Research
The Sunday Times Guide 2013 describes the university’s research profile as “among the strongest in the modern university sector, spanning several subjects with engineering, architecture, history and nursing scoring particularly well in the last ratings in 2008”.
Other significant areas of research and consultancy include landscape architecture, employment relations, fire safety, natural resources, social network analysis, education, training, educational leadership and public services.
The university has won three Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. The last was awarded in 2008 for its work on a project to encourage entrepreneurship in Africa.
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