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Leeds Metropolitan University(利兹都市大学)
所在地区:英格兰所在城市:LeedsTIMES排名:103
一键免费快速申请文章正文综述详细专业照片新闻校友录已获Offer学生资料Leeds Metropolitan University is a university with two campuses in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It came into existence as a chartered university in 1992; prior to this date it was known as Leeds Polytechnic. As of May 2006, the overall number of students at the University is officially given as 'over 52,000'.
Professor Simon Lee is the Vice-Chancellor of the university. On 11 July 2005 Brendan Foster took over as Chancellor from Leslie Silver OBE, the former Leeds United chairman. The university recently opened a multi-million pound Learning Centre building named in honour of Leslie Silver.
In 2004 the university announced that it would not charge the full rate of ￡3000 per year (a figure of ￡2000 was announced instead) for tuition fees from September 2008, unlike most other universities in England.
In November 2006, the University won the award for the 'outstanding contribution to the local community' at the annual higher education awards ceremony hosted by the Times Higher Education Supplement. It also came second in the main category, 'the University of the Year', which was won by the University of Nottingham. In this category, the University was highly commended for its 'low-charging, high impact' strategy.
In June 2007, Leeds Met received recognition of its environmentally friendly attitude by being ranked number one in the UK in the Green League 2007; a ranking of sustainability in the higher education sector, compiled by People & Planet.
In October 2008, the University began a consultation on whether to change its name to incorporate the word 'Carnegie'
