Centre for Archive Studies
Theme(s)
Society & Culture
Website
Coordinates the University’s outward-facing activities in archives
and records management studies. It provides the opportunity for
anyone with an interest in record keeping to get involved by
running a variety of events through the year.
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Centre for Cell Imaging
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Digital Technologies
Website
A world-class resource for imaging projects, housed in a state-of-
the-art suite of custom-designed temperature controlled rooms.
The Centre is equipped with four confocal microscopes, a system
dedicated for luminescence imaging and two photothermal
microscopes. In addition there are a series of image analysis work-
stations, with high speed data handling and storage capability.
All microscopes are equipped with incubators for live cell imaging
that allow cells, tissues and organisms to be maintained over days.
Centre for Experiential
Consumption Studies
Theme(s)
Management & Enterprise
Website
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Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the consumer
experience and consumption. Through continued support and
development of existing consumer groups it conducts research
into a wide range of experiential consumption topics that are
relevant to consumers and their quality of life, as well as clients
in private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Centre for Environmental Change,
Adaptation and Mitigation
Theme(s)
Environment & Climate Change
Established to link world-class research and expertise from across
the University and our partner institutions to provide leadership and
critical mass in the area of environmental science and sustainability.
Centre for Critical & Major
Incident Psychology
Theme(s)
Risk, Safety & Security
Website
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Devoted to delivering internationally recognised studies of
psychological processes associated with managing critical and
major incidents. These include, but are not restricted to, decision
making, leadership, stress and emotion. The aim of the Centre is to
support the development of high quality research, education and
training through the publication of studies and by extending and
strengthening links between academics and practitioners.
Centre for Enterprise and
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Theme(s)
Risk, Safety & Security
Website
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knowledge-exchange/ceel/
Combines active engagement with entrepreneurs and small firms
with high quality academic research. It aims to develop insights
which are of real value to policy-makers and practitioners as well as
the broader academic community.
Centre for Genomic Research
Theme(s)
Food Security & Safety
Health & Wellbeing
Website
One of the most advanced laboratories of its kind in the UK.
It possesses a range of next generation DNA sequencing
technology, including one of the first Roche/454 GS-FLX
sequencers in the UK. The facility is available for the academic and
industrial scientific community. The Centre is also well equipped
with state-of-the-art microarraying technology and supporting
instrumentation and can provide standard and bespoke array
fabrication. The Centre has the latest computational tools and trained
staff to deliver bioinformatic services for data handling and analysis.
