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Oxford's current academic community includes 78 Fellows of the Royal Society and 112 Fellows of the British Academy. A further 100 Emeritus and Honorary College Fellows are Fellows of the Royal Society and 145 Emeritus and Honorary College Fellows are also Fellows of the British Academy.
The University of Oxford has more academic staff working in world-class research departments (rated 5* or 5 in the RAE 2001) than any other UK university.
Amongst our academic community are:
The President of the Royal Society
The Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Defence
The Chairman of the Food Standards Agency
The Chief Executives of the Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council
A member of the Bank of England's Monetary Committee
The Director General of the Office of Fair Trading
The Vice-Chairman of the Thames Valley Police Authority
The Director of the Royal Institution
The Chairman of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
The Chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board
The President of the Royal College of Surgeons
The Deputy Chair of the British Council
In 2002, Oxford University claimed first place in the annual Times Good University Guide, which ranks universities according to the quality of teaching and research, as well as indicators including staffing levels, facilities spending and graduate destinations.
In the Financial Times 2002 MBA ranking, the Saïd Business School's one-year MBA course received the highest rating for value for money of all the international schools surveyed.
In 2002, Oxford University topped the annual league table of teacher training providers for the fifth successive year.
Oxford University was named the UK's most innovative University in the Launchit2001 competition, in recognition of the greatest achievements in innovation and enterprise across the broadest range of activity.
In the academic year 2000-2001, Oxford's overall research income from external sponsors rose by 10 per cent for the second successive year, reaching £142.4 million.
In the most recent national Teaching Quality Assessment exercises for 2000, Oxford was awarded top marks in six out of ten subjects assessed.
Oxford, Stanford and Yale Universities have recently become partners in a joint 'distance learning' venture, the Alliance for Lifelong Learning, which will provide on-line courses in the arts and sciences initially to their combined 500,000 alumni.
The University of Oxford has more academic staff working in world-class research departments (rated 5* or 5 in the RAE 2001) than any other UK university.
Oxford has recently received its fourth Queen's Anniversary Prize, in recognition of the Refugee Studies Centre's contribution to the study of forced migration and refugees.
Isis Innovation, the University's technology transfer company, files on average one new patent application a week and spins out a new company from University research every two months.
Oxford has spun out more companies than any other UK university. Our spin-out companies are collectively worth around £2 billion, and have helped produce some 30 multi-millionaires.
Oxford is the UK pioneer in developing a university intellectual property policy.
As one of the leading international universities, Oxford attracts scholars from all over the world to join its teaching and research staff and collaborates with institutions in around 80 countries. This includes good relationships with the Far East (including China), India, South Africa, the USA and Latin America. Over 130 nationalities are represented among our student body and almost a quarter of our students are from overseas.
Реферат опубликован: 24/05/2009