Education: New universities
Students who thought they had applied to polytechnics last winter may be taken aback to discover they now have a university place. The Government has so far allowed 30 former polytechnics to adopt university names, and there may be more in the next few weeks. The most up-to-date changes are as follows:
New university / Used to be
Anglia Polytechnic University / Anglia Poly
Bournemouth University / Bournemouth Poly
University of Brighton / Brighton Poly
University of Central England in Birmingham / Birmingham Poly
University of Central Lancashire / Lancashire Poly
City of London University / City Poly
Coventry University / Coventry Poly
University of Derbyshire / Derbyshire College of HE
University of East London / Polytechnic of East London
University of Glamorgan / Polytechnic of Wales
University of Greenwich / Thames Poly
University of Hertfordshire / Hatfield Poly
University of Huddersfield / Huddersfield Poly
University of Humberside / Humberside Poly
Kingston University / Kingston Poly
Liverpool John Moores University / Liverpool Poly
Middlesex University / Middlesex Poly
De Montfort University / Leicester Poly
University of Northumbria at Newcastle / Newcastle Poly
University of North London / Polytechnic of North London
University of Plymouth / Polytechnic South West
University of Portsmouth / Portsmouth Poly
South Bank University / South Bank Poly
Staffordshire University / Staffordshire Poly
University of Sunderland / Sunderland Poly
University of Teesside / Teesside Poly
Thames Valley University / Polytechnic of West London
University of West of England, Bristol / Bristol Poly
University of Westminster Polytechnic of Central London
University of Wolverhampton / Wolverhampton Poly
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