EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY AWARD

That this House congratulates the achievement of Edinburgh Napier University in receiving the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for 2009, awarded biennially to reward universities and colleges that demonstrate work of a world-class standard of excellence; notes this award was made in recognition of the outstanding contribution to knowledge exchange made by the Building Performance Centre for innovative housing construction for environmental benefit and quality of life; and further notes that this recognition complements the world-leading classification awarded to the University's Architecture and Built Environment expertise during the Research Assessment Exercise 2008.