The University of Cambridge focuses on particular aspects of the earth; its internal structure and evolution, the behaviour and properties of minerals as natural materials, oil, gas and other natural resources, Earth history as recorded in rocks and fossils, the origin of life and global climate change.
Sheffield Hallam University offers courses, research opportunities and services to business in wildlife and landscape conservation, countryside management and outdoor recreation, environmental resource management, and environmental and development issues in society.
The study of how physical and biological processes maintain life, and how humans affect nature, requires a broad interdisciplinary perspective. In addition to the natural sciences, social sciences provide insights into why people behave as they do, and how our social, political and economic institutions impact on environmental quality.
The Earth Science degrees of the Geology department at the University of Leicester are modular courses with specialist options (e.g. palaeobiology, volcanology, environmental geoscience) in the final year and our extensive fieldwork programme links in with taught modules.
Keele University's teaching activities encompass principal subjects (half of dual honours degrees) in geology, geography, human geography, physical geography, earth systems science and applied environmental science.
Social and Environmental Studies is a lively, diverse collection of Departments, Research Groups and individuals whose interests span the most vibrant issues of the day, from the politics and economics of the post-Communist states, through environmental management and sustainable development to the issues of race relations and the integration of "excluded groups" in society.
The Sustainable Systems Program is concerned with managing connected processes, treatment processes, service systems, utility infrastructures, policy and regulatory processes and the product cycle - more effectively for the future.
The School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster, a major player on the national scene in built environment education, provides a full range of programmes in the built environment disciplines.
Research in Human Ecology, Ethnoecology and anthropological approaches to the environment have been pioneered at the University of Kent for many years.
The School of the Built Environment is active in interdisciplinary teaching and research in the fields of architecture, building technology, sustainable technology and urban design.
