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Research Centres
Atmospheric and Climate Physics
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Quantum phase space

Media Echo for 'Bright and dark helices of light'

"Bright and dark helices of light" Optics Express 12 June 2012

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Silver award in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)

Only university to be awarded a King’s Award for Enterprise in 2024

Rated 5 Stars (Excellent) by QS Stars

1st in East of England for overall student positivity (NSS, 2024)

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