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¹û¶³´«Ã½ named as one of UK’s best in the 2023 Good University Guide
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has further cemented its position as one of the UK’s best universities - after being ranked 9th overall by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.
It continues a remarkable record for ¹û¶³´«Ã½, which has featured in the Top 10 every single year since the Guide was first published in 1992.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ professor shortlisted for prestigious British Academy Book prize
Dr James Poskett, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has been shortlisted for the prestigious British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ Esports programme nominated for two prestigious awards
¹û¶³´«Ã½ is the first UK university to be nominated for the Collegiate award, among an otherwise all-American shortlist. The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is also home to the most successful university esports club in the UK, with its team winning the British University Esports Championships for the last four consecutive years.
Webb Space Telescope Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
An international team of scientists, including researchers from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, today announce the first unequivocal detection of carbon dioxide in a planetary atmosphere beyond our solar system.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ Professor awarded Royal Society’s Davy Medal for pioneering research into ‘Metals in Medicine’
Professor Peter Sadler has been announced as the recipient of the Davy Medal, for pioneering the research field of medicinal inorganic chemistry, ‘Metals in Medicine’, and the design of new metallodrugs with novel mechanisms of action. His research regonised by the Royal Society includes targeting cancer cells with the metal iridium – thought to have arrived on Earth via the asteroid that caused the dinosaurs’ extinction.