W100 Representative
Corinne EvansVice-President (External Relations)
Corinne is Vice-President (External Relations) and is responsible for marketing, communications and external engagement with key stakeholders in the local community and beyond.
She works with her team to support the University’s strategy through enhancing the University’s reputation for world-class research, generating compelling coverage on media and social media, supporting the University’s student recruitment efforts and building stronger staff and student engagement through effective internal communications.
Before she joined the University of Bath in 2016, Corinne was Head of Media and External Relations at the British Red Cross following a 15-year career in the third sector working for humanitarian, environmental and conservation charities. Having started her career in government relations, she has a particular interest in bringing together disciplines to create strategic, integrated campaigns.
The University of Bath was founded in 1966 in what is commonly regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the UK.
More than 50 years on, the University has grown in both size and reputation, highly ranked in all three main national league tables. Awarded triple Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023, with an excellent track record on student experience and employability, the university attracts some of the best and brightest students in the world. Engagement with employers remains fundamental to ensuring that its students are prepared for their future careers. University of Bath’s reputation for applied research, with real-world impact, is prized by its partners and highlighted by the numerous prestigious awards won by the university’s academic faculty. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, more than 90% of Bath research submitted was ranked as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
The Latest from University of Bath
We're delighted to announce that the University of Bath has remained in the top 10 universities in the UK and best in the South West, according to the latest Guardian University Guide 2025 released this weekend.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/bath-ranks-7th-in-the-guardian-university-guide-2025/
There are a few things to think about when it comes to doing laundry at university to avoid any damaged, shrunk, or stained clothing.
If you're not sure where to start, we've got the complete guide for you. 👇
https://reslife.bath.ac.uk/story/38538349/laundry-101
Discover how Dr George Stothart @BathPsychology has created Fastball, a passive and non-invasive test to detect subtle changes in brain waves that indicate the early presence of dementia or Alzheimer's.
#WorldAlzheimersMonth #ResearchWithImpact
AI lending will make finance deals even more unfair for women.
Dr Christopher Amaral from @BathSofM writes on how this can be avoided.
https://theconversation.com/ai-lending-will-make-finance-deals-even-more-unfair-for-women-heres-how-this-can-be-avoided-237783
Awarded two Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, most recently in 2011 for 'Influential research into child poverty and support for vulnerable people'
Rated 86% for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2022; As a result ranked 1st in England and 3rd in the UK when comparing institutions listed in the Guardian University Guide.
University of Bath-based sportspeople won 19 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, 10 of them gold
Our roots are in Bath,Our reach is global.
The University of Bath cultivate purposeful international partnerships to enable the university to maximise global opportunities, reach and reputation.
The university offers its students opportunities within most courses to undertake a study period abroad. The university has excellent partners in a variety of countries across the globe, including Europe, Australia, Asia, Latin America, Canada, and the USA.
They also host the Global Chair scheme, inviting distinguished international visiting professors and building high-profile research and practice partnerships. The University’s Global Chairs contribute to environmental sustainability, climate action, and water security, with research on new materials and technologies, biodiversity, governance, and policy.
Mission and vision
- Mission
- Vision
Ranked in the top 10 UK universities
£165M
Research grants and contracts portfolio value
92%
of research defined as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021)
In 2021 the University of Bath launched its Bath Beacons initiative supporting a culture of grant capture for large-scale funding to tackle major research challenges, aligned to the University’s priority research themes of Digital; Sustainability; and Health and Wellbeing. Five Beacons have now been approved for the one-year pilot and two early-career researchers have been supported to develop towards a future Beacon. These beacons were:
- Sustainable and automated transport research
- Living well now and by 2050
- Future fuels: hydrogen and its carriers
- Augmented human
- 21st century public health
University of Bath performed strongly in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The REF is the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. Ninety-two per cent (92%) of University of Bath research submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 achieved the two highest classifications of ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
In addition, 90% of the University’s research outputs (e.g. journal articles, books, and patents) was rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ for its reach and significance. In terms of having an environment that supports research, 98% of submitted research activity was graded as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
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