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2012
Date of article Name
27.11.12 House built of waste
19.10.12 Leading US scientist to give open lecture
11.10.12 A revolution in waste water treatment
08.10.12 Environmental changes in the tropics
04.10.12 Introduction to Sustainable Development
01.10.12 Town Planner elected as a Fellow of the RICS
14.08.12 Congratulations to our Environment and Media Studies students
07.08.12 Outstanding student achievements recognised at prize giving event
31.07.12 Town Planner wins Leadership Award
12.07.12 New collaboration to improve climatic control in buildings
05.07.12 Scientist invited onto Zero Energy Homes Committee
03.07.12 University forges important link with Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority - Updated
18.06.12 Student dissertation supported by £1M research project
15.06.12 Staff and students help top the league
28.05.12 Connecting communities through food
24.05.12 University forges important link with Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
23.05.12 Expert advice to support South Downs National Park
18.04.12 Geology Degrees receive a further 6 years accreditation
07.03.12 National Student Survey
28.02.12 Brighton scientists identify nano-route to improved water clean-up
15.02.12 Brighton Town Planning short-listed for planning award
10.02.12 Helping to safeguard Malawi's drinking water
25.01.12 NERC-funded PhD studentship available to work on the World's largest rivers
24.01.12 Wetlands conference makes a splash
23.01.12 Dr Kath Browne wins prestigious award from Association of American Geographers
17.01.12 Speeding-up detection of human faecal pollution in water

 

2011
Date of article Name
06.12.11 Consortium funding for network on environmental governance and decision-making
22.11.11 Opening up our waterways
14.11.11 Human Geography an inspiration for music band success
18.10.11 Remember, remember the 5th November: LGBT meeting at the Azur in St Leonards on Sea
17.10.11 SET Staff Joins Global Conference Programme Committee at UC Berkeley
17.10.11 SET hosts 'Our World in Motion' for National Science and Engineering Week on 13 March 2012
14.10.11 Professor Huw Taylor has been elected as Vice-chair of the International Water Association Water Safety Planning Specialist Group
06.10.11 Full steam ahead for Open Day on 8 October
05.10.11 Planner elected to the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) General Assembly
03.10.11 Expert advice on sex equality to European Commission
23.09.11 Welcome to new students
08.09.11 Come and see what the University has to offer for 2012 entry
05.09.11 Peru beckons for Town planner
24.08.11 How Geography matters for LGBT politics in Brighton
18.07.11 Disability research requires interdisciplinary approaches
13.07.11 Researchers launch decision-making toolkit
08.07.11 University Industrial Partner wins Excellence in Business Award
05.07.11 SET staff scoop two Enterprise Awards
01.07.11 The true value of nature
28.06.11 UNICEF sponsor research on contaminated drinking water in Malawi
22.06.11 Gone fishing...in Fiji
21.06.11 Meandering students help Cuckmere consultation
08.06.11 Haiti cholera expert briefs students
27.05.11 SET staff nominated for teaching excellence awards
27.05.11 Searching for silcrete in the Kalahari Desert
24.05.11 Research award for pollution tracking in Cyprus
23.05.11 Tidal-zone focus for oil company contract
20.04.11 SET Masters' student joins research project in Brazil
25.03.11 Out of the lecture theatre and into the wild
21.03.11 Defra award for research on water efficiency in buildings
23.02.11 Daily Telegraph features SET climate change research
19.02.11 Down at the Farm: Community farming and gardening research
18.02.11 SET scientist rushed out to advise on cholera epidemic in Haiti
17.02.11 SET celebrates graduation of first planning cohort
27.01.11 It all happens in the bed
20.01.11 Star line-up of speakers confirmed for University of Brighton meeting
14.01.11 WISE up: Town Planner invited to major education summit in Qatar
13.01.11 Brighton research featured on BBC World Service

 

2010
Date of article Name
23.11.10 National Science Week event at Brighton
22.11.10 Shaping the review of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
04.11.10 Grant success for Town Planner researching good practice in employment generation in Europe
20.10.10 SET MSc students work in Indonesian earthquake zone
13.10.10 New Geography, Geology and Environment undergraduate brochure launched
12.10.10 UK-French environmental protection partners gather in Brighton
22.09.10 2010/11 Research Seminars packed with stars
26.08.10 EPSRC Industry CASE studentship on particulate matter as a water pollutant
24.08.10 Reconfiguration of School of Environment and Technology (SET) and web changes
28.07.10 Congratulations to our students
26.07.10 Planner offered a voice on sustainable development
15.07.10 EPSRC Policy Fellowship award on efficient water management in buildings
09.07.10 Environment and Media student commended by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in national essay competition on sustainability
29.06.10 Geographer awarded Personal Chair
08.06.10 Funding for Land Access in Europe
08.06.10 Gated housing estates' conference to be held at Brighton in 2013
24.05.10 €3million award for research on impact of climate change on hydrogeology
07.04.10 Appointment to global health protection initiative
25.03.10 Here is the weather forecast for 1863
17.03.10 Defra undertakes a look at what air quality really means
16.03.10 How do you save 30 tonnes of cable per ship?
03.03.10 Geographies of sexualities research now in the A-Level specifications
03.03.10 Slippery eels to be quantified at last
19.02.10 What happens when river flows meet tides?
18.02.10 Brighton team receive architectural technology award
18.02.10 More funding for Diesel engine research
12.02.10 Web overhaul now complete and back on-online

