The latest edition of a global ranking has placed the School of Education at the University of Nottingham in the top 70 education departments worldwide.
The Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2018 is a prestigious listing of the top 1,000 universities in the world, and the only global university performance table to judge research-intensive universities across all of their core missions. This includes teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
They use 13 performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
The School of Education is one of the largest education departments in the UK and was ranked 3rd in the latest Research Excellence Framework. It boasts a long tradition of teacher education that is consistently rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. Ranked 4th in the UK and 22nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, it has research strengths in educational leadership and this year celebrates 50 years of world-leading research in mathematics education. The school has an impressive international reach and hosts the UNESCO UNEVOC Centre.
Professor Todd Landman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Social Sciences, said: "Nottingham has a strong global reputation, and this achievement in education provides an excellent example of this reputation at work. I am delighted and hugely impressed with this ranking."
Posted on Wednesday 4th October 2017