72-582: The Daphne Jackson Trust is an independent UK charity based in the Physics Department at the University of Surrey . It was established in 1992 to provide Fellowships to scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians to return them to their careers after a career break of over two years taken for family, caring or health reasons. The Daphne Jackson Trust arranges salaried, part-time Fellowships, usually held over two years, which are normally based at
144-681: A Charity in 1992, Charity Number 1009605. The Trust was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee in 2008. The Charity Number was changed and its new status became effective from 1 December 2008. Registered by the Charity Commission as the Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust with Charity Number 1125867. The Daphne Jackson Trust's sponsors and hosts include universities, research councils, learned societies/professional institutions, industry and charities. University of Surrey The University of Surrey
216-422: A career break for family reasons." Deciding that this was a waste of talent and investment, in 1985 she began a pilot scheme that enabled women to return to their careers. The pilot scheme enabled talented women to return to their careers in science, engineering and technology (SET) after a break by offering Fellowships composed of a retraining programme linked to a challenging research or development project, with
288-476: A cost rather than an asset", according to the University and College Union , while the Students' Union was specifically concerned about the closure of many arts courses at the university despite a "healthy" number of applications for them. Students who wanted a "no" vote hoped this result would make the university management "engage with staff and students and discuss changes". The university began moving in 1968 to
360-599: A lack of awareness in Europe of the value of the MBA degree, which at that time was primarily an American qualification. They decided to form a lobby and membership group to promote the benefits of postgraduate business education, under the name of Business Graduates Association (BGA) . The organisation's development helped shape the growth of management education in Europe and the UK and coincided with
432-451: A new 30 ha (74-acre) site on Stag Hill in Guildford, adjacent to Guildford Cathedral. Students continued to alternate between the original Battersea campus and the new Guildford campus until 1970. A further 90 ha (222 acres) allocated to the university remained undeveloped until 2005. The BBC's local radio station for Surrey and North-East Hampshire, BBC Surrey , has its studios on
504-478: A university or industrial laboratory throughout the UK. Fellows undertake a supervised research project with a retraining programme. The Trust's work is highly praised by Government and the charity is acknowledged as running the foremost returners' scheme in the country. The Trust's Fellowship scheme has been recognised as an exemplar model for returnships; over the past 30 years, it supported over 370 Daphne Jackson Fellows return to their careers. The Fellowship scheme
576-652: A university presence in the heart of Guildford. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (formerly Associated Examining Board) moved from Aldershot to its own headquarters building on the Stag Hill campus in 1985. The university marked its Silver Jubilee in 1991, an event celebrated by the publishing of Surrey – The Rise of a Modern University by Roy Douglas and by a Service of Thanksgiving in Guildford Cathedral attended by HM The Queen in March 1992. In 1998, due to
648-575: Is Andrew Main Wilson, who joined the organisation from the Institute of Directors in 2013. Bodo Schlegelmilch was elected Chairman of the AMBA Board of Trustees in 2018. The Association of MBAs was founded in 1967 as an MBA alumni club by eight UK graduates from Harvard Business School , Wharton , Stanford and Columbia , and two graduates from the first intake of London Business School . The founders saw
720-729: Is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey , England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report . The institution was previously known as Battersea College of Technology and was located in Battersea Park , London. Its roots however, go back to Battersea Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education in London, including its poorer inhabitants. The university
792-470: Is a global organisation headquartered in London , UK . It was founded in 1967 with the primary objective of accrediting Master of Business Administration ( MBA ) programs. Based in London, AMBA is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education (see triple accreditation ) and styles itself as the world's impartial authority on postgraduate management education. It differs from AACSB in
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#1733094255167864-623: Is a member of the Association of MBAs and is one of four universities in the University Global Partnership Network . It is also part of the SETsquared partnership along with the University of Bath , the University of Bristol , the University of Southampton , and the University of Exeter . The university's main campus is on Stag Hill , close to the centre of Guildford and adjacent to Guildford Cathedral . Surrey Sports Park
