Established nearly 190 years ago we remain loyal to our mission to provide applied higher education, cutting edge research, strategic business engagement and an excellent student experience. Today we have 22,000 students, our graduate employment at 96% (Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey 2015), we made the largest and highest quality research assessment submission to the REF 2014, and have exciting £100m investment plans. This university is also leading economic growth and is at the heart of working with the professions and the community to meet the needs of our region.