The University has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its innovation and world–leading expertise in performance sports engineering.

The prize recognises four decades of innovation in design and testing? and technical expertise – supporting high-performance sports competitors, including several Olympic Gold Medal winners such as track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy and skeleton athlete Amy Williams.

The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are the UK’s most prestigious form of recognition for a UK academic or vocational institution, with approval from The Queen and Parliament.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Don Nutbeam says: “This is great news for the University, offering much deserved recognition for the Performance Sports Engineering Laboratory. The Award recognises the outstanding work of our academics and students in supporting competitive sport and demonstrates 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载’s world-leading expertise in engineering and the impact we have globally.”

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