MicrobiologyBytes

You may remember that the University of Leicester was named University of the Year 2008 in the Times Higher Education Awards, and that we’re all happy bunnies. The good news is that from 2010, you have not one but TWO choices to study microbiology at Leicester:

• Microbiology or:
• Medical Microbiology

Can you afford not to find out more?

Joseph Morley of the University of Leicester has been awarded the Society for General Microbiology Undergraduate Microbiology Prize 2008 – an award for best performance in second year microbiology modules. This prize aims to encourage excellence in the study of microbiology by undergraduate students, and to promote scholarship in and awareness of microbiology in universities.

The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) is the largest microbiological society in Europe. It has over 5000 members of whom 75% are resident in the UK with the rest in more than 60 countries worldwide. Joseph, who is currently working on his final year research project on marine cyanophages, was awarded a cheque for £150, a certificate and one year’s free undergraduate membership of the SGM. Joseph says he is delighted to be awarded this prestigious national prize.

According to The Guardian:

Leicester students certainly appear to be happy bunnies: it came joint top for teaching quality and overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey two years in a row and the drop-out rate is notably low. The appeal might lie in the friendly and compact campus – a 10-minute walk from one end to the other, providing you don’t get sidetracked by any of the on-campus facilities. Victoria Park next door is a convenient and popular place to relax when the weather is good. As well as that, Leicester puts up a consistently strong academic performance across all its subject areas. It’s understandably proud of its most famous research achievement: the development of DNA genetic fingerprinting. Add on Leicester, a lively, multicultural city with great facilities and transport links, and it’s no wonder everyone is so pleased to be there.

The latest version of the Good University Guide puts the University of Leicester in 12th place, up from 20th last year.
More importantly ;-) Biological Sciences came 10th out of 87 in the subject rankings, our highest ever position in the Guide.