936-439: Is also the official training facility for Harlequins rugby club, playing host to their Men's and Women's first teams plus Academy fixtures, and was used as a training base for the 2015 Rugby World Cup , hosting a number of teams including South Africa, Scotland and Italy. 2012 saw Surrey Sports Park host a number of Olympic and Paralympic teams in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games , including delegations from across
1008-496: Is home to Surrey Scorchers basketball team (formerly Guildford Heat, Surrey Heat and Surrey United), who have been using the venue since 2010 following a move from their previous home at Guildford Spectrum . Surrey Scorchers are one of the leading teams and former winners of the British Basketball League , the country's top division. It also plays host to Surrey Storm netball (formerly Brunel Hurricanes), who also made
1080-610: Is situated at the nearby Manor Park, the university's secondary campus. Among British universities , the University of Surrey had the 41st highest average UCAS Tariff for new entrants in 2020. The university holds a number of formal links with institutions worldwide , including the Surrey International Institute , launched in partnership with the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics . The university owns
1152-505: Is the statutory body responsible for governing the university's academic matters, including teaching and research, and the regulation and direction of the education and conduct of students. The composition of the Senate is drawn from the academic staff of the university, together with a number of ex-officio, elected and co-opted members. The Chair of the Senate is the President and Vice-Chancellor of
1224-450: The Academy of Social Sciences . Surrey has educated many notable alumni , including Olympic gold medallists, several senior politicians, as well as a number of notable persons in various fields including the arts, sports and academia. Graduates typically abbreviate the University of Surrey to Sur when using post-nominal letters after their degree. The University of Surrey was preceded by
1296-538: The Albert Einstein Silver Medal and the Javed Husain Prize by UNESCO for contributions to electronic devices. The 2011 Clifford Paterson Lecture was given by Silva because of his outstanding contributions to basic science and engineering in the field of carbon nanoscience and nanotechnology. The lecture is given annually on any aspect of engineering. The General Electric Company Limited endowed
1368-562: The Duke of Kent , chancellor of the university. The university was awarded a 2002 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education for its research and development on optoelectronic devices and ion beam applications. In July 2007, the university was awarded Fairtrade University status by the Fairtrade Foundation . The university won a 2011 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education for its research into
1440-576: The European Space Agency , thereby becoming the first Danish astronaut . In February 2011, terrorism and Northern Ireland expert Marie Breen Smyth , joined the politics department, as chair in International Relations. In March 2005, she had given evidence to the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry into dealing with Northern Ireland's past. Another notable academic
1512-591: The Federal University of Surrey . In June 2004, the Privy Council granted Roehampton an independent university title, and it became Roehampton University from 1 August 2004, ending the partnership between the institutions. The university celebrated its 35th anniversary in May 2002 with a major event in Guildford Cathedral. It was also marked by the unveiling of The Surrey Scholar sculpture (by Allan Sly FBS) to mark
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#17330942551671584-514: The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen and as a gift to the people of Guildford. The Surrey Scholar is at the bottom of Guildford High Street. Understanding the Real World , a visual history of the university, by Christopher Pick, was published to coincide with this anniversary. In 2007, the university saw a major increase in overall applications by 39% compared with the previous year. This
1656-665: The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). In addition, the Surrey Research Park is a 28 ha (69-acre) low density development which is owned and developed by the university, providing large landscaped areas with water features and facilities for over 110 companies engaged in a broad spectrum of research, development and design activities. The university generates the third highest endowment income out of all UK universities "reflecting its commercially-orientated heritage." New students entering
1728-422: The Surrey Research Park , providing facilities for over 110 companies engaged in research. Surrey has been awarded three Queen's Anniversary Prizes for its research, with the 2021 Research Excellence Framework seeing the university rise 12 places to 33rd in the UK for overall research quality and 41% of the university's research outputs classified as "world leading". It was named The Sunday Times University of
1800-592: The US and EQUIS in Brussels as it accredits a school's portfolio of postgraduate management programmes but does not accredit undergraduate programmes. AMBA accredits approximately 2% of the world's business schools, and is the most international of the three organisations having accredited schools headquartered in 54 countries, compared with the 52 for AACSB and 38 for EQUIS. Business schools can become associated with AMBA by applying for accreditation or by applying to be part of
