As a research intensive College, we produce internationally recognised researchOur research
The College of Life and Environmental Sciences conducts internationally-recognised research across the disciplines of Biosciences, Geography, Psychology, and Sport and Health Sciences. Our research is frequently interdisciplinary in nature, embracing disciplines within and outside the College and combining expertise from across humanities, social sciences and sciences. We play a significant role in contributing to the University’s Science Strategy, and three of the five constituent key research themes: climate change and sustainable futures; systems biology; and translational medicine, personalised healthcare and public health. We will also be actively involved in the interdisciplinary research led by the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at our Cornwall Campus near Falmouth.
Research Assessment Exercise 2008
In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), the UK government’s main measure of the quality of universities’ research, around 90 per cent of our research was considered to be of at least internationally recognised in quality. Ninety five per cent of academic staff were returned in the exercise, showing that we have high quality research across the breadth of our work.
Our strong performance in the RAE reflects our efforts to strengthen and expand our research capacity over recent years, and provides an excellent foundation for our continued strategic commitment towards outstanding and impactful research.
Research strengths
In addition to distinct disciplinary and interdisciplinary research strengths, the College is home to a number of research centres:
- Centre for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics
- Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research (CCNR)
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation
- Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour
- Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre
- Exeter Biocatalysis Centre
- Exeter Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Identity and the Psychology of Self in Society (IPSIS)
- Mood Disorders Centre
Research degrees
Around 330 research students study within the College, across the University’s three campuses in Exeter and Cornwall. Together with around 380 postgraduate taught students and our research-active staff, research students in the College form part of a flourishing postgraduate and research community. Find out more about postgraduate research degrees within the College, including MPhil/PhD.
Find out more about research in each of the subjects within the College:
