FREE, please take a copy DMU is Winter 2015 rated the most-improved university in the UK We mean business CBI boss Special bond Aston Martin’s Life in a day One session, praises university’s global vision mission for DMU designers 1,000 new stem cell recruits DMU World Winter 2015 1 Global | Public Good | Quality | Success | Creativity | Innovation Improving outcomes for our children, young people and families is at the heart of everything we do. The child’s voice matters to us – are you ready to listen to that voice? Working in social care isn’t an easy We have a staff team committed to option but working for Leicester City improving outcomes for children, Council offers an opportunity to practice young people and their families. in a forward looking organisation. You would be joining a department that This is an exciting time to join has excellent strategic and operational Education and Children’s Services relationships with partners in the in Leicester. 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All images ©De Montfort University unless 9-page otherwise stated. employability feature Rachael Smith 47 44 © Titan Comics 6 DMU World Winter 2015 See pages DMU World Winter 2015 7 21-29 dmu.ac.uk The climb up the league Top learning and research, table reflects an ongoing but the launch of several pursuit of excellence – Higher ground-breaking initiatives Vice-Chancellor transforming the campus, in designed to offer students a Professor Dominic Shellard said: research, and in delivering superb experience and make them “This has been a remarkable year a great student experience. 50 better prepared than ever before to for DMU and this climb up the slot for enter the world of work. league tables reflects the great graduate jobs & higher These have included strides our university has made as employability schemes such as a result of the incredible work and MU is one of the top 50 Pledge to continue recognises transformation in its Frontrunners and DMU Graduate ongoing pursuit of excellence by universities in the country innovating as we enjoy scores for graduate prospects and Champions, the introduction of our students and staff. when it comes to graduates the biggest Good also a significant rise in spend on #DMUglobal, which sends students “Our exceptional employability finding a job, rising a services and facilities in the past overseas as part of their studies, initiatives, transformational student Dmassive 57 places in national rankings University Guide rise year. The university now ranks and the ongoing Square Mile experience and quality courses published by The Sunday Times. of any UK institution 50th in the UK for employability project, which offers student and make DMU a hugely rewarding The figure, in the newspaper’s Good e Montfort University with 69.1 per cent of graduates in staff volunteers the opportunity to place for current students to University Guide 2015, shows how has climbed 32 places professional jobs or postgraduate use their skills to make a difference study and a compelling choice for the university has transformed its in The Times and The study within six months of leaving. in the community. DMU has also potential students too. performance in preparing students for Sunday Times Good DMU’s leap up the table comes been one of the best universities “But we have never been a the competitive job market. DUniversity Guide, taking it to 54th on the back of a highly successful in the country for recruitment this university to rest on our laurels and, Adele Browne, Senior Work position – the biggest rise of any year which has also seen the academic year, with more than as our successful national TV advert Based Learning Manager for DMU, university in Britain.