School of nursing & midwifery, School of psychology, School of science & the environment, School of sport & exercise science, Worcester business school and the University of Worcester international college.
== Academic profile ==
=== Reputation and rankings ===
An Ofsted report for the overall standard of the Institute of Education's teaching programme rated the university as "Excellent". The training of teachers was rated ‘Outstanding’ by OFSTED in June 2010.
Results in the first four National Student Surveys have placed Worcester in the top 40 universities for student satisfaction in 2008, the most satisfied being in English, History and Teacher Training.
In March 2010, the university was ranked 54th of the top public sector places to work.
== Research ==
In August 2010 the university was granted research degree-awarding powers, enabling it to confer the awards of MPhil and PhD. Before this Coventry University assisted in the academic awarding of these degrees. The university includes eight national research centres:
The National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit from where all UK national pollen forecasts originate, and testing of new hay fever and anti-allergen devices is conducted.
The Centre for Rural Research, which examined the psychological effects of the mass flooding in the UK in recent years.
The International Centre for Children's Literature, Literacy and Creativity is, with University of Cambridge and Roehampton University, one of the three UK university centres to employ full-time children's literature professors.
The Motion Performance Centre which looks at sports injuries, and rehabilitation techniques using motion capture technology. The Human Performance Laboratories work alongside to provide data on exercise and how it affects the body.
The Centre for People @ Work
The Centre for Applied Health Research
The Association for Dementia Studies was launched at the university in February 2010.
== Student life ==
Worcester Students' Union is the representative body for students studying …
