Teesside mainly associated with the local petrochemical, chemical and steel processing industries. The port is an important piece of logistical infrastructure for the NEPIC cluster of process companies. Teesside continues to be used locally to refer the entire urban area and the name can still be seen in the following uses: It has also been adopted for various other purposes as a synonym for the former county of Cleveland. It is common to see Teesside spelled incorrectly as "Teeside", with a single 's'. Teesside Teesside () is the conurbation in the north east of England around the urban centre of Middlesbrough
Durham University Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of Physics and the Wolfson Research Institute. In 1991, a joint venture between the university and the University of Teesside saw the Joint University College on Teesside of the Universities of Durham and Teesside (JUCOT) established at Thornaby-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, to the south of Durham. It opened under the name of University College Stockton (UCS) in 1992. UCS was initially intended to grant joint degrees validated by both institutions (BAs and BScs). However, Teesside, which had only become a university in 1992, had difficulties in