Four decades of innovation and world–leading expertise in performance sports engineering by the University has met with royal approval.
Today representatives from the University visited
Buckingham Palace to receive a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. The Prizes are the UK’s most prestigious form of recognition for a UK academic or vocational institution, with approval from The Queen and Parliament.
The University’s design, testing, and technical expertise has supported sports ranging from cycling and F1 racing to swimming and yachting. As a result, a number of high-performance sports competitors have benefitted including several Olympic Gold Medal winners such as track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy and skeleton bobsleigh athlete Amy Williams.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Don Nutbeam, says, “This is great news for the University, offering much deserved recognition for the Performance Sports Engineering Laboratory. The Award recognises the outstanding work of our academics and students in supporting competitive sport and demonstrates Southampton’s world-leading expertise in engineering and the impact we have globally.”
The University features in a special Focus supplement in The Times today in celebration of receiving our Queen’s Anniversary Prize at Buckingham Palace.