STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND PATRONS
UoD in double nomination
The University of Derby has been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards for its commitment to quality in teaching, learning and research. The Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards (Thelmas) celebrate the best examples of innovation, teamwork and enterprise at UK universities, and are the only national awards honouring the full range of professional and administrative services. The university is one of six institutions shortlisted for
the Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year category, designed to recognise ‘a teaching and learning strategy that is distinctive and innovative, has enhanced both the student and staff experience, and reflects an institution’s core values’. The university was also shortlisted in the DataPoints
Merit Award category, which is based on analysis of data collected from UK universities by Times Higher Education as part of its World University Rankings, which look at teaching, research, international outlook, reputation and more. Vice-Chancellor Professor Kathryn Mitchell said: “We
take great pride in our approach to teaching and learning and have been rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
Kathryn Mitchell “Being shortlisted for these awards is testament to
everyone’s hard work in taking forward the strategy and enabling us to achieve great outcomes for our students, as well as external recognition for Derby.” The award winners will be announced on Thursday 21 June at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
True appoints Strategic Partner
Full-service marketing agency Purpose Media has been commissioned by global commercial refrigeration manufacturer True to reposition its UK brand presence. Founded in 1945 in the US, True
manufactures commercial refrigeration solutions and is famed for its iconic roll-top bottle coolers for brands including Coca-Cola. It has a UK headquarters in Rotherham and exports to more than 60 countries around the world. Purpose Media’s Account
Director Jamie Bourn said: “This is a long-term project to build awareness of and engagement with the True brand in the UK. “We carried out a lot of in-depth
market research, which indicated True’s end users in the UK didn’t want to be sold to in the same way as in the US, where the relationship
IN BRIEF
Sustainability award for Samworth Brothers
Samworth Brothers has won the Sustainability Award at the 2018 Leicester Mercury Business Awards. The Sustainability Award was
presented in recognition of its responsible business plan Today, Tomorrow, Together, incorporating The 4R Plan. The 4R plan is an internal platform that aims to deliver environmental awareness and initiatives, focusing on four pillars: reduce, reuse, recycle or recover. Deborah Carlin, Group
Sustainability Manager, said: “This is a fantastic endorsement of the Today, Tomorrow, Together Plan. Our commitment to continually improving our environmental performance is evidenced through the achievements already seen and, through our staff engagement, we are making a difference, together.”
University secures grant for virus research
The University of Nottingham has received a grant of £250,000 to establish a new Centre for Global Virus Research. The award was given through
L-R: Purpose Media’s Account Director Jamie Bourn, Marketing Services Director Katrina Starkie and Creative Director Claudio Davanzo
is solely transactional. “Our strategy was developed to introduce an element of ongoing
engagement to keep True at front of mind, across a range of channels to reach the right audiences.”
the prestigious Laboratory Refurbishment Scheme, a programme funded by the Wolfson Foundation and administered by the Royal Society, the world's oldest independent scientific academy. Jonathan Ball, Professor of Molecular Virology in the University of Nottingham's School of Life Sciences, said: “The grant will enable us to overcome geographical fragmentation of virus research efforts here at Nottingham. Many emerging threats span both veterinary and human virology and the refurbished laboratories will enable us to collocate researchers who, historically, were split between these two areas.”
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