The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences moved into the Huxley Building over the summer. Huxley houses state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities for the school as well as new teaching facilities, including a 350-seat lecture theatre, for the Moulsecoomb campus.
In addition to providing a much enhanced learning environment for students, the school has already begun to capitalise on the enhanced teaching facilities by launching three masters programmes targeted at the international market and which build on the strong research base in biomedical, pharmaceutical and pharmacological sciences. See details of our courses.
The broadening and strengthening of the school’s master’s portfolio will underpin the strong research base and will further enhance the international reputation of the school as a centre of excellence in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences.
The school’s relocation also paves the way for the refurbishment of the Cockcroft Building over the next few years. We are aiming to provide a consolidated enhanced working and learning environment for all staff and students in the faculty. These developments not only enable us to enhance the relevance and currency of the faculty’s academic and research portfolio but will increase opportunities for us to build on our significant contribution to economic and social engagement, both regionally and internationally, as we continue to develop partnerships with colleges and universities, industry, public sector bodies, governments and healthcare providers in the UK and overseas.
For example, Huxley houses a recently purchased, state-of-the-art electron microscope which will not only support research and teaching within the university but is being made available to local companies, universities, schools and colleges, and other organisations to support education and research and provide a broader analytical resource within the region as part of the faculty’s commitment to supporting the broader regional community.
The faculty’s commitment to sustainable development is also underpinned by these developments by both reducing the environmental impact of the faculty through the provision of more energy efficient buildings and by better aligning our subject portfolio to encourage the development of sustainable technologies through research and knowledge partnership.
