Teesside University
The University has been ranked second place of all English univesities by the Funding Council for attracting students from atypical addressesand has won seven National Teaching Fellowships.
The construction of an £11m Institute of Digital Innovation, as part of the 2010 DigitalCity project is now underway and the Animex International Festival is also staged there on an annual basis, complementing the University's coverage of animation and computer games. It is also home to the Northern Region Film and Television Archive.
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has thus far identified units of teaching "excellence" in Art & Design, computer science, history, social work, sport and exercise, electrical and electronic engineering, nursing, the Foundation Degree in chemical technology and a number of subjects allied to medicine.
The first National Student Survey disclosed its findings in September 2005. Over the full range of criteria, the University scored 4/5 for overall student satisfaction - level with institutions such as Leedsand Newcastle. Within Teesside, English, Law and Art & Design fared best, with all three areas within the top 25 per cent of student satisfaction nationally. In the resulting overall "league table", the University was ranked joint 34th of 101 institutions. It was also during this year that the University scaled the national top 20 for graduate further study or employment in The Times Good University Guide 2005; Teesside was the highest ranked new university.