University of Newcastle

[JonTheMag 4]

So right now, I'm just finishing my 1st year at McGill University in Montreal, and I want to do my 3rd year abroad, preferably in the UK. McGill has a partnership with the University of Newcastle, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me a little bit about it? Like what its reputation is, what its strongest fields are, etc. FYI, I'm probably going to end up majoring in Economics. Of course, the biggest benefit of going would be being able to get tickets to NUFC games

[Happy Face 29]

I briefly considered adding some economics to my course in the summer before my second year started at Newcastle. I really enjoyed my visit to the department. Lovely building and the "punani" was unreal. I think I was put off by scare stories of how ridiculously difficult economics was supposed to be but i still have fond memories of the sunshine fanny dispersed about that building.

[JonTheMag 4]

haha thats an incentive to intend for sure!

 

any other tips?

[Gemmill 34791]

I did Economics at Newcastle. I'm pretty sure it's quite well regarded. It's coming up 13 years since I graduated though, which is depressing.

[peasepud 59]

I did Economics at Newcastle. I'm pretty sure it's quite well regarded. It's coming up 13 years since I graduated though, which is depressing.

 

Mature student eh?

[Meenzer 14099]

On a tangential note, does anyone happen to know to what extent the relationship between Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital is formalised? Do medical students train at the Freeman as part of their studies? I know they work together on research etc., but what form does that take, etc. etc.? Any information gratefully received. There is a reason, but the time it'd take to explain would far outweigh the extent to which it would be at all informative or interesting.

[Renton 17852]

On a tangential note, does anyone happen to know to what extent the relationship between Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital is formalised? Do medical students train at the Freeman as part of their studies? I know they work together on research etc., but what form does that take, etc. etc.? Any information gratefully received. There is a reason, but the time it'd take to explain would far outweigh the extent to which it would be at all informative or interesting.

 

Fairly sure that the Freeman hospital is a teaching hospital of the University of Newcastle. So medical and nursing students will be attached there for various parts of their training (although an individual student may never be attached there). I know there is extensive collaboration regarding research as there is for all the Newcastle hospitals.

Edited May 10, 2010 by Renton

[Jusoda Kid 1]

On a tangential note, does anyone happen to know to what extent the relationship between Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital is formalised? Do medical students train at the Freeman as part of their studies? I know they work together on research etc., but what form does that take, etc. etc.? Any information gratefully received. There is a reason, but the time it'd take to explain would far outweigh the extent to which it would be at all informative or interesting.

 

My mates lass is at Newcastle Uni and has placements working in the theatres in all of the city's hospitals but mainly the freeman, that is as much as I know and quite frankly that's enough.

[Meenzer 14099]

Cheers fellas, much obliged.

[BiscuitXXI 0]

I can't wait to start my Masters there in september!

[JonTheMag 4]

Rethinking this again so I wanted to bring this thread back.

 

I definitely want to do my semester abroad somewhere in the UK, Newcastle is definitely an option, but I'm also looking at other schools (LSE precisely, a few more)

 

So basically, I'm asking two things:

 

1. Could someone generally tell me what Newcastle University is like in terms of its quality of teaching, etc, and also how the student life is (like, is Newcastle generally a good place for out of town students to go)

 

and 2. Does anyone else have any recommendations for Uni's that would be good for an economics based major.

 

Thanks in advance, if I end up coming I'll have a pint with you in Winter 2012!

[ChezGiven 0]

It used to be a very good place for specialised micro-economics (Risk, Health etc) but Prof Loomes moved on to Warwick. Prof Jones-Lee is still there, he invented 'value of life' analyses for risk management policies.

 

Prof Cam Donaldson has a chair there now, youngest chair in economics in the UK i think. He is a health economist, specialises in PBMA which is very popular in public sector circles in Canada.

 

I worked in the department for a summer, doing focus groups on priorities in health care with Paul Dolan (now at Imperial I believe).

 

Obviously LSE is better but it has one major flaw, its not in Newcastle.

[smoggeordie 0]

On a tangential note, does anyone happen to know to what extent the relationship between Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital is formalised? Do medical students train at the Freeman as part of their studies? I know they work together on research etc., but what form does that take, etc. etc.? Any information gratefully received. There is a reason, but the time it'd take to explain would far outweigh the extent to which it would be at all informative or interesting.

 

Fairly sure that the Freeman hospital is a teaching hospital of the University of Newcastle. So medical and nursing students will be attached there for various parts of their training (although an individual student may never be attached there). I know there is extensive collaboration regarding research as there is for all the Newcastle hospitals.

 

Pretty much every hospital in the region is used by the Uni. My lass did medicine and had placements at the QE, RVI, Freeman, General and JCUH.

 

For years three, four and five of the course Newcastle Uni and Durham Uni merge for it. I think there's base units of Tees, Tyne and Carlisle(??) and you do a years worth of placements in two out of the three....or something along those lines.