This is the first award of funding that reflects Birmingham’s performance in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008 - a UK-wide survey of research quality - which ranked 89.9% of the University’s research as being “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, Professor Michael Sterling, said:
“At the University of Birmingham, we are committed to carrying out research that has global impact; that is agenda-setting; that changes lives. This award recognises that the quality and quantity of research activity undertaken at Birmingham is delivering just that. This confirms the University’s position as a major international research player and the biggest in the region.”
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Notes to Editors:
Higher Education Funding Council for England – recurrent grant for 2009-10, by West Midlands region
|
Institution |
£000's
Total recurrent research funding |
£000's
Regional research funding ranking |
£000's
National research funding ranking |
| University of Birmingham | 44620 | 1 | 11 |
| University of Warwick | 32414 | 2 | 15 |
| Keele University | 6563 | 3 | 48 |
| Aston University | 6171 | 4 | 51 |
| University of Wolverhampton | 2169 | 5 | 77 |
| Coventry University | 2067 | 6 | 79 |
| Birmingham City University | 1735 | 7 | 81 |
| Staffordshire University | 885 | 8 | 88 |
| Harper Adams University College | 462 | 9 | 100 |
| University of Worcester | 323 | 10 | 106 |
| Newman University College | 51 | 11 | 120 |
| University College Birmingham | 0 | 12 | 125 |
| Total | 97,460 |
Further information:
Rachel Burrows – Head of Communications, University of Birmingham
Tel: 0121 414 6681 / mob: 07789 921165 / email: r.burrows@bham.ac.uk
