Plymouth University one of six finalists for top award
A JUDGING panel from Times Higher Education is visiting the city this week after Plymouth University was shortlisted for the University of the Year award.
Plymouth has been named as one of six finalists for the top accolade in the annual Times Higher Education Awards.
It has also been nominated for Entrepreneurial University of the Year – for a third successive time – and in the Business School of the Year category.
A university spokesman said: "The multiple shortlistings are further recognition for the university in what is becoming a remarkable 150th anniversary year.
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"In February it received the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in respect of its marine and maritime excellence, which dates back to the 1862 founding of the School of Navigation.
"This was followed by a ranking among the top 60 modern universities in the world – and the highest placed post-1992 institution in the UK – according to Times Higher Education.
"And in the People and Planet Green League, Plymouth was listed as the second greenest university in the country, following 1st and 4th-placed rankings in the two previous years."
Last year Sheffield was University of the Year, chosen out of a shortlist that included Dundee, Edge Hill, Nottingham, Southampton and Sussex.
Professor Wendy Purcell, the Vice-Chancellor, said: "Plymouth University is on the ascendancy, and these nominations reflect our distinctive and contemporary approach to higher education, and distinguishes us in the university sector."
The winners will be announced at a gala event to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, on November 29.
Comments
by Rick_OShay
Thursday, September 06 2012, 5:30PM
“@swoop4
They won't stand a chance if you are one of the judges.
However, if the panel is made up of people who know what they are talking about then they are in with a shout. :-)
Rick O'Shay
Zog”
by swoop4
Thursday, September 06 2012, 5:24PM
“Na, you're wrong, willems. With my newly-honed 'reading between the lines' skills, I reckon Plymouth Uni is a fantastic asset for the area and have done very well to be in with a chance of this accolade.”
by willems
Thursday, September 06 2012, 4:20PM
“Let's hope for their sake, that last years 'University Challenge' performance isn't taken into account.”
by swoop4
Thursday, September 06 2012, 2:59PM
“Ah, right you are, Rick OShay. I see Exeter University is shortlisted too, so Plymouth doesn't stand a chance.”
by Rick_OShay
Thursday, September 06 2012, 2:12PM
“swoop4 quote: "Reading between the lines, it sounds like a 'special' competition for ex polytechnics"
errrrrrrr I think your "reading between the lines" skills need to be improved.
Of the 6 Uni's mentioned as being shortlisted last year none were ever Polytechnics, 3 are in the Russell group and 5 of the 6 have been Universities for well over 100 years.
Plymouth Uni is a fantastic asset for the area and have done very well to be in with a chance of this accolade.
Rick O'Shay
Zog”
by blogtodi
Thursday, September 06 2012, 2:07PM
“Your statement is too sweeping, Coprofile. It isn't 'full of individuals who will obtain a degree on paper, while still being unable to write a simple sentence in English or anything else.' There may be a few, as in all walks of life, but from the work of the students I've seen they have mastered enough of the English language to satisfy the requirements of the courses.
Remember, the English language is a means of communication, a means to an end, not an end in itself.”
by swoop4
Thursday, September 06 2012, 10:54AM
“You sure about that, Coprofile? They're charging up tp £9000/yr in fees which puts them up with the Russell Group universities.”
by Coprofile
Thursday, September 06 2012, 10:03AM
“But most of the undergraduate students are still admitted with 2 A'level points; that's one Grade E. All these awards are missing the point: the institution is full of individuals who will obtain a degree on paper, while still being unable to write a simple sentence in English or anything else.”
by blogtodi
Thursday, September 06 2012, 8:48AM
“You may well be right, swoop4, but I doubt there is anyone at the Uni who taught at the old poly so your comment is meaningless. It is now a fully fledged uni doing what all the other unis do across the country with some success.
Only some of the buildings are left to remind us of its educational heritage.”
by swoop4
Thursday, September 06 2012, 7:26AM
“Reading between the lines, it sounds like a 'special' competition for ex polytechnics.”