Company: The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Company Description: The University of Nottingham has grown since 1881 to become a respected research-intensive institution. It has 6000 employees and 30000 students at sites in England, Malaysia and now China. In 2005 it became the first institution to establish a full campus inside the People's Republic of China, offering a traditional British higher education in the fast-developing city of Ningbo.

Nomination Category: Company, Office & Product Awards Categories

Nomination Sub Category: Best New Product or Service

Nomination Title: The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

   1. Tell the story about this nominated product or service (up to 500 words). Describe its functions, features, benefits, and sales results to date. You may include here hyperlinks to product photographs and data sheets. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, http://www.youraddress.com:

In 2005/06 The University of Nottingham http://www.nottingham.ac.uk became the first in the world to open a new, fully-equipped foreign campus inside China - the world's fastest-growing economy and most rapidly modernising nation.

It is now exporting a distinctive and specially-devised brand of British academic culture, learning and teaching methods to the People's Republic. Such

a product, offered without restriction, was unthinkable in recent history.

Nottingham, which appointed Professor Yang Fujia

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/management/chancellor.php

as its Chancellor in 2001, was the first university to take advantage of new Chinese Government legislation. This allowed foreign-run institutions to

become established inside China. It followed the country's entry into the World Trade Organisation.

The Nottingham-China campus, in the port city of Ningbo, Zheijang Province, has 1000 students, which is rising to 4000 by 2008. British and international teachers provide UK awarded and quality assured degree courses, taught in English. This new service delivers a product with exactly the same standards and value as qualifications from Europe, Australia and North America, but at a substantially reduced cost - making a 'western' education affordable for many talented Chinese.
http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/english/admissions/d1.asp

Opportunities for international experience will be available to spend some time at Nottingham in the UK, and also at overseas universities, especially

those in the 'Universitas 21' global network of educational partners.

http://www.universitas21.bham.ac.uk/members/

In addition every effort is being made to attract students from other countries, in order to create a truly international campus.

The new and extensive £20 million site was purpose-built in eleven months, and is modelled on its sister campuses in Nottingham, England, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
http://www.unim.nottingham.ac.uk
In February 2006 it opened a centre for Sustainable Energy and Development, dedicated to the study of environment and architecture. The degree programmes have been specially developed to meet the needs of 21st century China as it globalises and internationalises. International Business and Management, International Communications and International Studies, plus excellence in English, as well as the opportunity to study foreign, especially European languages and western societies, provide what is most needed for employment in the Chinese and International public and private sectors.

   2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, product reviews, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, http://www.youraddress.com:

http://www.china.org.cn/english/international/91226.htm

http://www.edu.cn/20020304/3021677.shtml

http://english.ningbo.gov.cn/art/2006/01/16/art_7620_395474.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3565665.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4082571.stm

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/sitemap/community_and_living/twinning/cd_
international_work/cd_international_partner_cities_/cd_international_partner_cities_ningbo.htm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1782356,00.html

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/Nottingham%20and%20China/ChinaNingboUpdate
%20First%20page.phtml

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-releases/index.phtml?menu=pressreleases&code
=UNIV-06/06&create_date=18-jan-2006

   3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader(s) of the team that developed the nominated product or service:

Professor Sir Colin Campbell, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, has a strong commitment to world changing research and to a strategy of dynamic internationalisation. His dedication to building a worldwide role for Nottingham has resulted in the development of two overseas campuses, and the award of two Nobel Prizes for the institution since 2003. Last year the organisation he leads rose 73 places in the THES World University rankings, entering the Top 100. It has become one of Britain's most popular choices for both home and overseas students.