 

2009
Date of article Name
04.12.09 SET launches new web content
25.11.09 World Conference welcomes Brighton Town Planner
17.11.09 Professor of Land Economy addresses inaugural meeting
11.11.09 Sustainable treatment and reuse of dredged marine sediment attracts significant EU funding
01.11.09 Suicide capital in Yorkshire?
26.10.09 Shaken but not stirred - designing structures to withstand earthquakes
02.10.09 Town Planning Success at Brighton Continues
02.10.09 Planner invited to Inaugural World Summit in Qatar
17.09.09 Train funding arrives on time for Electronic Engineer
24.08.09 SET physics professor lands £0.5M research council grant
24.08.09 Town Planning goes to Peru
03.08.09 MSc Town Planning receives Provisional Accreditation from RTPI
29.07.09 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award announced
29.07.09 SET students graduate with honours
21.07.09 Product Design student wins 'Red Hot Design Award' at New Designer's exhibition, London
21.07.09 Prestigious Leverhulme Grant for Climate History Research in Africa
10.07.09 Green technologies clean up
25.06.09 Survey of coastal wetland ecology underway
15.06.09 Leverhulme Visiting Fellow begins work on contaminant removal from water and effluents
20.05.09 The Independent Good University Guide places "Building" at Brighton at 8th place out of 33 Universities.
13.05.09 Knowledge transfer to water-quality researchers in Brazil
28.04.09 The University of Brighton Coastal Regeneration Research Centre at University Centre Hastings
09.04.09 Popular Projects Exhibition Day in Engineering and Design on 29 April 2009
27.03.09 SET researchers venture into the great outdoors
18.03.09 Product Design students as active as ever
04.03.09 New environment and media course open for business
04.03.09 From South Georgia to the South Downs: The life of a Brighton Geologist
23.01.09 School opens its doors to all prospective applicants and families
23.01.09 School's research confirmed to be of international standing

 

2008
Date Title
22.10.08 Furniture for the 21st century: product designs for low environmental-impact furniture
10.10.08 5 PhD studentships available at the University of Brighton
02.09.08 Ricardo sponsorship marks 16 year research partnership
05.08.08 Universities and Communities Liaison 2-Day Conference
02.08.08 Dr Smallbone evaluates air pollution forecasting system (AirText)
02.08.08 Handy innovation wins Student Entrepreneurship Award
01.08.08 Estuary surveys get go-ahead from Natural England
30.07.08 PhD Studentships - Urban regeneration in Hastings and Bexhill, Education and regeneration in Hasting and Bexhill
30.07.08 New environmental ideas to hit the market
28.07.08 New Geography, Geology and Environment Course handbook launched
09.07.08 Software provided for 3D interpretation of subsurface geology
09.07.08 Geochemistry and mineral deposits in Kazakhstan
18.06.08 Gender and sustainable development book hits the shelves
04.06.08 Come and visit Geography and Environment courses Open Day on 9 July 2008
04.06.08 Kath Browne has been elected to the Research Committee of the Royal Geographical Society
22.05.08 Third Edition released of world best-selling textbook
13.05.08 Diesel engine research runs and runs
09.05.08 Glacial Winds in the Atacama Desert
07.05.08 Gold rush in the Irish hills?
08.04.08 Students seize power at local high voltage hotspots
04.04.08 Live link with Antarctica polishes off "incredible" polar conference at University of Brighton
31.03.08 Studentification on the agenda of national politics
26.03.08 Product Design student wins Hornsby cup for redesign of football boot to reduce player injury
19.03.08 Li Kheng Poh wins the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Slawson Award
04.03.08 Graduate scoops top prize for green construction
27.02.08 Recent Funding Successes
18.02.08 SET Students get out into the Community
07.02.08 New Sustainability Tsar
01.02.08 New human geography lecturer joins SET from 1 February 2008
28.01.08 New School of Environment and Technology website launched
28.01.08 London Calling! Dr Kirsty Smallbone has just been awarded funds to evaluate the success of a system whereby vulnerable people are altered to rising air pollution levels via their mobile phones
11.01.08 Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship.
11.01.08 Six years of field research yields fully automated monitoring stations