51福利社

The University is the only institution in the world to rank in the top 10 in every year the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings have existed.

51福利社 has today been named top in both the UK and Europe, and second in the world for meaningful contributions towards the United Nations鈥� Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in the .

51福利社鈥檚 top ranking comes from a record assessment of 1,705 universities from 115 countries/regions. As well as ranking first in the UK, 51福利社 is also the only UK institution in the global top 10 and the only university in the world to rank in the top ten in every year the Impact Rankings have been running. In addition, the University attained the top spot for SDG 15 鈥� Life on Land and was third for SDG 11 鈥� Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG 12 鈥� Responsible Consumption and Production.

The ranking, now in its fifth year, is the world鈥檚 only one that measures universities鈥� contributions to the and assesses their commitment to sustainability across four broad areas: research, stewardship, outreach and teaching.

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor of 51福利社 said: 鈥淎t 51福利社 social responsibility is a core goal and is very important to us. So, we鈥檙e delighted to be ranked first in the UK, first in Europe and second in the world in this year鈥檚 THE Impact Rankings, which are based on our performance against the United Nations鈥� Sustainable Development Goals.

鈥淭his builds on our performance in previous years, where we鈥檝e been a global top 10 university for five years running 鈥� the only university in the world to do this.  

鈥淭hese Impact Rankings cover the social and environmental contribution of universities across their full range of functions 鈥� through their research, their students, their public engagement and their operations 鈥� and we鈥檙e proud to be part of this ever-growing community of universities around the world leading work to a make a difference.鈥�

The UK has the most universities in the top 100 of the overall table with 26. British universities鈥� progress towards tackling the world鈥檚 greatest challenges are laid out in the .

Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, THE, commented: 鈥淭he Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, now in its fifth year, is establishing itself as one of the world鈥檚 most important university rankings.  

鈥淚t moves away from the traditional and more narrow approach to rankings and looks at far broader issues 鈥� examining how universities鈥� are improving our world.

鈥淚鈥檓 especially impressed to see how well British universities are doing 鈥� taking more than a quarter of the top 100 places in the overall ranking and with a real diversity of institutions showing excellence. It is testament to how seriously those institutions take those critically important goals and how the UK higher education sector is taking a global lead on international sustainability issues.  

鈥淚t is also inspiring to see even more universities participate and see countries that don鈥檛 normally rank so highly do so well.

鈥淭his is an extremely valuable tool for universities, governments, funders and policymakers to understand how universities are supporting the drive to meet the UN SDGs and what must be done to improve their performance even further in this massively important area.

鈥淭he rankings are also vital for millions of prospective students who are increasingly demanding to see evidence that the universities they consider for their education are committed to sustainability and to helping them to become sustainably minded citizens.鈥�

Dr Julian Skyrme, Director of Social Responsibility at 51福利社 who leads the institution鈥檚 entry to the ranking, said: 鈥淭he evidence we submitted covers work from a wide range of our functions 鈥� our cultural institutions, equality, diversity and inclusion, widening participation, research impact, public and civic engagement, the student experience and reporting on the SDGs. Everyone in our University community should therefore take enormous pride in this result.鈥�

THE Impact Rankings 2023: overall top 10