Teesside University the same job title by creating a new position, rather than to save costs. Higher education policy watchers warned that this decision is part of a trend of casualising university employees. In August 2017, Teesside University was criticised for misleading adverts . It was ordered to remove claims which were in breach of Advertising Standards Authority rules by stating the University claim that it was a "top university in England for long-term graduate prospects" gave a misleading picture of the reality. Since its formation as Constantine Technical College in 1930, Teesside University has been located in the borough of Middlesbrough
History of Durham University Russell Group. The idea of Durham University establishing a presence on Teesside was first floated in 1987 and planning began in earnest in 1988 for a "Birkbeck of the North" with around 1,000 students. Teesside was, at that time, the largest conurbation in Europe without a university, and the Teesside Development Corporation had recently been established to try to regenerate the area. In April 1989 a formal announcement was made that Teesside Polytechnic and Durham University were working together "in planning a major development in Higher Education in Cleveland and its adjacent areas". Stresses in the partnership arise in December