Research
Research is integral to all activities in the School of Life Sciences - from the essential underpinning of undergraduate and postgraduate education to innovative initiatives with international collaborators and commercial partmers.
The School is unique within the university in having three divisions which all gained 4 grades at the previous Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2001). All 3 Divisions have moved forward to RAE2008 with firm expectations of improved performance from the previous exercise. The School of Life Sciences made submissions to two Units of Assessment: UoA 12A – Allied Health Professions and Studies - Biomedical and Vision Sciences; UoA 44 – Psychology.
Opportunities for post-graduate, post-doctoral and collaborative research in the School can be explored through the specific fields of interest below.
PhD studentships 2009-2010
The School of Life Sciences has a thriving research culture within the Departments of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Vision Sciences and Psychology.
As part of our commitment to excellence in applied life sciences research, we have five three-year funded PhD Studentships available from October 2009 (stipend and Home/EU fees). Applications are invited from candidates with a first or upper second class honours degree in an appropriate subject.
View more details on our 2009-2010 PhD studentships.
Fields of interest
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Molecular Biomedicine
- Pharmacological & Physiological Biosciences
- Microbial & Food Science
Psychology
- Addiction Research
- Biopsychology
- Counselling
- Developmental Group
- Face Processing
- Forensic Psychology
- Learning and Education Research
- Mental Health
- Pain and Psychology
- Personality disorders and offending behaviour
- Psychology of Music
- Qualitative Research
- Risk
- Suggestibility
- Toddler and Pre-schooler Lab
Vision Sciences
- The Anterior Eye
- Visual Development
- Oculomotor Function
- Visual Psychophysics
Specialist Centres
- Glasgow Centre for the Study of Violence