The North East College Teaching and Research Network, otherwise known as NECTAR, is a consortium of colleges based in the north-east of England with a shared aim to enhance, support and provide excellence in college-based higher education.
Currently comprised of four colleges: Newcastle College, New College Durham, Sunderland College and Middlesbrough College, we seek to establish the North East as a trailblazer for college-based research and scholarly activity (RSA) by providing a pathway and support network for research practice and scholarship within and between our colleges.
We recognise the inherent links between industry, teaching and scholarship that underpin college-based higher education. As such, NECTAR celebrates the vocational, technical and teaching passions of our staff and students and works collaboratively to align this to RSA.