Our Health and Safety Strategy is focused on continuous improvement of the work and study environment, positively affecting the health, safety and wellbeing of staff, students and others affected by the university’s activities.
Within the Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute our areas of expertise are: constructions management and economics, facilities management and real estate management, radio frequency and microwave technologies, materials technology and environmental technologies. Find out more about each of these areas.
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Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute
The Behavioural Ecology and Physiology Research Group studies the functions, mechanisms and development of behavioural and physiological interactions between organisms environment.
BEST undertake a number of research projects. Read the Institute's case studies on Sensor Technologies and Microwave Systems to find out the type of work they conduct.
At the Public Health Institute we provide advice to policymakers in consideration of the relationship between the environment and public health. Projects include: the use of parks, climate change, economic benefits of green infrastructure and evaluation of green projects for the community.
Find out about the range of first-rate facilities used by the staff and students of the Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute (BEST) including labs for radio frequency and microwave sensors, highways research, industrial chemistry, soil mechanics, hydraulics, surveying, light structures and materials, structural testing, and concrete.
Find out about studying for a PhD with the Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute (BEST).
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