appeal fell short of raising the money needed. A number of conferences were held on the subject of the proposed East Midlands University but the plan ultimately came to nothing.

It was in that Nottingham University College was finally granted its university charter, 71 years after it was founded. The College was renamed the University of Nottingham and was able to confer its own degrees. Next page: Role of philanthropy in the history of University College. Connect with the University of Nottingham through social media and our blogs. Campus maps More contact information Jobs. Manuscripts and Special Collections. Homepage Collections and Catalogues Collections in Context.

University Archives. University College History. Print Email this Page. Growth Attendance at the College rose steadily, if slowly, for the first twenty-five years of its existence. Move from Shakespeare Street As the College grew it became increasingly apparent that the Shakespeare Street buildings were no longer adequate to meet the needs of the College.

It now contains a large number of state-of-the-art lecture theatres and teaching rooms as well as a conference centre. The original Burton Street entrance, at the base of the tower block, was treated as a symmetrical composition with projecting centre with fluted pilasters.

There are vertical windows to left and right of the tower each with a projecting metal grill. There is a slightly recessed glazed attic storey. Broad flanks each also have panels of narrow vertical strip windows with projecting masonry pilasters, flanked to either side by panels with narrow horizontal windows. There are delicate metal framed single-glazed windows with margin glazing throughout the building.

The building retains an original staircase matching the style of the main building. A good example of Cecil Howitt's later work, Newton shows the Modernist idea of the "slab and podium" translated into a classical manner.