1872-563: The gravity model of trade , and Martyn Barrett , who led the development of the Council of Europe 's Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture and is a lead expert for the Council of Europe's Education Policy Advisers Network. The current Director of the university's Advanced Technology Institute , Ravi Silva , is known for his work in Nanotechnology . In 2003, he was awarded
1944-597: The AMBA Development Network. All MBA students and alumni of the 277 accredited member schools receive free life-long individual AMBA membership. AMBA also accredits generalist BBA programmes, MBA programmes and DBA programmes, and admits as members students and graduates thereof. AMBA's long-serving president until 2017 was the late Sir Paul Judge , the founding benefactor of Cambridge Judge Business School in Cambridge, UK. AMBA's current Chief Executive
2016-953: The Battersea Polytechnic Institute which was founded in 1891 and admitted its first students in 1894. Its aim was to provide greater access to further and higher education for Londoners, including some of the city's "poorer inhabitants". In 1901, evening classes provided instruction in subjects such as Mechanical Engineering and Building, Electrical Engineering, Chemical and other trades, Physics and Natural Science, Maths, Languages, Commercial subjects, Music and special classes for women including Domestic Economy subjects. Day classes consisted of Art, Science, Women's Subjects and Gymnastics, and classes were also offered in preparation for university and professional examinations. The institute focused on science and technology subjects, and from about 1920 taught University of London students, awarding University of London external degrees. In 1956,
2088-452: The Carolinas, respectively. The university holds a number of formal links with institutions from around the world to share teaching and research and facilitate staff and student exchanges. The university conducts extensive research on small satellites, with its Surrey Space Centre and spin-off commercial company, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd . In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise ,
2160-702: The ESRC Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment. In October 2018 the University of Surrey reported that writer and filmmaker Iain Sinclair had been appointed Distinguished Writer in Residence with their School of Literature and Languages. On 20 May 2009, Andreas Mogensen , a researcher at the Surrey Space Centre , was announced as a new member of the European Astronaut Corps , part of
2232-599: The Students' Union Byelaws contained a further explanatory note for this. StagTV is the television station run by students at the University of Surrey. It is primarily run from offices on the main Stag Hill campus and it also creates content for the Students' Union, through which it is a constituted group, but has editorial independence. Other student media on campus include Stag Radio and The Stag magazine. 51°14′35″N 0°35′22″W / 51.24306°N 0.58944°W / 51.24306; -0.58944 Association of MBAs The Association of MBAs ( AMBA )
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2304-550: The Surrey Sports Park opened to replace the former UniSport facilities on the Stag Hill Campus. Surrey Sports Park is situated close to the main University campus, on its Manor Park site. It houses a 50-metre swimming pool, three multi-sports halls, six squash courts, a modern gym, three artificial floodlit pitches, outdoor tennis courts, a climbing centre and a coffee shop, bar and restaurant. The 1,000 seat indoor arena
2376-563: The Trust celebrated thirty years of Daphne Jackson Fellowships. The charity's Chief Executive is Katie Perry. A board of Trustees governs the Daphne Jackson Trust. The Daphne Jackson Trust holds a Research Conference every two years. The Patrons of the Daphne Jackson Trust are: Dame Athene Donald DBE, Vivienne Parry OBE, Maggie Philbin OBE. The Daphne Jackson Trust was established as
2448-468: The University of Surrey opened in September 2015, for the purpose of research for the development of the first worldwide 5G network. It has gained over £40m support from international telecommunications companies including Aeroflex , MYCOM OSI , BBC , BT Group , EE , Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, Huawei , Ofcom , Rohde & Schwarz , Samsung , Telefonica and Vodafone – and a further £11.6m from
2520-419: The University of Surrey received a 5* rating in the categories of " Sociology ", "Other Studies and Professions Allied to Medicine", and "Electrical and Electronic Engineering " and a 5* rating in the categories of " Psychology ", " Physics ", "Applied Mathematics ", "Statistics and Operational Research", "European Studies" and "Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages". The 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at
2592-646: The Year in 2016, was nominated again for the same accolade in 2023, and was The Sunday Times University of the Year for Graduate Employment in 2022. The chancellor of the university is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent . Current and emeritus academics at the university include ten Fellows of the Royal Society , twenty-one Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering , one Fellow of the British Academy and six Fellows of
