{"id":802,"date":"2014-12-18T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=802"},"modified":"2018-09-20T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:03:33","slug":"top-ten-in-uk-for-internationally-recognised-research-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2014\/12\/18\/top-ten-in-uk-for-internationally-recognised-research-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Top ten in UK for internationally-recognised research excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"9094480516_15224345a5\"<\/a>The University of Kent\u00a0School of Biosciences has consolidated its position as one of the strongest Biological Science departments in the UK in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014). <\/a>As measured by the proportion of the highest quality\u00a0outputs – deemed\u00a04* and 3* in the REF exercise –\u00a088% of the School’s submitted research outputs were judged to be “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”. This has placed the\u00a0School of Biosciences\u00a0in the top 10 nationally.<\/p>\n

As measured by the grade point average (GPA) that is widely reported in league tables, the School was ranked 23rd in the UK – equal with Queen Mary and King’s College London, and above prestigious\u00a0institutions that include Bath, Warwick, Southampton, Durham,\u00a0Nottingham and Essex.<\/p>\n

The REF results cap an extraordinary year of success for the School of Biosciences. They follow our exceptional performance in the National Student Survey<\/a>, which also placed\u00a0the School\u00a0in the top 10 for overall student satisfaction for all three of our degree programmes<\/a>. These external measures of academic excellence confirm the School as a leading centre of discovery within the biological sciences in the UK.<\/p>\n