University of Brighton
School of Environment and Technology
A: University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ
T: 01273 642288
W: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/set/index.php
The University seeks to be an accessible, dynamic and responsive community of higher education with special strengths in professional and vocational education, applied research and consultancy. The university currently has 11,000 full-time and sandwich students and 5,000 part-time students studying across six faculties - Arts and Architecture, Education and Sport, Health and Social Science, Management and Information Sciences, and Science and Engineering, and the joint Brighton Sussex Medical School. The University of Brighton has one of the best research records among post 1992 universities and possesses a diverse and vibrant research community of over 400 research staff and 300 research students. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise concluded that 79% of the University’s research output is of international standing. One of the University’s distinctive strengths lies in research activity with a professional and applied focus.
The School of Environment and Technology
The School integrates social science, science and engineering expertise to deliver courses and resolve issues relevant to contemporary society. The school is organised into three academic divisions, Geography & Geology, Built Environment & Civil Engineering, and Engineering & Product Design. The School’s Society and Environment research group comprises mainly of human geographers whose research focuses on geographies of power and marginalisation, urban policy and natural resource governance.
There are 65.7 academic, 28 research, 29.4 technical and 12.8 administrative staff within the school covering a wide range of activities within the three divisions of Geography & Geology, Built Environment & Civil Engineering, and Engineering & Product Design. Members of staff are active in their professional fields, acting as external examiners, validation panel members and HEFCE assessors. Research activities within the school are associated with a number of disciplines including Geography, Planning, Built Environment, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physics Civil Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research is promoted and often focused on resolving real world issues. The School attracts around £1.4 million of external funding each year from a wide range of sources (UK Research Councils, European Union, DTI, Local Government, Charities). At the same time the School has around 50 research students.
Two members of staff from the School of Environment and Technology are co-investigators in the OHN:
