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Gold Award

We have been awarded gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

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Top 30 in the UK

We are in the top 30 in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), according to analysis by Times Higher Education

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Top 20 for student experience

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