History
The School's origins can be traced back to January 1957, when Durham University at King's College Newcastle created a Computing Laboratory and appointed Dr Ewan S. Page as its first director in January 1957. In 1963 King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and in 1992 the Computing Laboratory became the Department of Computing Science (responsible for teaching and research) and the University Computing Service (responsible for the provision of computing services, consultation and guidance to academic and research staff throughout the University).
Many details of this history can be found in "Forty Years On: An Anniversary Volume", which was published in 1997.
