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Derby City Council and the University of Derby have joined forces to create a sustainable travel hub at the University’s Kedleston Road site.

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The University of Derby has been awarded Gold in the prestigious Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023 – making it one of the top universities in the country recognised for its outstanding student experience and student outcomes.

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A new state-of-the-art facility for computing students has opened at the University of Derby’s Enterprise Centre. The facility is the first site of the new East Midlands Institute of Technology (EM IoT) to open and will support teaching in a range of digital and engineering subjects, such as computer games animation, design engineering and mechatronics.

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A pioneering new drug delivery system which could have the potential to prevent and treat chronic liver disease, among other applications, is being developed by Cell Guidance Systems in Cambridge in collaboration with the University of Derby.

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Goldbox Productions, a video production company started by four enterprising University of Derby graduates, has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the University.

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Scientists and arts researchers at the University of Derby have come together with artists and creatives from across the UK to develop Shedding Light on long Covid, a thought-provoking exhibition and programme of events to engage local communities in the latest long Covid research. 

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Twice as many people (16%) say they have a closer relationship with their trees than with their neighbours (7%), according to new research from the University of Derby.

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Students worrying about starting university this year are getting a helping hand at the University of Derby. The University is giving everyone enrolling in their first year a free Freshers’ wristband, worth over £60. 

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The University of Derby has been ranked in the Top 20 for assessment and feedback in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS).

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A research team led by scientists at the University of Derby has begun a study that could offer hope to thousands of people with long Covid.

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