higher education in Nottingham. It originated from the Nottingham Government School of Design founded in 1843.
In 1945, the Nottingham and District Technical College was established. In 1958, Nottingham Regional College of Technology opened and in 1959, the Nottingham College of Education began at Clifton. In 1964, Nottingham Regional College was opened and in 1966, the original Nottingham College of Design was linked with the Regional College.
Together they merged and the institution was upgraded to Polytechnic status in 1970 to become 'Trent Polytechnic'. In 1975 it amalgamated with Nottingham College of Education, and in 1988 the official name changed to 'Nottingham Polytechnic'.
In the 1970s it was at the forefront of Photography education, in conjunction with Derby College of Art, under Bill Gaskins, who moved to the Polytechnic from Derby in 1971. Ifor Thomas in Surrey was also nationally-influential. The Art School also had the photographer Raymond Moore.
=== Teacher training ===
In the late 1970s, due to changes in birth rate, many teacher colleges closed, with places to be reduced to around 45,000 by 1981. Eaton Hall teacher training college would stay, as part of Trent Polytechnic; but it later closed in 1981.
In May 1984 the British School Technology scheme, first costing £2.5m, was set up by Geoffrey Shillito, and Ron Denney of Bedfordshire County Council, at the National Centre for School Technology, later the Trent International Centre for School Technology. The 1985 national Technology Education Project was jointly directed from the Polytechnic.
In November 1988, a national centre opened to attract teachers from industry, the £1m five-year 'Enterprise for Higher Education', at the Centre for Enterprise, under Terry Faulkner.
=== University status ===
Under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, all polytechnics and some higher education colleges became eligible for full university status; at this point, the institution officially became 'Nottingham Trent University'.
On Friday 11 November 1994, …
