The University of Plymouth is one of the UKs most prominent and dynamic universities with an educational history dating back to 1862. Consistently ranked as one of the top three modern universities, Plymouth has * over 30,000 students * almost 3,000 staff * an annual income of around £160 million * a major role in the Combined Universities in Cornwall High academic standards Plymouth has performed very well in all teaching reviews carried out by external bodies since 1996. The university has a long record of high quality innovative research as demonstrated by its achievements in the RAE. The university submitted twenty-five Units of Assessment in the 2008 RAE. The results show that the majority of research submitted by the university included world-leading research, achieving the highest rating possible - scoring 4-stars. Overall, 80% of the research was judged as being of international repute. In the Research Fortnight research power league table (www.researchresearch.com/RAE2008), on the basis of the results of the 2008 RAE Plymouth has leapt 15 places to join the top 50 universities, showing the greatest improvement in the UK in research performance since the last RAE, in 2001. Widening participation & partnership Our commitment to being accessible to a wide cross-section of the community is supported by * flexible learning opportunities * a broad portfolio of programmes, with strong academic and vocational emphasis * an impressive Plymouth campus * nursing opportunities at university sites at Exeter in Devon, Pool and Truro in Cornwall and Taunton in Somerset * a partnership network of regional colleges in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and the Channel Islands * responsibility for all nursing and midwifery training in the South West of England Our vision: to be the enterprise university Our vision sets out the type of University we aspire to be. We are already an ambitious, world-class Unive