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A programme that supports organisations to develop green energy and carbon reduction schemes in Derbyshire has won a category at this year’s Innovation Awards.

Three University of Derby academics have been added to the ‘World Ranking Top 2% Scientists’, a global list created and updated annually by Stanford University.

Double Olympic cycling medallist Bryan Steel has joined the University of Derby’s Team Derby Performance Sport Cycling as Head Coach.

A leading Derby child protection expert and the founder of a charity supporting vulnerable women are among those receiving honorary degrees from the University of Derby later this month.

Staff at Alstom’s Derby site are to benefit from dignity, respect and wellbeing training after the University of Derby successfully secured a contract to deliver a dedicated programme of activity to the company. 

The University of Derby has once again scooped the flagship title of Best University Housing and has also won Best Environmental Management (UK and Ireland) at the coveted 2023 Global Student Living Awards.

Lord McLoughlin, the former MP for Derbyshire Dales, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Derby at its awards ceremony in Buxton next month.

The University of Derby is home to students from all around the world. We stand together against violence, hatred, and harassment. We aim to always embody and uphold tolerance, freedom, and peace and will act on any incidents reported to us. 

Bumper numbers of people are expected to descend on Derby this Saturday as the University hosts its first Open Day of the new academic year.

Endurance athletes living close to Derby are being invited to take part in a University of Derby study that could help reduce the numbers of times athletes catch colds and flu, which can impact on their performance.