Newcastle University

===Civic responsibility===
[[File:Old Quad, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013.jpg|alt=|right|thumb|The university Quadrangle]]

The university describes itself as a civic university,<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Newcastle University: A Civic University|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/values/civic/|access-date=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212232156/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/values/civic/|archive-date=12 December 2012}}</ref> with a role to play in society by bringing its research to bear on issues faced by communities (local, national or international).

In 2012, the university opened the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/nisr/|access-date=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102121041/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/nisr/|archive-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> to address issues of social and economic change, representing the research-led academic schools across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/|access-date=26 November 2012|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111003402/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Business School.

[[Mark Shucksmith]] was Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal (NISR) at Newcastle University, where he is also Professor of Planning.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcastle University|title=Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/director.htm|access-date=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031062342/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/socialrenewal/director.htm|archive-date=31 October 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, the university was granted [[fair trade]] status and from January 2007 it became a [[smoke-free]] campus.

The university has also been actively involved with several of the region's museums for many years. The [[Great North Museum: Hancock]] originally opened in 1884 and is often a venue for the university's events programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/newcastle/museums.htm |title=Museums |publisher=Newcastle University |access-date=10 October 2010 |archive-date=25 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825050921/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/newcastle/museums.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>