Teesside University Teesside University Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, Teesside in North East England. It has 18,576 students, according to the 2015/16 HESA student record. A shortage of funding long proved a barrier to developing the Middlesbrough-based Mechanics' Institute of 1844. With the required funding, the College's launch could have come as early as 1914. Even after the donation of £40,000 to build the college from local shipping magnate Joseph Constantine in 1916, progress was slow. A Governing Council took place in 1922, followed by a doubling of the original financial offer by the Constantine
Department of English, University of Dhaka Department of English, University of Dhaka The Department of English () of the University of Dhaka, is one of the leading departments in University of Dhaka. It is under the Faculty of Arts. It is as old as the University. The Department of English is as old as the University of Dhaka, it opened when the University started functioning on July 1, 1921. C. L. Wren, a distinguished scholar who later became Professor of English at University of Oxford was appointed the first Head of the Department. The Department of English contributed immensely to the spread of education in the