1994 Group | Outstanding research-intensive universities

Excellence in research. Excellence in teaching.

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University of Leicester

DNA Genetic Fingerprinting was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester

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University of Leicester verify Richard III remains

The University of Leicester have verified that the remains found under a Leicester City Council car park belong to King Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England.
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A close-knit community, a rich academic heritage, a creative powerhouse, a thought-provoking place.

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Goldsmiths shortlisted for THE Award

Goldsmiths, University of London, has been shortlisted for the award of Outstanding Student Admissions Team in the forthcoming Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards.
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University of Essex

Europe's only public collection of modern and contemporary art from Latin America is based at Essex

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Essex awarded Regius Professorship in Politics

The Department of Politics at the University of Essex has been awarded a prestigious Regius Professorship to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It joins only 12 universities to be bestowed with the honour since 1900.
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University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is a leading UK research-intensive university set in beautiful downland on the edge of Brighton

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Aviation firm funds $1.6m Sussex projects

One of the world's largest aviation technology companies is funding research at the University of Sussex worth $1.6 million (just over £1 million) to make aircraft engines safer and more efficient.
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Royal Holloway's campus is one of the most beautiful in the world

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Royal Holloway awarded Regius Professorship in Music

The Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been awarded a prestigious Regius Professorship to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It joins only 12 universities to be bestowed with the honour since 1900.
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Birkbeck is London's only specialist provider of evening higher education

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Birkbeck shortlisted for THE Award

Birkbeck's School of Law has been shortlisted in the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2013.
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Loughborough University

Loughborough is the UK's premier university for sport and its allied disciplines

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Loughborough to open campus at London's Olympic Park

Loughborough University is to establish an academic campus, offering postgraduate and executive education, at iCITY on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
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University of East Anglia

This year the University of East Anglia will celebrate its 50th anniversary

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UEA 1st for student experience

The University of East Anglia (UEA) has been placed 1st in this year's Times Higher Education Student Experience survey. This confirms that UEA offers its students an immersive, multi-dimensional experience that blends a challenging academic curricula with high-tech facilities and a fulfilling social life.
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Lancaster University

Lancaster University's Department of Physics was rated the best in the UK in the latest Research Assessment Exercise

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Lancaster University to work with local school students

Lancaster University is amongst only 12 institutions to receive funding as part of the School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI), which will connect university researchers with local high and primary school students.
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Providing knowledge about Asia, Africa and the Middle East to equip people for a global economy and multicultural world

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SOAS initiative encourages teenagers to aim higher

SOAS students have helped local teenagers set university education firmly in their sights after attending special Saturday university sessions.
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Institute of Education

Last year, the Institute of Education recorded a 100% graduate employment rate

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IoE study shows two thirds of adults gain new qualifications

A new study from the Institute of Education, University of London, shows that 71% of people in England, Scotland and Wales achieved at least one qualification between the ages of 23 and 50, and 53% did so between the ages of 33 and 50.
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The 1994 Group brings together 11 world class research-intensive universities. Its members are committed to excellence in research and teaching.

All our members are in the top 2% of institutions worldwide.
88% of the our academic research is internationally recognised.
88% of our graduates are satisfied with their university experience.

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1994 Group statement on the 2013 Times Higher Education 100 under 50 rankings

The achievements of four of the 1994 Group's universities have been recognized in the 2013 Times Higher Education 100 under 50 league table. Their outstanding teaching, transformative research, driving economic growth through links with industry and international outlooks have all underpinned their impressive rankings despite intense global competition.

Alex Bols, Executive Director of the 1994 Group, said: "We are proud that all of our members established within the last 50 years feature in this league table of exceptional, newer universities from across the world. This league table testifies to the excellence of the University of East Anglia, the University of Essex, Lancaster University and Loughborough University.

"The fact that the UK has the highest number of institutions in the top 100 — 18 — demonstrates the excellence of our universit…

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