2664-642: The activities of distinctive administrative and academic areas of the university. On 3 December 2015 it was announced that Max Lu would become the university's fifth President and Vice-Chancellor, taking up his appointment in April 2016. He succeeded Sir Christopher Snowden who moved to take up the Vice-Chancellorship at the University of Southampton in September 2015. Sir Christopher joined Surrey on 1 July 2005. His predecessors are Patrick J. Dowling (1994–2005), Anthony Kelly (1975–1994) and Peter Leggett ,
2736-562: The campus. In addition the university has a student-run medium wave radio station, Stag Radio . In September 2009, the Guildford School of Acting moved into a new purpose-built facility on the main Stag Hill campus as part of a strategic merger between the two organisations. The old Sports Centre was converted into the Ivy Arts Centre, a performing arts facility housing a 200-seat theatre and studio and workshop space. In October 2015,
2808-427: The effects of Brexit and anticipated cuts in tuition fees, and was offering redundancy to all staff. Following the announcement, The Stag , published an article titled 'Paygate: The Problem with Surrey's Vice-Chancellor', in which it compared Vice-Chancellor Max Lu 's "performance-related bonuses" to the university's actual performance. Soon after, in May 2019, staff and students held a no confidence vote against
2880-650: The fields of safe water and sanitation. In 2013, the Electronic Engineering Department of the university won the 2013 Elektra Award University Department of the Year, and judged to be the most innovative and successful in Europe. The university won The Sunday Times University of the Year award 2016. The university won a 2017 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education for "Leading research and teaching in food and nutrition informing public policy on diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis and other dietary related issues". Academics to work at
2952-466: The globe for swimming, table tennis, basketball and triathlon camps. In 2013, Surrey Sports Park hosted the annual Danone Nations Cup junior football tournament, with fixtures being played on the outdoor pitches through to the finals at Wembley Stadium . In 2017, Surrey Sports Park hosted the Women's Lacrosse World Cup , with over 25 nations competing for the world title in Guildford. All matches took place at
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3024-564: The institute was among the first to receive the designation "College of Advanced Technology" and was renamed Battersea College of Technology. By the beginning of the sixties, the college had virtually outgrown its building in Battersea and had decided to move to Guildford. In addition to this, the Robbins Report of 1963 proposed that the Colleges of Advanced Technology, including Battersea, should expand and become degree-awarding universities. In 1965,
3096-502: The key AMBA criteria for the accreditation of an MBA programme include: AMBA holds three annual conferences for business school deans and directors: a Global Conference, an Asia Pacific Conference, and a Latin America Conference. Participation is open to both accredited and non-accredited schools. AMBA also hosts an annual Gala Dinner in London, which is open only to accredited schools. AMBA organises two annual global forums with
3168-449: The last Principal of Battersea College of Technology and the university's first Vice-Chancellor. Since its foundation, the university has fostered links with other educational bodies in the local community and region. The university currently validates undergraduate courses at Farnborough College of Technology and postgraduate research programmes at St Mary's University, Twickenham for students entering prior to August 2014. In 2007,
3240-674: The late 1980s. Jackson left a legacy after her death in 1991 which enabled the Daphne Jackson Trust to be established in 1992. The physicist Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson was a major force in the establishment of the Daphne Jackson Trust. Johnson had been one of the first Daphne Jackson Fellows in 1986 at Imperial College London . Betty Johnson was appointed a MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 2002 in recognition of this work. The Trust named its 100th fellow in 2002 and has gone on to work with many more returners. The Trust took its first male fellow in 2003, and now works with both men and women. In 2016
3312-556: The lecture in 1975 in honour of Clifford Paterson who undertook the creation of the GEC Research Laboratories in 1919. Surrey's Centre for Environment and Sustainability (established by Roland Clift in 1992 as the Centre for Environmental Strategy ) gained attention with the publication of Prosperity Without Growth in 2009 by University of Surrey academic Tim Jackson , Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of
3384-466: The membership side of the business. Four zones exist within the organisation representing Support, Voice, Community and Activity, with a sabbatical officer managing each one, as well as a president who is a member of the University Council. The Students' Union also organise events on a weekly basis which are held at their venues including Rubix and The Basement for students to take part in. In 2017
