University of Worcester - Research

Research

In August 2010 the University was granted Research Degree awarding powers, enabling it to confer the awards of MPhil and PhD. Before this the University of Coventry assisted in the academic awarding of these degrees. The university includes eight national research centres:

  • The National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit from where all UK national pollen forecasts originate, and testing of new hay fever and anti-allergen devices is conducted.
  • The Centre for Rural Research, which examined the psychological effects of the mass flooding in the UK in recent years.
  • The International Centre for Children's Literature, Literacy and Creativity is, with University of Cambridge and Roehampton University, one of the three UK university centres to employ full time Children's Literature Professors.
  • The Motion Performance Centre which looks at sports injuries, and rehabilitation techniques using motion capture technology. The Human Performance Laboratories work alongside to provide data on exercise and how it affects the body.
  • The Centre for People @ Work
  • The Centre for Applied Health Research
  • The Association for Dementia Studies was launched at the University in February 2010. It will work with people with dementia, their families, health professionals, care providers, commissioners, and government agencies to provide high quality research, training and education.
  • The Centre for Ethical Leadership, which will be officially launched in November 2010. The Centre will work with leaders at different levels and sectors to help them think about decision making within an ethical framework. This will enable them to reflect on decisions that acknowledge and respect contested values in areas such as the environment, social justice and governance. It provides sessions to enable leaders to develop their skills in this area, develops and supports networks of individuals to discuss ethical dilemmas and provide forums for discussion, engages with others debating this area, stimulates and conducts research in the area of ethical leadership, and draws together and makes available existing research.

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