A psychological phenomenon where people see meaningful forms in random patterns, such as seeing faces in clouds, may have stimulated early humans to make cave art.

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O'Brien, explores how we are putting sustainability at the heart of our operations.

We’re at the forefront of academic excellence and our global rankings reflect that status. We’re pleased to announce that we have been ranked 27th in Europe in the new QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024.

Since the inception of our Mathematical Sciences department, we have expanded significantly. Our student and staff numbers have gone up resulting in an enhanced global research reputation for Maths.

In our Computer Science Department, we are delighted to be playing a key role in improving diversity and opportunity for women.

We welcomed students, staff, alumni, members of the wider community and partners to celebrate the culmination of our year as Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2023.

Our statisticians are world-leading experts. Statistical analysis undertaken by our Mathematicians are refining complex data sets and statistics to provide solutions for real-world challenges.

We’ve been chosen to lead a new £21.3m national research partnership focussed on decarbonising the UK maritime sector.

Get to know Dr Anne Reinarz from our Department of Computer Science.

Our Computer Science is one of the top-ranked departments in the UK and it is rapidly growing.

The University has welcomed the announcement that Britain is to rejoin the €95.5billion Horizon Europe research funding programme.

We caught up with Chris Long who graduated from our department of Mathematical Sciences last year.