Impact in the Biosciences
Bioscience has an important role to play in our future social and economic well-being, on a national and international scale. It can lead to major benefits:
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Advances in agriculture and crop technology can help fight world hunger
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Innovations in food and nutritional science can lead to everyday improvements in health
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Innovative technology can boost the leading role of British business
These 'impacts' are an important feature of research undertaken in the School of Biosciences. Because of this, the School has driven initiatives aimed at stimulating a strong culture of impact among its staff. Impact has been increasingly recognised as a key feature by UK research councils, and the School's achievements within this area mark it out as a leading institution in the drive to maximise research impact.
The School of Biosciences has a long standing tradition for delivering excellent teaching and research and this has been formally recognised by its performance in the most recent Teaching Quality Assessment and Research Assessment (RAE2008) exercises. In these highly competitive times our outputs are increasingly under the spotlight and the School is actively engaged in evaluating the impact of its activities. These web pages provide an account of how the teaching and research that we undertake impacts on students, end users, industry and the local community.
Professor Jerry Roberts, Dean of the Graduate School
Chair - Knowledge Transfer and Outreach Group
Inaugural Lectures
It is the tradition in Universities that newly appointed Professors are invited to give an inaugural lecture. The lecture represents the official recognition of their promotion to Professor, and the lecture itself provides an opportunity to showcase their work to the wider public. However this is a celebratory occasion when the new Professor can also share their achievements with colleagues, family and friends. Hence inaugural lectures are a valued tradition within Universities and the School of Biosciences continues to support this tradition by inviting all staff and students to attend.
Forthcoming Inaugural Lectures
Professor George Shaw - Thursday 22 March 2012
Professor Neil Crout Thursday - 26 April 2012
Professor Michael Lomax - Thursday 17 May 2012
Professor Matt Dickinson - Thursday 20 September 2012
Connect Newsletter
This newsletter (previously called Impact) details some of the exciting recent impacts generated within the School of Biosciences. New editions will be available on a regular basis, with the next edition available in February 2012.
Connect Newsletter - December 2011 
Impact Newsletter - September 2011, Issue 4
Impact Newsletter - April 2011, Issue 3
Impact Newsletter - February 2011, Issue 2
Impact Newsletter - November 2010, Issue 1
BBSRC ‘Excellence with Impact’ 2011 competition
The School of Biosciences has entered the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s (BBSRC) ‘Excellence with Impact’ competition, which will look to recognise those departments who have done the most to promote a culture of impact among their staff. More information about the competition can be found here.
The assessment visit for the Excellence with Impact competition took place on 5th November 2010. Details of the visit can be found in the Latest Activities section, along with the results from a poster competition involving postgraduate students and post-doctoral staff.
