Vice-Chancellor's address to Senate

Monday, 08 December 2014

Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell

Highlights from the address included:

• The positive 2014 admission figures: home/EU undergraduate numbers are up 11% from 2013 and overseas undergraduate numbers up 28%;
• The encouraging rise in undergraduate applications for 2015 entry - a 23% increase compared to this time last year;
• News of research grant successes from the Leverhulme Trust;
• An update on our work in South Africa and Malaysia; and
• National policy developments from the Chancellor's autumn statement including the state-backed loans of up to £10,000 postgraduate study and the warning of "very substantial" cuts to public spending in the period ahead.

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