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We receive research funding from a range of UK charitable bodies including Cancer Research, Deafness Research, Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Royal Society and British Academy.
In addition, we have a number of centres bringing together those with a common interest in a particular subject area and to provide a focus for research. As an undergraduate, you may be associated with one of the following:
n Centre for Cultural and Social History n Centre for Curatorial Studies n Centre for Environment and Society n Centre for Film Studies
n Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
n Centre for Local and Regional History n Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies*
n Centre for Sports and Exercise Science*
n Centre for Theatre Studies n Human Rights Centre
Active research links Our research is mainly funded by UK research councils (eg Economic and Social Research Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Engineering and
* You may be admitted directly to these centres 6 | Undergraduate Prospectus 2012
Physical Sciences Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, Medical Research Council and Science and Technology Facilities Council), government agencies (eg Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions, Technology Strategy Board and Joint Information Systems Committee), Ofcom and the European Commission.
We also receive research funding from a range of UK charitable bodies including Cancer Research, Deafness Research, Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Royal Society and British Academy. Research and knowledge transfer projects have involved partnerships with many organisations including BT Group, Vodafone, UNESCO, Nokia, Fujitsu, Alcatel, GlaxoSmithKline, London Aquarium, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Trust.
Leading lights Renowned academic staff with international reputations include: Professor Dawn Ades OBE FBA (leading expert in surrealist art and a trustee of the Tate Gallery); Professor Huosheng Hu (leads the research team developing ground-breaking robotic fish that will analyse and monitor pollution in ports);
Professor Stephen Jenkins (sits on the National Equality Panel); Professor Anthony King (one of the UK’s foremost commentators on British politics); Professor Sir Nigel Rodley (re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for a third four-year term and a member of the Government’s Advisory Group on Human Rights); Professor Jules Pretty OBE (regularly advises the Government on social and environmental decisions); and Professor Marina Warner CBE (prize winning writer who has been appointed to the British Academy).
Rising stars Younger members of academic staff who have been hitting the headlines include Dr Aaron Balick from the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, who offers advice to thousands of young listeners on BBC Radio 1’s Sunday Surgery; Essex Business School’s Dr Steffen Böhm and Siddhartha Dabhi who have written a book that questions green initiatives on cutting our carbon footprint; Professor Andrea Galeotti from the Department of Economics, who received a £100,000 grant from the Economic and Social Research Council to undertake research on networks; Dr Neil Kad of the Department of Biological Sciences, whose research has given an insight into
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