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UKBAB is an on-line survey of the business adviser community run in collaboration with a number of national business support organisations.

• - it takes 2 minutes
• - it's instant and it's green - no paper, no postage
• - readings are taken between 4 and 6 times each year
• We offer a voice into government at the highest level locally, regionally and nationally.  Information provided by UKBAB enables the designers and implementers of business support policy to be more effectively informed.
• As action research undertaken by Nottingham University Business School, it is safe, confidential and authoritative.
• To register, this is all you do...
• - log on to the UKBAB website at www.ukbab.ac
• - supply brief classification details
• - click 'Submit' to activate the current questionnaire
• await the hot link to access each new survey and complete it in just a few minutes

This is the evidence base that has been produced to underpin the development of the East Midlands Regional Economic Strategy. It presents a statistical portrait of the East Midlands that has informed the identification of key challenges that must be addressed in order to create and sustain a flourishing region.

For full details go to... www.emintelligence.com

Entitled "A Flourishing Region" the report sets out the aspirations and vision for the region over the next decade or so to 2020.

For the East Midlands to thrive and to compete with the best in Europe and the world, we must build on our distinctive strengths to ensure that our economic growth creates a prosperous and sustainable region, where everyone has the opportunity to achieve their potential.

For further details go to... Regional Economic Strategy for the East Midlands 2006 - 2020

For Nottingham, Science City presents a major opportunity to re-position the local economy to build a future with greater emphasis on science and technology activities.

For further details go to... Nottingham - The Science City

A research powerhouse...

RAE is the uk's definitive guide to research quality and excellence, ranking all universities on research strength and rating the academic disciplines they submit on teh basis of their international standing.  Measured by means od quality - averaging the research carried out within a discipline and research power - taking into account both the quality and the number of academics within a discipline - Nottingham's status was again confirmed as a world-class institution.

In addition to scoring highly in quality rankings covering major disciplines in science, engineering, the social sciences, medicine, business and the arts, it is Nottingham's increase in research power rankings which demonstrate the impressive volume of excellent research which is carried out.  We are now ranked in the Top 7 of all British universities and are one of only two institutions to move into the UK Top 10 since 2001 - an increase of seven places, making us the highest mover of any university.

This ranking is even more impressive given the importance of research power indicators, which define overall strength, sustainability and the sheer scale of world-class research taking place across the campuses.  Our sustained investment in state-of-the-art research facilities, technologies and recruiting only the best researchers have all contributed to our research power performance.

Nottingham submitted one of the highest numbers of research areas for assessment and 91% of research staff - a testament to our confidence in the international calibre of our academics and the breadth of excellence to be found amongst our staff and students.

Following the RAE results, 90% of all research at Nottingham has been classified of an 'international standard' and 60% as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'.

"The results are a tribute to the talent and dedication of the University's academic community and the continued excellence of their work.  This is a tremendous achievement for Nottingham and confirms our status as a global research-intensive university." Professor David Greenaway, Vice Chancellor

To read a full copy of the RAE 2008 report please click on the related document below.