3456-524: The move to the Sports Park from Guildford Spectrum in 2010. Surrey Storm are two-time Netball Superleague champions, securing their last title with a 55–53 win over Manchester Thunder at London's Copper Box Arena in the 2016 Grand Final . It played host to all but four matches of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup (the semi-finals, third place play off and final were held at the Twickenham Stoop ). It
3528-493: The ongoing development in the relationship between the university and the nearby Roehampton Institute, it was decided to form an academic federation. In November 1999, the Privy Council approved the necessary changes to the university's Charter and Statutes and the Roehampton Institute became the University of Surrey Roehampton at the beginning of 2000. Between 2000 and 2004, the university and Roehampton worked together as
3600-464: The overall focus put firmly on improving future employment potential of the individual. The key objective was that the Fellowship should help re-establish professional expertise as well as personal confidence, within an appropriately supportive environment, with significantly improved job prospects at the end. A total of 27 fellows successfully completed fellowships during the pilot scheme, which ran during
3672-446: The population. The undergraduate student body is composed of 73% from the UK, 11% from the EU and 16% from outside of the EU. More students graduate from Surrey with a First Class Honours degree (44.4%) than with a 2:1 degree (40.9%), placing it second amongst mainstream British universities by the proportion of First Class degrees awarded. The university has consistently been in the top 20 of
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#17330942551673744-628: The school pays the same fee regardless of the number of programmes being reviewed). The Association's process of accrediting a school's MBA programmes portfolio includes reviewing compliance AMBA's criteria, most of them qualitative rather than quantitative. The criteria fall into seven dimensions: history and development of the institution; facilities and libraries; teaching faculty, teaching standards and research track record; programme administration, career and alumni services; student admission standards, diversity and cohort size; curriculum content, programme mode and duration; and learning outcomes. Some of
3816-475: The setting up and growth of London Business School and Manchester Business School in Britain. The Association's first Director General was Vice-Admiral David Clutterbuck who assumed this position in 1969. In 1983 BGA began to accredit the growing number of MBA programmes, while preserving its functions as a membership organization. BGA was renamed Association of MBAs in 1987. Until 2017, AMBA's president
3888-766: The three main ranking compilations of universities in the United Kingdom , placing it 21st in The Times and Sunday Times , 12th in The Good University Guide and the Complete University Guide , and 19th in The Guardian University Guide for 2024. International rankings have seen a steady improvement over the past five years. Subjects ranked in the top 20 include Hospitality & Leisure Management and Petroleum engineering. The university
3960-636: The university and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in Dalian , China, launched the Surrey International Institute, DUFE. The SII at DUFE offers Surrey degrees and dual-degree programmes in China. A placement year link with North Carolina State University was initiated in 2009, where each institution places students from the other with companies located nearby, in the South East of England and
4032-497: The university governance structure are the council, Senate and executive board. The council is the governing body of the university, responsible for the overall planning and management of the university and to ensure processes are in place to monitor financial and operational controls, and the university's performance against its strategy. The council is composed of no fewer than eleven external members, up to seven ex-officio members and up to three members elected by Senate. The Senate
4104-424: The university in 2015 had the 14th highest UCAS Points in the UK at 438 points (the equivalent of AAB at A Level and BB at AS Level). According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 8% of Surrey's undergraduates come from independent schools. For the 2016–17 academic year, the university has a higher proportion of female than male students with a male to female ratio of 45:55 in
4176-491: The university include Alf Adams , pioneer of the strained quantum-well laser ; Jim Al-Khalili , the nuclear physicist, author and broadcaster; Aleks Krotoski , the technology journalist and broadcaster; Sir Martin Sweeting, founder of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd ; Nigel Gilbert , the sociologist pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences; Joao Santos Silva, who has made fundamental contributions to
4248-488: The university management, with coverage largely focused on Lu's leadership. Of all the unionised staff who voted, 96% gave a vote of no confidence in "the Vice-Chancellor and Executive Board". The all-staff vote was approved by all three trade unions represented at the university, in a meeting held with the largest member attendance seen. Concerns raised by staff specifically include "Lu's language which suggests staff are
4320-540: The university was specifically identified in the report by the Free Speech University Rankings as having "unfamiliar" restrictions on free speech because of a collection of its union byelaws regarding university mascot Steve the Stag: the mascot is not allowed to be depicted by students to be drinking, smoking or, as the report and subsequent articles directly quote, "involved in lewd acts". Subsequent editions of
