Just before Christmas the
Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences received an early present
with the release of the results of the Research Excellence Framework. This is a national assessment of research activity
carried out by the government in all British universities, and the outcome
determines how much core research funding they receive over the next six
years. The Department was very pleased with the result of our submission
to the Geography and Environmental Studies panel; over 40% of our research
papers were rated as “world leading” or “internationally excellent”, with most
of the rest being “recognised internationally”. In addition some of the
Human Geography staff working on children’s geographies were entered into the
Education unit of assessment, which also did well. For a young, mainly
teaching-focused, non-research-intensive institution such as the University of
Northampton, it was an impressive result. All of this research feeds
directly into the student experience, by way of case studies and cutting-edge
findings, bringing the subject alive and relevant to the modern
world.
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