and continues to offer teacher training courses. Initial Teacher Education (ITE) is available at both undergraduate level and through the Postgraduate Certificate in Education as well as taught and research-based postgraduate degrees.
Since inception in 1968 over 13,500 teacher training students have gained qualified teacher status or the equivalent.
The university awards postgraduate research degrees (MPhil and PhD) in affiliation with Liverpool Hope University.
In 2014, the university was awarded £1.8 million to establish the Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum Centre. The university secured another tranche of funding from HEFCE to explore innovation in the Higher Education sector.
== Reputation and rankings ==
Newman University is the fourth ranked of the five universities in Birmingham according to the Complete University Guide, below the University of Birmingham, Aston University, and Birmingham City University.
The university has a consistently high graduate employment rate of around ninety …
