Research Excellence Framework
B7: Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
Providing solutions for society and the economy
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Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences research is divided into distinct themes: Genetic and Molecular Applications; Wildlife Ecology, and Geoscience.
For our Genetic and Molecular researchers, the prevalence of antibiotics in natural and
anthropic systems is a key focus, with specialisms in anti-microbial resistance,
biotechnology, genomics and computational biology related to global food security.
Our Wildlife Ecology research investigates tropical ecosystem challenges; upland landscape ecology; and biodiversity conservation, while Geoscience research specialises in applications of advanced automated mineral analysis; forensic geoscience; geo-archaeology; and applied mineralogy.
Biotechnology and food security Research
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REF Highlights
- More than 50% of the Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences research is
recognised as world leading or internationally excellent (4* / 3*) - Joint first in the UK for impact out of 40 universities - based on 4* / 3*
- 100% of our research impact is internationally excellent (3*)
Unit of Assessment Results
% 4* |
% 3* |
% ≤ 2* |
|
Overall |
4 | 49 | 47 |
Outputs |
5.9 | 41.2 | 52.9 |
Impact |
0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Environment |
0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
For the full results visit www.ref.ac.uk
