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Welcome to the School of Biosciences

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.

Athena Swan Silver Award

The School is made up of five Divisions and associated Research Centres :  

 

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.

The School's research philosophy is:

  • Discover and apply fundamental knowledge from "Farm to Fork"
  • Ensure effective resource utilisation
  • Enhance sustainability
  • 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

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Student fees and finance for 2012/13

The University of Nottingham has announced plans to set undergraduate fees for full-time home and EU students at £9,000 from 2012. Fees do not have to be paid up-front and a generous package of bursaries will be available to support home students from lower-income families. Well over a third of our students will be eligible for our core bursaries, which offer up to £3,000 for each year of undergraduate study.

For further information please visit the Student fees and finance website.

 

Events

Inaugural Lecture by Professor George Shaw

Date
22/03/2012
Location:
B01 Gateway Building
Description
Inaugural Lecture by Professor George Shaw entitled 'Slightly Soiled: Tracing Radioactive Contaminants in the Biosphere'

Cereals 2012

Date
13 - 14/06/2012
Location:
Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire
Description
The University of Nottingham will again be hosting a stand at the 'Cereals' event, being held this year on the 13th and 14th June 2012.

Food Sciences Summer School 2012

Date
04 - 06/07/2012
Location:
Sutton Bonington Campus

Latest News

Honour for University scientist

Description
A University of Nottingham scientist has received a New Year's Honour with a difference…a Knight of the First Class from the King of Norway.
Date:
24/01/2012

  

 

 

 

School of Biosciences

University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 9516400
fax: +44 (0) 115 951 6020
email: biosciences-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk