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The University is a member of the Russell Group of research universities, of which the university's Vice-Chancellor Prof Michael Arthur is the current Chairman, and the N8 Group for research collaboration. The university is also a founding member of the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the White Rose University Consortium, the Santander Network and CDIO and is also affiliated to the Association of MBAs, EQUIS and Universities UK. The student population includes 24,510 undergraduate and 8,805 postgraduate students making the university the second largest single site university in the United Kingdom. From 2006 to present, the university has consistently been ranked second in the United Kingdom for the number of applications received, second only to the University of Manchester. The annual income for the institution for 2008-09 was £497.2 million, with an expenditure of £485.3 million. The university has financial endowments of £42.3 million (2008 � 09), ranking outside the top ten British universities by financial endowment. Nevertheless, Leeds was ranked 8th by The Guardian for total recurrent grants in 2009-10, amounting to £143.6 million whilst being ranked 9th for research-generated income in 2009-10, with a research income of £49.5 million, a 2.1% increase from 2008-09. Described as "a top redbrick university and one of the giants of the British higher education system" by The Guardian newspaper, the university is ranked nationally between 24th (The Sunday Times) and 27th (The Independent). Internationally, the university is ranked as the 34th best in Europe and globally ranked between 85th (QS World University Rankings) and 101st.(ARWU) Leeds was ranked 8th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the best result in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and in 2010, Leeds was ranked as the 9th most targeted British university by graduate employers. Notable alumni include former Secretary of State Jack Straw, Piers Sellers (NASA astronaut) and multiple Nobel laureates. |