Edinburgh Napier awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world class excellence

We are delighted to announce that Edinburgh Napier University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for 2009. This is the first time the University has received this highly prestigious prize, which is awarded biennially to reward universities and colleges that demonstrate work of a world-class standard of excellence.

The award was made in recognition of the outstanding contribution to knowledge exchange made by the Building Performance Centre for a project involving sound insulation between attached dwellings and the development of Robust Details for use in the Building Standard Regulations. This recognition complements the world-leading classification awarded to Architecture and Built Environment during the Research Assessment Exercise 2008.

The project team, Richard Mackenzie, Robin Mackenzie, Sean Smith and John Wood (SEBE) and other staff, are to be congratulated on the success of the project. 

The prize was presented by Her Majesty The Queen at a national honours ceremony held at Buckingham Palace in February.