submitted increased to 15%.
The 2021 REF allowed the university to further develop its performance, submitting 589 academic staff. It is now placed in the top third of all UK institutions on the measurement of 'research power'.
The university also host the MIAMI facilities, a world-class laboratory addressed to materials sciences investigations and energy studies.
=== Reputation and rankings ===
It was ranked 701+ in the 2015–16 QS World University Rankings. The university was the Entrepreneurial University of the Year at the THE awards 2012. It won the Outstanding Registry Team 2013 at the THE Leadership and Management awards 2013. The university was University of the Year at the THE awards 2013. In 2014 the university was named the Times Higher Education's (THE) Best University Workplace. The university was the New University of the Year at the Educate North Awards 2015. The university has also been ranked as 20th place on the QS World University Rankings for the subject of Music, being the highest ranked non-conservatoire university in Britain on the list.
The university has a policy of ensuring all academic staff have, or are working towards, a teaching qualification. In 2016, the university came top among all UK universities for having qualified teaching staff. More than 90% of its academics were found to have a teaching qualification, with the next-highest institution scoring 84%. By 2020, the university remained joint top among English universities.
== Heritage Quay ==
The university's archive collection is named Heritage Quay and housed in the Schwann building on the Queensgate Campus. It holds the archives of all the university's predecessor institutions. Heritage Quay opened in 2014 and is open to the general public, allowing easier access to both students and non-students to the many collections within the university's archives. It received more than £1.5 million in Lottery funding, and in 2016 won the Buildings That Inspire category in The Guardian's University Awards. Heritage Quay is home to the …
