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Newcastle upon Tyne , commonly known as Newcastle , is a city in Tyne and Wear , North East England , 103 miles ( 166 km ) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles ( 446 km ) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne , from the North Sea . Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East and forms the core of Tyneside conurbation , the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom . Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities . Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400 , when it became a county of itself , a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974 . The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie . Newcastle also houses ___MASK37___ , a member of the Russell Group , as well as ___MASK14___ . The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , ___MASK13___ , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . A chief executive officer ( CEO ) describes the position of the most senior corporate officer , executive , leader or administrator in charge of managing an organization . CEOs lead a range of organizations , including public and private corporations , non - profit organizations and even some government organizations ( e . g ., Crown corporations ). The CEO of a corporation or company typically reports to the board of directors and is charged with maximizing the value of the entity , which may include maximizing the share price , market share , revenues , or another element . In the non - profit and government sector , CEOs typically aim at achieving outcomes related to the organization ' s mission , such as reducing poverty , increasing literacy , etc . Titles also often given to the holder of CEO position include president , chief executive ( CE ) and managing director ( MD ). ___MASK14___ , officially the University of Northumbria at Newcastle , is a university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England . A former polytechnic , it was established as one of the new universities in 1992 . It is a member of the University Alliance and the second ___MASK31___ . A corporation is a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity ( legally a person ) and recognized as such in ___MASK16___ . Early incorporated entities were established by charter ( i . e . by an " ad hoc " act granted by a monarch or passed by a parliament or legislature ). Most jurisdictions now allow the creation of new corporations through registration . England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . ___MASK37___ ( Officially , the ___MASK31___ upon Tyne ) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North - East of England . The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery ( later the College of Medicine ), established in 1834 , and to the College of Physical Science ( later renamed Armstrong College ), founded in 1871 . These two colleges came to form one division of the federal ___MASK72___ , with the Durham Colleges forming the other . The Newcastle colleges merged to form King ' s College in 1937 . In 1963 , following an Act of Parliament , King ' s College became the ___MASK31___ upon Tyne . Adam J . Applegarth ( born August 1962 in Sunderland , England ) was the Chief Executive Officer of the Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne based Northern Rock bank , one of the first victims of the subprime mortgage crisis . The bank was subsequently nationalised The son of a music and drama teacher , he attended Sedbergh School and Durham University , where he read Mathematics and Economics . He joined Northern Rock in October 1983 as a graduate trainee , becoming General Manager in 1993 , joining the Board of Directors in 1996 and being appointed Chief Executive in 2001 at the age of 39 and remained in this position till he left the bank in December 2007 . In January 2009 Guardian City editor Julia Finch identified him as one of twenty five people who were at the heart of the financial meltdown .