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A message from our Vice-Chancellor

The University of Nottingham has continued to excel in its core missions of research, teaching and supporting students this year. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, we improved position in each of the headline measures, with our Research Power ranked as 7th in the UK. This is a testament to the quality and determination of our researchers to make a fundamental difference to people’s lives and reflects the talent, imagination, and dedication of our community.

This year also saw the acquisition of the Castle Meadow Campus site, which will prove to be a significant investment in our staff and students, and an expression of confidence in the future of both the university and the city of Nottingham, enabling us to deliver on our ambitions to support jobs, investment and growth across the city and deliver greater opportunities for collaboration with local business, industry and SMEs.

The new Power Electronics and Machines Centre, officially opened this year, will drive advances in powerful, clean electrification technology and pave the way towards a new generation of low-carbon, sustainable electric vehicles, power and propulsion. The building lies at the heart of our plans to develop research and innovation clusters over the next five years which will generate significant regional economic benefit while addressing strategic challenges faced by the UK.

I am confident that the quality of our staff, the excellence of our research and the determination of our community demonstrated this year will ensure that we can meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities in our rapidly changing world.

Professor Shearer West CBE
President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham

 

Portrait of Shearer West, leaning against outside of Trent Building, smiling
 

 

£3.8bn

contributed to UK economy through Universities for Nottingham

Impact reports by Universities for Nottingham
25,000

jobs across Nottingham

Impact reports by Universities for Nottingham
2nd

most targeted graduates by top employers

The Graduate Market in 2022 High filers Research
35,802

students

700

new businesses supported

£29m

Largest ever single grant award for MRI scanner

 

"The university remains in a strong position as we emerge from the pandemic."

— Margaret Monckton, Chief Financial Officer

"This is recognised once again by Standard & Poors' renewed credit rating of A+ with a stable outlook."

— Margaret Monckton, Chief Financial Officer

"This is down to the hard work of the university's staff, something for which I am enormously grateful."

— Margaret Monckton, Chief Financial Officer

 

Researcher working on vaccine development

Improving lives

Our researchers are making a real difference to people’s lives in the areas such as culture and communication, healthy lives, society and communities, and sustainable futures. According to analysis by Times Higher Education, the university was this year placed 7th in the UK for REF2021’s measure of Research Power, which takes into account the combination of quality of research, international impact, critical mass and sustainability.

Two people talking across a table

Supporting potential

The university is committed to recruiting students and staff with the highest potential and a desire to succeed, and to supporting them to ensure they achieve their goals. Our relentless drive to widen participation continues in earnest, to enrol and retain UK students who are under-represented at the university and to raise aspirations, attainment, and progression to higher education.

Three students sharing music and laughing

Campus experience

Our students, staff, and alumni have a strong emotional connection with the university’s campuses - their beautiful parklands, green spaces, hidden corners, and diversity of landscape, planting and architecture – alongside an affinity with how we will develop them in answer to meet our contemporary needs. The guiding principles of our new estates development framework places particular emphasis on civic contribution, sustainability and renewal of our campuses.

 
Researcher examining plant in greenhouse

Sustainable development

The university’s long-standing commitment to sustainability informs every aspect of our mission. We are fully supportive of the UK’s aim to reach net zero by 2050, and the city of Nottingham’s ambition to be a net zero carbon city by 2028. Our research on sustainable chemicals and methods of propulsion will help secure a skills-rich bioeconomy and the greening of commercial aviation.

Academic demonstrating publication archive to students

Embedding collaboration

We endeavour to become a university without borders, reaching out toshowing our civic partners, industry and governments to ensure our research and education is developed in collaboration with our many stakeholders to benefit society. Universities for Nottingham adds £3.8bn to the UK economy every year, supporting 25,000 jobs across the region and delivering economic, social, environmental and healthcare benefits.

 

 

Previous reviews and financial statements

2021 Strategic review and financial statements

2020 Strategic review and financial statements

2019 Financial statements

 

2018 Global review and financial statements

2017 Global review and financial statements

2016 Global review and financial statements

 

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