Welcome to the School of Biosciences
The School is made up of five Divisions:
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The School of Biosciences is a strong and strategically smart academic community with an internationally competitive research environment combined with teaching excellence. It comprises 81 academic staff, 880 undergraduates, 180 taught postgraduates and 190 research postgraduates.
The School's research philosophy is:
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Discover and apply fundamental knowledge from "Farm to Fork"
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Ensure effective resource utilisation
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Enhance sustainability
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Improve quality and safety of food production in the context of animal and human health.
Our research excellence is recognised independently as being of international importance. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) we obtained 5A in all of our units of assessment, the highest mark in the UK for our subject areas.
The 2008 RAE was announced in December 2008. The joint submission by the School of Biosciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science (both on the Sutton Bonington Campus) confirmed our top position in the UK in our subject areas (we submitted under ‘Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science’) as assessed by independent analysis conducted by Research Fortnight. This provides a ‘Research Power’, an important measure because it gives an excellent indication of both critical mass in research and international impact. Of the 104 academic staff submitted (crucially, the 2nd highest), 95% of research activities (that include research environment and esteem) are recognised on the international stage and 60% are described as world-leading/internationally excellent.
The School's teaching quality is regularly recognised as outstanding. A score of 23 out of 24 was achieved in the most recent Teaching Quality Assessment, again the highest mark in our subject areas.
Excellence in research informs excellence in teaching
The School also has a branch at the University's Malaysia campus where a BSc in Plant Biotechnology and an MSc in Crop Biotechnology are offered.
News
OUTSTANDING SUCCESS for BIOSCIENCES in NEW RAE RESULTS
Undergraduate Entry
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Our Agriculture course ranks 1st in UK in The Guardian University Guide!
Rajiv Perumal has been awarded The John Hawthorn Award, for 2008 by the United Kingdom Federation for Food Science & Technology (UKFFoST) for a report he wrote about the 14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology Conference he attended in Shanghai in 2008.
The School of Biosciences is delighted to announce it has been awarded an Athena SWAN Silver Award in August 2009. The Athena SWAN awards recognise and celebrate good practice on recruiting, retaining and promoting women working in science, engineering and technology (SET) in higher education and research. The School's submission is available on line.
