The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have presented Nottingham Trent University with a special award for research at Buckingham Palace.
University representatives received the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for higher and further education.
The award was given because of the institution’s achievements ins research including pioneering projects to improve explosive detection in luggage and to combat food fraud.
The Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Peck received the award on behalf of the institution on Thursday.
We are very proud to be receiving this award
Professor Edward Peck, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said: “We are very proud to be receiving this award which recognises that there is world-leading research being undertaken at NTU that delivers major tangible benefits to society.”
The Queen’s Anniversary Prize winners were announced in November by the Royal Anniversary Trust.
Food authenticity work undertaken at the university has helped the Government detect and reducing food fraud in undeclared offal and added blood in meat products.
This led to the university being recognised by the Gvernment as a ‘centre of expertise’ for testing food authenticity.
Yvonne Barnett, pro Vice-Chancellor for research, said: “A key ambition of our new strategic plan is that we possess strong relationships and robust processes that enable discovery, drive innovation and change the world.
“These three pioneering areas of research are perfect exemplars of this ambition.”
