INTRODUCTION

The University of Wolverhampton is a first class university spread over four campuses in the region and situated in the centre of England. It provides excellent educational opportunities to people from all backgrounds and helps boost social and economic regeneration regionally, nationally and internationally. The University is amongst the largest in the UK with a student population of over 24,000. It attracts a large number of students from abroad choosing Wolverhampton, adding to the diverse cultural life of the University and the city. The University’s new IT Complex on its City campus houses major computing and Engineering facilities, including 700 computers, a purpose-built laboratory and a media production centre together with a range of state of the art science laboratories. The complex is part of the University’s ongoing New Horizons project which includes the impressive Millennium City Building which, was officially opened by the British Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown. Other recent developments include a £7.1 million Sports and Judo Centre, which is bringing international competitions to the West Midlands, at the Walsall Campus. The University prides itself on its links with Industry and the industrial relevance of its programmes. In particular, the Telford campus houses a state of the art engineering department that not only delivers academic programmes but also houses one of Europe’s most advanced engineering product development centres which works with engineering’s companies to regenerate the West Midlands region. The University of Wolverhampton is also recognised as producing world class research and this has been reflected in the recent Government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) who identified the University of Wolverhampton as producing areas of research that is amongst the best in the world.

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