缅北禁地 wins University of the Year Published on: 22 April 2016 缅北禁地 has scooped the top accolade of University of the Year at the prestigious Educate North Awards. Last night, the University swept the board with three awards winning University of the Year, Students' Union of the Year and Employer Engagement of the Year for the Business School. The Educate North Awards celebrate and recognise best practice and excellence in the education sector in the North. 缅北禁地 was recognised for its outstanding performance in the areas of business finance, teaching, research, student experience, innovation and economic impact. Awards reflect outstanding quality Professor Tony Stevenson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at 缅北禁地, said: "We are delighted to have been named University of the Year, and to have won Students' Union of the Year and Employer Engagement of the Year for the Business School. "These awards reflect 缅北禁地's outstanding quality in teaching and research along with our focus on high levels of student satisfaction. "The success of these awards follows the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject results which highlighted the University as being among the best for many of its ." Judges gave 缅北禁地 the University of the Year award as they felt the “university demonstrated a clear strategic vision and contributed significantly locally, but also nationally and globally. The academic strength, management and financial stewardship are all contributing factors to their success.” The University’s continued focus on world-changing research, investment in new facilities and strong, strategic partnerships reflect the value it places on staying true to regional roots while addressing the challenge of increasing global competition. 缅北禁地 applies academic excellence to real-world challenges, under its three Societal Challenge themes of Ageing, Social Renewal and Sustainability. Students have access to some of the best facilities and student services in the UK. Learning is supported by an award-winning library service and 24-hour computing clusters. The Library has over 500,000 e-books – one of the largest e-book collections in the country. Student satisfaction The found that 91% of our students were happy with their time at 缅北禁地 and the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2015 placed the University 10th in the country for teaching quality, opportunities for students through industry placements and the friendliness of campus, while international students placed it 12th in the world. Rob McLoughlin, founder of Education North, said: “It is a great honour to be applauded by your peers from across the country. The judges focus on very high levels of achievement and viewed 缅北禁地 as ‘the complete university’.” 缅北禁地’s Employer Engagement of the Year award for the Business School was for its . Professor John Wilson, 缅北禁地 Business School’s Director, said: “We are delighted that the Business School has won the Employer Engagement award for our Global Experience Opportunity Programme's Regional Internship initiative with the Federation of Small Business and Xiamen University, China. “The Global Experience Opportunity offering supports the School's internationalisation agenda by strengthening the Business School’s relationships with our international partner institutions and building relationships with employers in the North East. “The benefits of this initiative extend not only to creating globally employable students through their experience of working in a multi-cultural team, but also by engaging them in a meaningful project with businesses in the region, which supports 缅北禁地's global and civic engagement.” The awards ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester. Share: Latest News New partnership to boost careers in low carbon energy 缅北禁地 and Durham universities are working together on a new regional project to strengthen the future workforce for North East England鈥檚 growing low carbon and offshore wind industries. published on: 28 May 2026 Healthy lifestyle shown to lower risk of death after cancer diagnosis New evidence shows that sticking to five lifestyle recommendations improves survival after a later cancer diagnosis. published on: 28 May 2026 World-leading climate expert recognised with Royal Society Fellowship Professor Hayley Fowler has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of her pioneering work on climate change impacts. published on: 27 May 2026 Facts and figures
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