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Nottingham Trent University

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Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

• Nottingham Trent University’s origins go back to 1843

• Over 25,000 students

• Over 2,500 staff

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Our Mission

To deliver education and research that shape lives and society

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We have 6 main aims:

1. To develop confident and ambitious graduates equipped to shape society

2. To provide education that promotes both intellectual initiative and the highest academic standards to prepare students for life and career

3. To be the university of choice for business, industry and the professions in our areas of expertise

4. To be recognised both nationally and internationally for the effectiveness of our teaching and the relevance of our research

5. To transform the learning and working environment to create an inspiring and innovative culture

6. To have the courage and the will to implement change

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Nottingham Trent University has 9 Academic Schools

Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences

Architecture, Design and the Built Environment

Art & Design Arts and Humanities Education Nottingham Business School Nottingham Law School Science and Technology Social Sciences

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Our Schools are grouped into 4 Colleges

College of Art &Design and

Built Environment

College ofArts, Humanities

& Education

College of Science

College of Business,

Law &Social Sciences

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Our Core Offering

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Graduate Employability

• Nottingham Trent University is in 2nd place for graduate employability among all the multi-discipline universities of England and Wales.

• 97.5% of students graduating from NTU in 2006 were in employment, further study or pursuing another ambition within 6 months of graduating

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Links with 6,000 employers across the world

• For example:– Armani– BBC – BP– Christian Dior– Estée Lauder – Microsoft – Rolls Royce– Siemens– Toyota – Unilever

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We are in the top 4 universities in the UK for the number of year-long work placements

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NTU Graduate Attributes

• NTU undergraduate and postgraduate courses are continuously reviewed to ensure that they develop the Key skills that will mark out the ‘NTU graduate’.

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We educate for global success by ……

• Having visiting professors from industry and the professions.

• Engaging in work-based projects.

• Promoting team-working skills.

• Developing a global outlook in students.

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A Consistent Commitment to Quality

• In the 2004 institutional QAA review, highest commendation for:

– consistent commitment to supporting students and their learning,

– student-centred approach– driving forward the employability

agenda to the benefit of students and other stakeholders

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Research Quality

• In the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), all of the University’s research units were rated as nationally or internationally important, and 4 gained the coveted ‘5’ Grade.

• This result makes Nottingham Trent University one of the leading ‘new’ universities in the UK

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Supporting Research Saving Lives

• €4.2 Million awarded by the EU for research into cancer

More than £5 Million external research income for research within the School of Science and Technology from, for example, The Wolfson Trust, The Wellcome Trust, Research Councils and Charities, 2001-2005

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Haemato-oncological Research

• The Anthony Nolan Trust – the charity which manages the UK’s most successful bone marrow register - is funding the establishment at NTU of its only regional scientific centre outside London.

• The Anthony Nolan Trust is also funding the Chair for Leukaemia and Haemato-oncological Research at NTU.

Professor Tony Dodi, Anthony Nolan Professor of Haemato-Oncology

1 – A Course Portfolio that Meets our Mission

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The Hive – Creating Business Winners

• The Hive has helped over 80 new ventures to start up.

• Many of the businesses have emanated from NTU students’ final-year projects

• A number have gone on to be singled out for major national awards

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Nottingham is Science City

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An inspiring working environment for students and staff

Our Learning Environment

….some cameos

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Guaranteed student accommodation and a student-centred campus and ethos

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Brackenhurst Campus – Home to Animal, Rural & Environmental Sciences

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City Campus – Home to Art & Design and Built Environment, and Business, Law & Social Sciences

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Refurbished & extended Bonington Building

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Belgrave– Home of Postgraduate Law Belgrave

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Park Row

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Clifton Campus – Home to Arts, Humanities & Education, and Science & Technology

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Brand New Computing and Informatics Building

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Centre for Effective Learning in Science & Natural Science Research Centre

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The ‘NTU’ bus links the two main campuses

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An Exciting New Project – Developing these two landmark buildings

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Artist’s Impression of Courtyard