Alice Wilby, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Access, Participation and Student Experience at University College Birmingham, said the news was fantastic. 

“Despite the country being better prepared, the past year was a harder year to be a student than in 2020, with greater interruption from the pandemic over a full teaching year,” she said. “Through tireless work, however, we have delivered the academic experience and support services our students expect.  

“Our Guild of Students is incredible, our support services including our Centre for Academic Skills and English (CASE) and our hired@UCB employability and careers service are first-class, and we’ve invested over £140 million into our state-of-the-art training facilities across our five campuses over the last decade, including £2 million on simulation and digital learning spaces.  

“It is wonderful to be recognised by our students as we enter an exciting new era, bolstered by our strategic, new partnership with the University of Warwick and all the research and additional pathway opportunities this brings.”