Beliefs
The 1994 Group believes that studying at a research-intensive university makes for an excellent academic experience. Research is at the heart of what it is to be a university and our members are world
environment that new knowledge is being created and groundbreaking discoveries are being made. It means studying curricula informed by these discoveries under the researchers that make them. And it means that undergraduates have the opportunity and support to undertake their own research projects.
The 1994 Group is comprised of smaller, intensely academic, universities which offer students and staff an excellent university experience. As 1994 Group universities tend to have smaller student populations, close-knit academic communities emerge naturally on campus they offer highly personalized learning with few barriers between students, teachers and researchers. This is one reason these universities have far outperformed the sector in all National Student Surveys since its establishment in 2005.
The 1994 Group believes there is real strength in a diverse higher education sector. Diversity offers both academic staff and prospective students choice. Members of the 1994 Group offer distinctive and individual academic experiences, all of which emerge organically from their diverse histories and traditions.
1994 Group Universities Birkbeck, University of London Key Statistics
renowned research institutions. We believe that groundbreaking research drives economic growth, enriches our cultural lives, and informs the public discourse. For that reason we believe that research-intensive universities ought to play a substantive role at all levels of society.
Studying at a research institution means working in the same
• Established: 1823 • Location: London • Undergraduates: 12,745 • Postgraduates: 5,075 • Master: Professor David S Latchman CBE
• Website:
www.bbk.ac.uk
Description
Birkbeck, University of London, is a world-class research and teaching institution, a vibrant centre of academic excellence and London's only specialist provider of evening higher education. Founded in 1823, Birkbeck was ranked in the top 1% of universities world-wide in the Times Higher World University Rankings 2012-13, and was voted first among multi-faculty London institutions in the 2012 National Student Survey for quality of teaching, and for overall student satisfaction.
University of East Anglia Key Statistics
• Established: 1963 • Location: Norwich, Norfolk • Undergraduates: 12,780 • Postgraduates: 4,515 • Vice-Chancellor: Professor the Hon. Edward Acton
• Website:
www.uea.ac.uk
Description The University of East Anglia (UEA) is ranked in the top two per cent of universities worldwide and is consistently in the top ten for student satisfaction. It is a leading member of the Norwich Research Park, one of Europe's biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of environment, health and plant science. It is located in 362 acres of rolling parkland, but is just two miles from the centre of the cathedral city of Norwich.
University of Essex Key Statistics
• Established: 1964 • Location: Colchester, Essex • Undergraduates: 11,640 • Postgraduates: 3,125 • Vice-Chancellor: Professor Anthony Forster
• Website:
www.essex.ac.uk
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