A presentation to showcase the acheivements of the Institute for the Environment

1. The Institute for
the Environment:
world-class research
and teaching

2. Introduction
The Institute for the Environment, or IfE, is a rapidly
expanding research centre within Brunel University
housing a strong team of leading experts held in
high international regard in their respective fields.
Although we are a Specialist Research Institute, we
also pride ourselves on the 4 MSc courses that run.
These are all informed by our internationally
respected research.

3. Major Achievements
1993: The BBC Horizon episode “Assault on the
male”, which drew heavily on Prof. Sumpter’s
research, won an Emmy award and was given a
special screening at the White House.
2008
2011
2012

4. Major Achievements
1993
2008: Brunel’s performance in the UK’s Research
Assessment Exercise cemented its reputation as a
leading UK research university, being ranked 37th
by Research Power. IfE’s results were equally
impressive: 90% of our staff were ranked as
“internationally recognised” and 10% of our
research assessed as “World leading”.
2011
2012

5. Major Achievements
1993
2008
2011: IfE wins the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, a
National Honour, for the impact of its work on
chemical pollutants, influencing national and
international regulation of chemicals.
2012

6. Major Achievements
1993
2008
2011
2012: a peer-reviewed paper published in Science
of the Total Environment finds that the Institute for
the Environment is joint top in the world when
ranked by the number of papers published that
have been very highly cited.

7. Major Achievements

8. Teaching at IfE
We run 4 MSc courses:

Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability

Environmental Science: Legislation and
Management

Environmental Science: Pollution and Monitoring

Toxicology and Risk Assessment
More info: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ife/postgraduate-courses

9. Teaching at IfE
Our academic staff are all excellent teachers: half
our teaching staff were nominated for the Brunel
University Student Led Teaching Awards in 2012 and
our student feedback is consistently excellent. The
university as a whole performed remarkably well in
the 2012 National Student Survey, climbing 78
places to be raked 45th in the UK.
The student to staff ratio within the institute for our
MSc courses is usually around 3.5 to 1, which is
excellent by any standards.

10. Teaching at IfE
Our core teaching is supplemented by guest
lectures from external experts and site visits to key
industrial players. Where possible, we also
encourage and facilitate students to work with
outside partners during their dissertation research.
Our Environmental Science and Climate Change
MSc courses are accredited by the Chartered
Institution of Water and Environmental
Management (CIWEM).

11. Research at IfE
Our research falls into 6 different areas:

Ecotoxicology

Chemicals in the Environment

Human Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Climate Science

Natural Hazards
More info: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ife/research-areas

12. PG Research at IfE
We have postgraduate (PG) PhD students working
successfully in all our research areas.
Choosing a research topic is usually an interactive
process between the candidate and us. Often
students have some idea of the general area they
would like to investigate. We have outlined the
research areas where we have particular interests.
More info: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ife/research-degrees

13. Find out more...
...from our website:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ife
...or from our Institute Brochure.