The University of Nottingham is today celebrating two outstanding moments in our history. We have been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, and have also announced an unprecedented investment in our research.
Gold Award in the Teaching Excellence Framework
The University of Nottingham provides its students with teaching of the very highest quality, according to the results of the first Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
The TEF Panel judged that we deliver consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for our students. It noted that students at the University achieved “consistently outstanding outcomes”, and that there were high levels of student satisfaction with teaching and academic support. The Gold award is the highest rating.
Transforming the world: an unprecedented investment in our ground-breaking research
Securing sustainable food supplies, ending slavery and developing greener transport systems are three of six most pressing global challenges that we have today set out to address with a planned investment of more than £200 million. This investment, the most the University has ever dedicated to research, will support world-leading experts in finding solutions to global issues through ground-breaking research and its translation into impact.
We are funding six Beacons of Excellence — multi-disciplinary research programmes focused on finding solutions to a global challenge.
The six Beacons of Excellence are:
• Rights Lab — finding solutions to ending modern-day slavery
• Green Chemicals — the next global industrial revolution
• Precision Imaging — personalised therapies to transform lives
• Propulsion Futures — the future of propulsion
• Smart Industrial Systems — sustainable products for the future
• Future Food — exploring new ways of feeding the world
The investment will also help transform the University’s impact: even more world-class facilities and equipment will support the capture and delivery of discoveries with the potential to change lives. It will also accelerate a commitment to attracting the brightest and best minds through the recruitment of 100 Research Fellows, while creating and strengthening high-performance teams of researchers from across the University.
Posted on Thursday 22nd June 2017