4392-439: The university's Victorian Great Hall, on Battersea Park Road. By 1970 the move from Battersea to Guildford was complete. The university's Battersea Court consists of halls of residence which were named in honour of the university's Battersea origins. Between 1982 and 2008, the university became the trustee of the building of the Guildford Institute, using parts of the building for its adult education programme and providing
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#17330942551674464-404: The university's outstanding achievement in satellite engineering and communications, teaching and research by the Centre for Satellite Engineering Research and associated companies. In 1998, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd was awarded the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement , presented in person by the Queen on her second visit to the university, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and
4536-411: The university-designate acquired a greenfield site in Guildford from Guildford Cathedral, Guildford Borough Council and the Onslow Village Trust. On 9 September 1966 the University of Surrey was established by royal charter . In 1967, on the day before the installation ceremony of the first Chancellor of the university, the Aberfan disaster occurred. Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham who
4608-417: The university. The executive board is the senior advisory body that assists the President and Vice-Chancellor in discharging his executive authority to manage the operations and affairs of the university. It is responsible for advising on all matters relating to the university's strategy and for making recommendations to Council for approval. The above Bodies are supported by a series of Committees that oversee
4680-428: The venue, including the finals, with a temporary outdoor stadium erected for the 10-day event. The academic activities of the university are divided into the following three faculties : Prince Edward, Duke of Kent was installed as Chancellor , a ceremonial non-residential post, in 1977. The university is led at the executive level by the President and Vice-Chancellor, as of 2016 Max Lu . The key bodies in
4752-429: The £45m School of Veterinary Medicine was opened by the Queen accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh. The new Manor Park campus, designed as a car-free village, is 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) from the Stag Hill campus and on the other side of the A3 trunk road . It combines residences for students and staff, buildings for research and teaching, and sporting facilities. In April 2010, a £36 million sports centre named
4824-434: Was appointed the first Chancellor, was also the chairman of the National Coal Board , and as such was expected to visit the site of the disaster. Controversially, in a decision parodied by Private Eye , Robens continued with the ceremony in Guildford to become Chancellor. During this transition period, visitors to the Battersea campus on 25 October 1968 saw Led Zeppelin perform their very first gig, advertised as being at
4896-464: Was followed by a further increase in applications of 12% in 2008. In October 2008, the university lost out to Royal Holloway in a bid to merge with London medical institute St George's, University of London . From September 2009, the Guildford School of Acting became a subsidiary of the university and relocated from Guildford town centre to the university campus. In March 2019 the university announced it would have to make £15m worth of cuts owing to
4968-438: Was ranked seventh in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018. In 2019, Surrey was ranked 161-170th in the QS World Employability Rankings , and first in the UK and 12th in the world for research partnerships with employers . In 1991 the university was granted the Queen's Award for Export Achievement , and in 1996 was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education in recognition of
5040-421: Was started by Daphne Jackson , the first female professor of physics in the UK. Over the course of her career she met many clever and highly qualified scientists who were reduced to taking low-level jobs because they had taken a career break. Drawing attention to this frustrating situation, Jackson observed, "Imagine a society that would allow Marie Curie to stack shelves in a supermarket simply because she took
5112-433: Was the late Sir Paul Judge , who helped establish Cambridge Judge Business School at Cambridge University in the early 1990s. The Association of MBAs accredits MBA, MBM and DBA degree programmes. When a school applies for accreditation for its MBA programmes, AMBA requires that the entire portfolio of MBA programmes be put up for consideration and will award accreditation only if all programmes meet its criteria (though
5184-505: Was the late translation studies scholar Peter Newmark . The University of Surrey Students' Union is the sole representative body of Surrey students. They represent students on academic and welfare issues, as well as administering sports clubs and societies. The Union was incorporated as a non-profit charity in July 2011, so any takings from the Union's four commercial outlets are invested in supporting
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