Postgraduate Prospectus
Postgraduate Prospectus
Postgraduate Prospectus
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In addition, we have centres and institutes<br />
to bring together those with a common<br />
interest in a particular subject and provide<br />
a focus for cross-cutting research. As a<br />
postgraduate you may be associated with<br />
one of the following:<br />
n Centre for Audio Research and<br />
Engineering<br />
n Centre for Brain Science<br />
n Centre for Computational Finance<br />
and Economic Agents▪<br />
n Centre for Computational Intelligence<br />
n Centre for Cultural and Social History<br />
n Centre for Curatorial Studies<br />
n Centre for Democratic Governance<br />
n Centre for Entrepreneurship Research<br />
n Centre for Film Studies<br />
n Centre for Global Accountancy<br />
n Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies<br />
in the Humanities<br />
n Centre for Local and Regional History<br />
n Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies▪<br />
n Centre for Radicals and Oxidative<br />
Stress<br />
n Centre for Remote Sensing and<br />
Environmetrics<br />
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n Centre for Sports and Exercise<br />
Science▪<br />
n Centre for Systems Biology<br />
n Centre for Trauma, Asylum and<br />
Refugees<br />
n Centre for Theatre Studies<br />
n Centre for Theoretical Studies in<br />
Humanities and Social Sciences<br />
n Children’s Legal Centre<br />
n Digital Lifestyles Centre<br />
n Essex Biomedical Sciences Institute<br />
n Essex Finance Centre<br />
n Essex Management Centre<br />
n Human Rights Centre▪<br />
n Institute for Electoral Research<br />
n Institute for Social and Economic<br />
Research▪<br />
n Interdisciplinary Centre for<br />
Environment and Society<br />
n Jean Monnet European Centre<br />
of Excellence<br />
n Latin American Centre<br />
n Physics Centre<br />
n UK Data Archive<br />
n<br />
You may be admitted directly to these centres/institutes<br />
Active research links<br />
Our research is mainly funded by<br />
the UK research councils, government<br />
agencies (eg Department of Health,<br />
Department of Work and Pensions,<br />
Technology Strategy Board, Joint<br />
Information Systems Committee),<br />
Ofcom and the European Commission.<br />
We also receive research funding from<br />
UK charitable bodies including Cancer<br />
Research, Deafness Research, Leverhulme<br />
Trust, Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Foundation,<br />
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Royal<br />
Society and British Academy.<br />
Research and knowledge transfer projects<br />
have involved partnerships with many<br />
organisations including BT Group,<br />
Vodafone, UNESCO, Nokia, Fujitsu, Alcatel,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, London Aquarium, the<br />
Victoria and Albert Museum, and the<br />
National Trust.
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