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The University of Huddersfield
Key Facts: An inspiring, innovative and international University
• £140m turnover• £300m benefit to the local economy• Over 2,800 staff on payroll• 24,000 students studying more than 400 degrees
– More PG’s than Aston, Bradford, Bangor, East Anglia, Essex, Hull, Keele, Kent,
Lancaster, Sussex, Swansea
– More UG’s than Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, King’s, Leicester,
Liverpool, Newcastle, Oxford
• An international University– Students from over 130 countries– Delivering courses in China, Hong Kong, India and Singapore
An entrepreneurial University:
• Top ten for Teaching Excellence (The Sunday Times)• Top ten for Student Satisfaction (NSS and ISB)• Top Ten for Employability (DELI)• Top ten for Financial Sustainability• Top 10 for quality of buildings (category A)• Doubled research income and PG recruitment• Tripled international recruitment• Outstanding Employer status• Contribute £300 million pa to local economy
Who do we work with?
Securing our past
• Only University partner of the Royal Armouries
• Currently writing the history of the Beefeaters
• Our Battlefield Archaeologist has identified the true location of the Battle of Bosworth where Richard III lost his crown and life
Securing our future: Health
Creation of new particle accelerators for the
treatment of cancer.
Securing our future: Energy
• Using nanoscience to optimise materials for use in future nuclear reactors
• Proposing Thorium as next generation nuclear
Sir Arnold Wolfendale
Sir Peter Knight
Professor Steve Donnelly
Securing our future: Advanced manufacture
• EPSRC National Centre for Advanced Manufacturing
• Concept of ‘factory on a machine’
Securing our future: Cleaner technology
• Creating molecular sponges for the extraction of toxic substances such as chloroform and lead
Dr Craig Rice and researcher Rebecca Fennessy
Securing our future: Medicine
• High-tech analysis for the pharmaceutical industry
Agilent European Centre of Excellence
Securing our future: Music
• World leaders in computer music composition
• Hosted the International Computer Music Conference
• Previously at New York, Montreal, Singapore
Duke of Kent opens our 3-D
Music Composition Studio
Securing our future: Safety
• Only UK NSPCC sponsored Professor
• Applied Criminology Centre
• European leaders on ‘breaking the cycle’
• Advisors to the West Indies on child protection
Securing our future: Helping SMEs
• Helping local SMEs develop new technologies
• Scalp cooler to reduce hair loss during chemotherapy
BuckleyInnovation Centre
Huddersfield
“A new approach for a new economy”
Sir George Buckley, CEO, 3M
Growing the new economy:The 3M Buckley Innovation Centre
• £12 million flagship partnership project• Wholly owned company of the university• Business focused - run by business for business• Inward investment and job creation • Support for high-growth, high-technology businesses• Not sector or technology specific• B2B2HE exemplar
A new approach for a new economy
Grow on space: Globe Mills
Supporting Economic Regeneration
• 3M, a global company, supporting innovation in the North• University partner in the project• 3M Innovation Centre acting as a pipeline of innovation• Globe Mills will be an opportunity for companies to stay in
the region.