The University of Central Lancashire have been given a silver excellence award for teaching.

The university has been given the award for its impressive performance over the last four years.

The Teaching Excellence Framework is a national scheme which rates higher education institutions and encourages improvement in teaching.

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Achieving a Teaching Excellence Framework Silver Award means the university’s student experience and outcomes have been formally assessed as high quality.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire Professor Graham Baldwin said: “Transforming the lives of students is at the heart of everything we do at the University of Central Lancashire, so to be recognised with a TEF silver for the qualities we care about most is fantastic news.

“It’s well known that we pride ourselves on being an open and accessible institution for people from all backgrounds. There is so much good practice across the university that we were able to draw upon in our award submission and I’m delighted our drive to continue to improve student experience and outcomes has been recognised.”

The University of Central Lancashire’s TEF Silver Award will last for four years.

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