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U Chapman, who died in 1989, in the through the app and see a new U All images ©De Montfort University unless form of a blank contact sheet with otherwise stated. dimension to your magazine! www.andygotts.com Twitter id: @DrGotts © 6 DMU World Autumn 2014 DMU World Autumn 2014 7 dmu.ac.uk Satisfied students put us in top rank Dr Jonathan Choi (centre) and his guests at the MU is one of the top £136 million campus transformation study spaces in Eric Wood building ground-breaking event. 40 universities in the now under way, #DMUglobal and The Greenhouse. country for student offering international opportunities Students also praised high- Exhibitions on Chinese and this ceremony as being truly ground- and a high level of employment. satisfaction, says the and our innovative programmes to quality staff, well-structured Building the future British creativity will be staged, breaking in both senses of the term. “We have been working with DTimes Higher Education magazine’s help graduates find jobs, we are courses and the university’s close A friendship formed a decade ago is the focusing on fashion, footwear, We are laying the foundations for Sunwah since 2004 but we are 2014 Student Experience Survey. continuing our relentless focus on industry links which offer the foundation of our £136 million transformation dance, drama, art, graphic design, yet another bridge, yet another plank moving into a whole new phase The annual study, the higher improving quality across the board at chance of placements with global gaming and product design, along in the pathway towards the greater of partnership, starting with this education sector’s benchmark of DMU.” companies such as IBM, John MU opened a new made a donation used to create with other creative and artistic understanding between citizens centre. I am truly grateful to Dr Choi students’ views, came out as DMU Students were asked to rate their Lewis and Disney. chapter in its history the Jonathan KS Choi Creative and disciplines that DMU excels at. of the world and closer, more and our friends from the Sunwah also leapt 10 places up the table in university in 21 areas including Sports facilities were also highly with a ground-breaking Cultural Centre within the campus Time-honoured Chinese skills such comprehensive coexistence.” Foundation.” the UK’s Complete University Guide.