Welcome to the Principal's Office
Professor Pete Downes is Principal and Vice-Chancellor.
The University's strategy is grounded in its mission as stated in the University Charter:
"to advance and diffuse knowledge, wisdom and understanding by teaching and research and by the example and influence of its corporate life".
Recipient of the prestigious Queens Anniversary Prize 2005, the University has 17,500 students, over 3,000 staff and an annual turnover of over £160 million. It ranks
- Among the best in the UK for teaching quality
- Among the UK's top universities for research income per capita
- Consistently among the best scientific workplaces internationally
and rates among the highest in the UK for student satisfaction, combining a remarkable quality of life with an enviable cost of living.
The Annual Review 07-08 outlines the University's recent achievements and includes a letter from each College Head charting progress at College level over a range of initiatives.
The University is structured in four colleges each of which is headed by a Vice Principal, and two further Vice Principals take overall responsibility for research and enterprise, and educational development.
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