THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (continued)
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE • 20 of our academics have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships – more than any other institution in England, Northern Ireland and Wales – reflecting the excellence of our teaching. • We are a top 10 university for research power in the UK according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. • We are currently recruiting 250 academic fellows. These are new posts, which will substantially boost our research capacity and capability. • We are part of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), which comprises 18 research intensive institutions spanning five continents. • We are a member of the Russell Group of research- intensive universities. For further information please see: www.russellgroup. ac.uk • We were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary prize, one of the country’s highest accolade for an academic institution, in 2009 and 2011. • In the latest National Student Survey (NSS), 90 per cent of our final year students rated their course as intellectually stimulating. • In our latest audit by the Quality Assurance Agency the University received a commendation, the highest category of praise available, for our enhancement of student learning opportunities.
ENTERPRISE AND INITIATIVE We play a major role in the city, region and have international reach and influence. We draw on strong partnerships – promoting creativity, enterprise, innovation and impact – with other universities, industry and the public and third sectors to ensure the transfer of knowledge and higher level skills. • Since 1995 the University of Leeds has produced 101 ‘spinout’companies, the second largest number in the higher education sector in the UK. We currently have 40 active spinout companies and have the largest number of listed spinout companies of any UK university (seven). • 59 per cent of our academics are involved in applied research or as consultants to industry with an estimated contract value of £78 million. • We have 16 active Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, the sixth highest number in the UK. • Our ‘Spark’ initiative offers business start-up support and we run an annual business plan competition with prizes of up to £2,000 for entrepreneurial students. • Our research income in 2013-14 was £133 million.
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