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University Council members are holders of public office; volunteers who play an active and important role in the development of our institution. Following the focus last year on COVID response, this year we asked President of the University Council, Canon Dr Jeff Turnbull, to tell us how the Council have spent the year developing some exciting plans for our University.

A message from Canon Dr Jeff Turnbull

2020/21 key statistics:

Person 

2,495

staff (1,715 FTE)

University 

8,995

undergraduates

Ribbon 

5,220

postgraduates

Person 

3,202

additional students at our partner institutions

Earth 

95,943

alumni

Despite on-going COVID restrictions, in 2020/21 our students and staff completed more than 12,000 volunteering hours across the University and within our communities.

Our annual accounts are available to view online.