Edge Hill University

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Edge Hill University is based on an attractive, award-winning 160-acre campus in Lancashire, close to Liverpool and Manchester. The institution has been providing higher education since 1885, with a mission to create opportunities from knowledge. The institution's significant success in achieving its mission is recognized by a range of awards and high rankings for teaching, student experience, accommodation, and more. Edge Hill is ranked as Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the government's evaluation of excellence in teaching quality, learning environment, and student outcomes. The University is also one of the select few to have held the coveted UK University of the Year title, awarded by Times Higher Education (2014/15).
Edge Hill is ranked as Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the government's evaluation of excellence in teaching quality, learning environment, and student outcomes. Gold is the highest possible TEF rating, indicating that the institution is " of the highest quality found in the UK" and is "delivering consistently outstanding teaching, learning, and outcomes for its students."
Edge Hill is one of the select few universities to have held the coveted UK University of the Year title, awarded by Times Higher Education (2014/15). Recent successes include being ranked in the top 10 for teaching by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017, top in the North West for student experience (Times Higher Education 2017), and top in the UK for student accommodation in the 2017 WhatUni Awards.
Edge Hill is the University of the Year for Student Retention by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018, who wrote that the institution is "firmly establishing itself among the top post-1992 universities." In our peer group of the 60+ modern, diversified universities, we are top in England in the WhatUni 2017 University of the Year rankings, as well as in the Courses and Lecturers and Facilities categories. Edge Hill also comes top in the UK for student support (WhatUni 2017) and social mobility (CentreForum, 2014).
We are the safest campus (Complete University Guide 2016) and the highest-ranked institution for student satisfaction in a wide range of National Student Survey categories and subjects (NSS 2016). Our employability strengths are demonstrated by 95.5% of our full-time first degree graduates finding work or further study within six months of graduating (HESA) and reinforced by awards, including a top ten shortlisting in the National Graduate Recruitment Awards (TARGETjobs 2017).
Times Higher Awards have recognized our Excellence and Innovation in the Arts (Highly Commended, 2015) and research in sport and education, working in partnership with Everton in the Community, the official charity of Everton Football Club (Outstanding Contribution to the Community, 2016). The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016), and Highly Commended for Workplace of the Year in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017.
When Edge Hill was awarded University of the Year title for 2014/15, Times Higher Education described it as " a great success story…an institution that improves and impresses year after year". The award recognized its outstanding student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment, and innovation and its strengthening research profile, investment, and growth. It also celebrated Edge Hill University'sUniversity's distinct role in "transforming lives" – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.
Edge Hill University – creating and harnessing knowledge to deliver opportunity. Edge Hill University will provide an intellectually-stimulating, creative, and inclusive environment for its Community. The highest standard, supported by pure and applied international significance research, will provide a firm foundation for its graduates and other stakeholders in a rapidly changing world. An international perspective, knowledge and understanding, and a life-long capacity to learn and adapt are the surest way of securing an individual's and the nation's future.
Edge Hill University will harness its staff's creativity, knowledge, and commitment to promote its values and enhance its activities. Provide an outstanding student experience, underpinned by high-quality learning and teaching, and further develop its strong sense of Community. Build its research capacity, and, in particular, establish research centers in the areas of public policy and the creative industries in addition to a postgraduate medical institute. Strengthen its links to business and the region, and enhance student employability. Establish both national and international partnerships, which will enrich university life, deepen our understanding of the world, benefit the region, and, more broadly, the UK economy. Continue its investment in the campus and facilities to create an ideal environment for these activities.
Our core values lie in our wholehearted commitment to our staff, students, and partners, and our constant efforts to improve in all we do. Our approach is inclusive. We celebrate diversity and will tirelessly strive to enhance the life opportunities that a good education provides for our students. The University will be both financially and environmentally sustainable, seeking always to reinvest its resources to enhance the student experience, its research capacity, and its engagement with the public and third sectors, business and the region, and its local Community. We will be decisive and focused in all we do and plan with a realistic ambition founded on our substantial progress to date.

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