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On 19 May 2017, Anglia Ruskin University announced that it had begun construction on the purpose-built medical school at its Chelmsford campus, which was scheduled to open in September 2018. Clare Panniker, Chief Executive of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, and Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, attended the event alongside other officials.
On 21 September 2017, the university announced that the General Medical Council had approved its curriculum and that it now had official School of Medicine status. In 2019, the school was formally opened by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
In 2022, ARU founded the first university hub in the UK for Samaritans, a charity for emotional support.
In 2023, Anglia Ruskin University was rated tenth among the top ten British universities for social work by The Guardian newspaper.
=== Research Institutes ===
Anglia Ruskin has six research institutes.
Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research
Global Sustainability Institute
Policing Institute for the Eastern Region
StoryLab Research Institute
Veterans and Families Research Institute
Vision and Eye Research Institute (formerly Vision and Eye Research Unit, VERU)
=== Partnerships ===
National partners are School of Osteopathy in London, Cambridge Regional College, Cambridge Theological Federation, College of West Anglia, Renew Counselling in Chelmsford, and University Centre Peterborough.
Distance learning partners are CNET Training and Cambridge Spark.
International partners are Imperium International College, First City University College, and MAHSA University in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and The School of Accounting and Management, located at the University-Town of St Augustine - Trinidad and Tobago.
Anglia Ruskin University's past and present working life partners are NHS, British Armed Forces, Cambridge University Press, Essex County Council, UPS, Barclays, Capita, Russian Railways, Willmott Dixon, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Softwerx, …
