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School of Life Sciences ranked second in UK for Agriculture, Food and Veterinary research
The School of Life Sciences has been ranked second in the UK for Agriculture, Food and Veterinary research in the Government's 2014 research ranking exercise.
The ranking exercise known as the “Research Excellence Framework (REF)” is run by the UK’s higher education funding bodies, to assess the quality of UK research and to inform the distribution of public funds for research until the next ranking exercise in 2020.
The ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ was ranked as the 7th highest university.
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Brassicas on BBC Radio 4
Warwick Crop Centre researcher, , spoke about the (VeGIN) on BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today this morning. Graham described a research project at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ which aims to help plant breeders produce new strains of brassicas.
Listen at (starts around 10:38)
Pathfinder Award for bee project
has received an award from BBSRC’s Pathfinder Follow-on Fund for a project on antiviral therapies for honeybees. The Follow-on Fund supports the translation of fundamental research into practical application, including commercialisation, and aims to help researchers maximise the societal and economic benefits of their research.
