Queen Mary, University of London is one of London and the UKs leading research-focused higher education institutions. Amongst the largest of the colleges of the University of London with 16,000 students, Queen Marys 3,000 staff teach and research across a wide range of subjects in Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws, in Medicine and Dentistry and in Science and Engineering. With a budget of £285 million per annum the College has a yearly economic impact on the UK economy of some £750 million. Over the last five years, we have invested more than £250 million in facilities. Queen Mary is unique amongst Londons universities in being able to offer a completely integrated residential campus, with a 2,000-bed award-winning Student Village on its Mile End site. Queen Mary was ranked 13th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) according to the Times Higher Education. The Guardian places Queen Mary even higher, 11th in the UK. Our staff members have been honoured by election to Fellowships of the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Medical Science and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Amongst University of London multi-faculty colleges, Queen Mary was ranked fourth, 10 places ahead of Kings College London, which was ranked 22nd in the country. As a member of the 1994 Group of research-focused universities, Queen Mary has made a strategic commitment to the highest quality of research. We have invested in this principle through a systematic programme of recruiting to Queen Mary the best academic staff in their disciplines from around the world. Queen Mary has its roots in four historic colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomews Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College. The Mile End campus is historically the home of Queen Mary College, which began life in 1887 as the Peoples Palace, a philanthropic endeavour to provide east Londoners with education and social activiti