He said the governor was also talking about issues like governance, tuition policy and research excellence.

The leaders also expressed a determination to maintain research excellence that leads to economic growth and job creation.

This highlights the critical importance of the link between education and practice, which is easily lost as academic institutions increasingly focus on research excellence.

It is both a centre for research excellence and a home for stimulating public debate.

Emory is a member of 8 Centers for Research Excellence.

We might expect measures of research excellence to be robust, because top research is a globalised activity.

The Centre's mission is to promote research excellence and policy relevance in European economics.

Centres of research excellence will be side-by-side with major companies who will develop the commercial applications.

The department has been recognised as a centre for research excellence and has received equally good teaching reviews.

Leeds is a research-intensive university but it also has a strong commitment to translating that research excellence into learning opportunities for its students.