8 Discovery
New research projects are continually launched creating an exciting and challenging environment for staff and students, as well as shaping our future. Some of our current projects include:
• Our Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification uses state-of-the art forensic science techniques and facial reconstruction to generate images and models from human remains. Most recently the team was the focus of the BBC 2 four part series – History Cold Case – where they also used historical detective work to build a picture of a man’s life - and death; giving him his face back for the first time in 800 years.
• Our Mathematics and Medical Researchers are using mathematical modelling to gain better understanding into cancer development and treatment.
• Researchers in the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) are working on a number of projects including assessing climate change and impacts on the quality and quantity of water, and considering models of decentralised electricity supplies.
• The Division of Plant Sciences is researching into a process called `alternative splicing’ which could have implications for our understanding of how plants and crops adapt to climate change.
Top Quality Teaching
• We were ranked 2nd in the UK for Civil Engineering and 4th in the UK for Medicine and Pharmacology by the Guardian University Guide 2012. They also rated us 1st in Scotland for Civil Engineering, Pharmacology and Town & Regional Planning. In Architecture, Education, English, Law, Mathematics, Medicine and Philosophy we were ranked in the Top 3 in Scotland
• The Times Good University Guide 2012 ranked us 1st in Scotland for Anatomy and Physiology and Biological Sciences and 2nd in Scotland for Architecture, Philosophy, Town and Regional Planning and for our Staff : Student ratio
• The Complete University Guide 2012 ranked us 1st in Scotland for Anatomy & Physiology and Town & Regional Planning, and in the Top 3 in Scotland for Art & Design, Biological Sciences, Civil Engineering, Medicine and Philosophy
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