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University of the West of England
The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol, or simply UWE) is a university located near the city of Bristol, United Kingdom. The university can trace its roots back to the foundation of the Merchant Venturers Navigation School in 1595, to which the Universities of Bristol and Bath also partly owe their origins.
UWE has consistently been ranked among the top ten new universities in the UK and has always scored ‘excellent’ in the teaching assessments carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency. The university is also rated the fourth best university in the UK for Law according to the UK Law Society. The volume of world-leading research at UWE Bristol has gone up by 170%, with the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 results revealing that 57% of the research submitted by UWE was judged to be either world leading or internationally excellent. The results highlight UWE’s particular strengths in the areas of allied health and nursing, and communications, cultural and media studies. Results were also outstanding in areas such as architecture, built environment and planning; engineering, including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, the largest robotics lab in Europe; art and design; computer science; and business and management.
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Professor in Sustainable Construction, University of the West of England
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of England
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of the West of England
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Research Fellow, University of the West of England
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Research Fellow, Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England
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Professor in Criminology, University of the West of England
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of the West of England
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Lecturer, English Language and Linguistics, University of the West of England
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of the West of England
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Research Fellow, University of the West of England
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of England
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of the West of England
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Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England
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PGCE English Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Education, University of the West of England
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Research Fellow in Cities, Water and Resilience, University of the West of England
