Yes, there are more fires in Africa than Brazil. But unlike the Amazon, Africa’s savannah has evolved to grow back quickly.
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The University of York was founded in 1963 with 230 students. It now has around 16,000 students and more than 30 academic departments and research centres.
It is a member of the Russell Group and features regularly in the ranks of the UK’s foremost universities. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, York ranked tenth out of 155 UK universities for the impact of its research.
York was named Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2010 for its drive to combine academic excellence with social inclusion, and its record in scientific discovery and investment in the arts and humanities. The University has won five Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for the quality of its research. The University of York places equal emphasis on research and teaching. Students in every department - both undergraduate and postgraduate - are taught and advised by leaders in their field.
The University’s £750m campus investment represents one of the largest capital developments in UK Higher Education and provides new student accommodation, world-class research and teaching facilities, and embedded and stand-alone facilities for businesses. The University has a collegiate system in which most staff and all students are members of one of nine colleges.
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Associate Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of York
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Dean and Professor of Marketing at School for Business and Society, University of York
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Lecturer in Humanitarianism and Deputy programme director of MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs, University of York
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Independent Scholar, University of York
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of York
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PhD Candidate, Early Modern History, University of York
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Anniversary Professor of Politics, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of York
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Professor of the Archaeology of Human Origins, University of York
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Modern History, University of York
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Professor of Sustainable Management, University of York
