Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom

Lancaster University and INTO Form New Partnership

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

INTO will deliver on-campus pathway programs and offer a comprehensive suite of student services to Lancaster - a UK Top 10 university

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  • Lancaster, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - July 26, 2023) - Lancaster University and INTO University Partnerships have entered into a collaboration that will see INTO operate on-campus pathway programs for Lancaster's growing international student community.
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    Students will enroll on programs which provide routes into a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Lancaster University - a UK Top 10 University according to Complete University Guide 2024.
  • The programs will be delivered at the INTO Lancaster Centre on Lancaster University campus to the most stringent of standards and will incorporate Lancaster's commitment to delivering transformational education and existing strength in building global communities.
  • From its outstanding academic and research credentials to its vibrant and expansive campus, Lancaster University represents a perfect choice for international students.

Cambridge, UK-Based Anglia Ruskin University Deploys YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to Serve Four Campuses with Students Worldwide

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Monday, August 15, 2022

One of the largest universities in the east of England, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), has engaged with YuJa, Inc. to provide its Enterprise Video Platform and Microsoft Teams Connector for use in serving the institutions students across four campuses in the United Kingdom, and international students from 185 countries.

Key Points: 
  • One of the largest universities in the east of England, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), has engaged with YuJa, Inc. to provide its Enterprise Video Platform and Microsoft Teams Connector for use in serving the institutions students across four campuses in the United Kingdom, and international students from 185 countries.
  • Instructors and students now have the opportunity to use YuJas high-impact ed-tech solutions to record and edit video content, live stream, auto-caption, and use other content management and engagement tools.
  • Were happy to implement unique solutions to meet challenges as they arise and help institutions best serve students and other constituents.
  • Located in Cambridge, England, ARU is an innovative global university with students from 185 countries.

Imperial College London and Hitachi to launch a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

LONDON, July 12, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Imperial College London (Imperial), Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Hitachi) today announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions.

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  • LONDON, July 12, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Imperial College London (Imperial), Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Hitachi) today announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions.
  • Imperial is committed to helping societies become more sustainable through bold initiatives that find meaningful solutions to climate change.
  • This joint research centre will bring together world-leading scientists and innovators in decarbonisation and climate repair to develop new technology and solutions to the climate emergency.
  • Imperial has a greater proportion of world-leading research than any other UK university, according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Citi Launches Latest Digital Money Index: The Rise of an Entrepreneurial State

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

Citi, in partnership with Imperial College Business Schools Centre for Financial Technology, has launched its latest Digital Money Index.

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  • Citi, in partnership with Imperial College Business Schools Centre for Financial Technology, has launched its latest Digital Money Index.
  • This years revamped index includes new indicators and profiles the progress made by several developing economies in driving digital money readiness.
  • Naveed Sultan, Chairman ICG, commented: Driving digital money readiness and adoption has not been easy, as has been evident in our previous reports.
  • It requires collaboration across economic stakeholders around a common digital vision, as well as a holistic digital policy.

SomaLogic to provide 210 million protein measurements to EPIC researchers to better understand and predict cancer development

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Monday, March 21, 2022

SomaLogic will use its industry leading SomaScan Assay to analyze 210 million protein measurements from 30,000 samples spanning 15 years of clinical interactions to help researchers understand and predict cancer development.

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  • SomaLogic will use its industry leading SomaScan Assay to analyze 210 million protein measurements from 30,000 samples spanning 15 years of clinical interactions to help researchers understand and predict cancer development.
  • The collaboration between SomaLogic and EPIC aims to develop potentially predictive protein markers in cancer and other diseases.
  • This may lead to fundamental discoveries enhancing clinical understanding of cancer and its treatment, or to the development of screening and diagnostic tools to improve outcomes.
  • Over the EPIC study period of 1992 to 2015, more than 67,000 participants were diagnosed with cancer.

Stallergenes Greer Strengthens Precision Medicine Approach in Allergen Immunotherapy With Imperial College London Research Collaboration

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Monday, January 17, 2022

Stallergenes Greer, a global healthcare company specialising in allergen immunotherapy (AIT), today announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration on the discovery of biomarkers of AIT efficacy with Imperial College London, a global top ten university with a world-class reputation in science, engineering, business and medicine.

Key Points: 
  • Stallergenes Greer, a global healthcare company specialising in allergen immunotherapy (AIT), today announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration on the discovery of biomarkers of AIT efficacy with Imperial College London, a global top ten university with a world-class reputation in science, engineering, business and medicine.
  • This underscores our commitment to advancing precision medicine for allergy sufferers, stated Amer Jaber, Executive VP Operations Europe and International and President of Stallergenes SAS.
  • This research collaboration is a remarkable opportunity for a fruitful partnership between Imperial College London, a pioneer and world-leading university in the biomarker field, and Stallergenes Greer.
  • It will build on the recent advances of biomarker research to further develop precision medicine in AIT for the benefit of patients with allergic diseases, said Dr Mohamed Shamji, Head of the Immunomodulation and Tolerance Group, Imperial College London.

International Collaborative Study Provides Insight into Gene Activation in One-Cell Embryos

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

We also found that gene activation mirrors early embryonic processes, is disrupted in abnormal embryos, and predicts links to cancer-associated transcription regulators.

Key Points: 
  • We also found that gene activation mirrors early embryonic processes, is disrupted in abnormal embryos, and predicts links to cancer-associated transcription regulators.
  • These are very exciting findings that have implications for epigenetic inheritance as well as stem-cell-derived embryos and cancer.
  • Using highly sensitive, state-of-the-art RNA sequencing, the team applied precision analysis to individual human eggs and one-cell embryos, creating a detailed inventory of the RNA transcripts produced by gene activity.
  • This process, which was sensitive enough to reveal even small changes in gene activity, found that hundreds of genes awaken in human one-cell embryos.

Awakn Announces Exclusive License Deal with the University of Exeter to Commercialise the 'Ketamine in the Reduction of Alcoholic Relapse' (KARE) Intervention Validated in a Phase II Clinical Trial

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Awakn intends to run a Phase III trial for 'Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Alcohol Use Disorder'

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  • The study started in 2016, finished in 2020 and included 96 participants, funded by the Medical Research Council.
  • The primary endpoints of the Phase II trial were percentage days abstinent and relapse at 6 months, with secondary endpoints including depressive symptoms, craving, and quality of life.
  • The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university that combines world-class research with very high levels of student satisfaction.
  • Exeter is also ranked 10th in the Guardian University Guide 2020 and 14th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.

Higher education finance statistics

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Wednesday, June 12, 2019How has the balance and make-up of university income and expenditure changed over time, particularly since 2012?

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  • The following Library notes give information on related topics:

    Much of the pre-2017/18 information in this note is taken from the annual Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publications Resources of higher education institutions and its replacement.

  • The following Library notes give information on related topics:

    Much of the information in this note is taken from the annual Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publications Resources of higher education institutions and its recent replacements.

  • The Higher Education Funding Council for England publishes an annual financial assessment of the sector in England.
  • The latest version is Financial results and TRAC outcomes 2014-15,forecasts are given in Financial health of the higher education sector: 2014-15 to 2017-18 forecasts