Nottingham top school in Times guide
Nottingham university's
school of pharmacy has been ranked ahead of other UK schools of pharmacy in ‘The
Times good university guide 2007’, published last week.
The guide ranks universities by institution and by subject. The subject
tables give an overall score, which combines results for research quality,
entry standards and the proportion of graduates in “graduate” jobs
or further study. Not all universities with schools of pharmacy are ranked
in the pharmacy and pharmacology subject tables, including new schools
of pharmacy which do not yet have any graduates.
The University of Nottingham was given an overall score for pharmacy
and pharmacology of 97.7. The University of Cambridge topped the list
in the field of pharmacology with a score of 100. The University of Bath
was in third place with an overall score of 96.9 and the University of
Manchester was fourth, with a score of 94.7. The lowest performing university
listed for pharmacy was Liverpool John Moore’s, with a score of
77.3.
Saul Tendler, head of the Nottingham school, commented: “We are
extremely proud to have been recognised in this way … and I am delighted
for our staff and students. This has already been an excellent year for
pharmacy at Nottingham. We have been awarded £2.5m by AstraZeneca
and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The grant
is funding a new centre of excellence in ‘targeted therapeutics’.
This is the first such doctoral training centre to be established in
direct collaboration with an industry partner, and aims to train 25 of
the most promising PhD students over the next five years.”
Professor Tendler added that the university hoped these students would
become future leaders in the pharmaceutical sciences. “It is gratifying
now to be declared current leader in pharmacy teaching and research,” he
said. |
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