Manchester Metropolitan University Totally Explained

Everything about Manchester Polytechnic totally explained

Manchester Metropolitan University is a new English university based in the city of Manchester. It is the fourth largest university in Britain after the Open University, the University of London and the University of Manchester.

History

During the last third of the 20th century MMU grew through the combination of several colleges, some of which were founded in the 19th century. The mergers began on 1st January 1970, when Manchester Polytechnic was formed from Manchester College of Art and Design, the Manchester College of Commerce (founded 1889) and the John Dalton College of Technology. On the 1st January 1977, the Polytechnic merged with the Didsbury College of Education and Hollings College, and on 1st January 1983 with the City of Manchester College of Higher Education.
Having previously been a local authority institution, the Polytechnic became a corporate body on the 1st April 1989, as allowed by the terms of the Education Reform Act 1988. It became a University under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 under the new title of "Manchester Metropolitan University". This new title was approved by the Privy Council on the 15th September 1992.
The university grew larger still when the Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education was merged on the 1st October 1992 and again in 2003 when the Manchester School of Physiotherapy became part of the Faculty of Social Care, Health & Education. The Alsager site is closing down and the land is being sold to fund development of the Crewe site.

Present

The University now has over 21,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students locally known as metties. As of 2005, there are hundreds of courses in over 70 subjects. It maintains five campuses in Manchester, as well as two in Crewe and Alsager in Cheshire. The university is currently selling off its smaller campuses and moving them to the larger sites at Didsbury, All Saints and Crewe. There are also plans to expand those three sites to accommodate the extra students and staff.
The University occupies five sites in Manchester and two at Cheshire. It is presently organised into eight faculties:

Faculty of Art and Design
Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care
Faculty of Humanities, Law and Social Science
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Hollings Faculty
MMU Business School
MMU Cheshire
MMU Institute of Education

Most undergraduate programmes lead to a degree, diploma or certificate; some lead to an award of the EdExcel Foundation (formerly the BTEC) or to membership in a professional body.
The university's sports facilities are excellent, partly as a legacy of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. These are shared with the University of Manchester.
There is a renowned School of Theatre

with an impressive cast of Alumni who are included in the list below.

School of Theatre

The Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre is a drama school, which trains students to become professional actors. The course offered is a BA (Hons) in Acting. The school is one of the 22 members of the conference of drama schools and the National Council for Drama Training, which means the course is a nationally acclaimed programme. Students who complete the course successfully are eligible for full equity status. The school has links with many local theatres and television companies, such as Granada and the BBC. Graduates from the school of theatre include Amanda Burton, Steve Coogan, Richard Griffiths and Julie Walters.

Students' Union

The students' union has buildings on the All Saints, Didsbury, Crewe and Alsager campuses and is run for students, by students.

List of alumni

This partial list of alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University includes those who attended institutions which became part of present-day MMU.

Amanda Burton

Steve Coogan – English actor, born 1965

Jenny Eclair

Graham Fellows

Malcolm Garrett – English graphic designer, born 1956

Burn Gorman

Mick Hucknall – English musician (Simply Red), born 1960

Phil Ineson

Gethin Jones - Welsh television presenter, born 1978

Vernon Kay - English radio (BBC Radio 1) and television presenter, born 1974

Matthew Kelly

Martin Parr

Natalie Pike

Peter Purves

John Thomson – actor and comedian

Peter Saville – English graphic designer, born 1955

Carey Young

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