The article was interesting and informative.

I too went to Newcastle at the age of 18 to attend university.  I was from London, UK and at first  I also found the  Geordie dialect difficult to understand.  However if you have seen the movie Billy Elliot you will realize it is not insuperable.  

We had a boatman at the university boat club who spoke the Geordie language and the only students who could successfully communicate with him were from Norway, who were studying Marine Engineering and Naval architecture.  However if Muzoon is lucky enough to attend Newcastle University she will discover that the university operates in standard UK english.