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School of Geography
About us
Ranked in the top six geography departments in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise and awarded an 'Excellent' grading by HEFCE for the quality of our teaching, we disseminate cutting edge knowledge and research on topics as diverse as tropical ecology, social inclusion and city futures. We offer an excellent student experience and achieved a 88% satisfaction rating in the 2012 National Student Survey results.
Our teaching and research is delivered through the following research groups:
Statistics
School
- 50 academic staff
- 25 postdoctoral researchers
- 25 support staff
Student
- 700 undergraduates
- 60 masters students
- 65 research students
Research
- £5.4m awarded since Aug '11
- 24 different sponsors
- 6 research fellows
Our vision
To provide international leadership on major social, political and environmental challenges associated with global change. To ensure the quality of our research and its impact, combined with the excellence of our student experience, will enable the School to be recognised as one of the world’s leading geography departments. To pursue our vision, we have identified the following priorities:
- To lead internationally excellent research collaborations and foster future research activity in ways that minimise our use of global resources and offer value for money
- To develop our students as lifelong Leeds geographers with outstanding career opportunities
- To nurture a thriving research postgraduate network
- To build progressive knowledge transfer partnerships
- To continue to engage our alumni community to support current students and research activities