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University of Portsmouth

Dr Malcolm Whitworth

Location

• Portsmouth is located on south coast of UK, about 90 minutes train

journey from London.

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Located in Portsmouth, a vibrant city

• n the coast of southern England.

90 minutes by train from central London and airports. International ferry port and gateway to Europe.

Portsmouth the Island City

Summary

• Population of 25,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Supported by 2,500 full time academic and support staff.
• Undergraduate, MSc, MRes and PhD programmes
• More than 4,000 international and EU

students from almost 150 countries.

• Gold rated teaching quality (TEF) and areas of

research excellence (REF)

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

30 Academic Staff 13 Support Staff 600 Undergraduates 120 Postgraduates (MSc) 40 Research Students (PhD)

School is based in Burnaby Building and has a friendly, supportive and vibrant atmosphere.

Postgraduate degrees

Department of Geography MSc Geographical Information Systems (GIS) MSc Coastal and Marine Resource Management School of Earth and Environmental Sciences MSc Engineering Geology MSc Geological and Environmental Hazards MSc Environmental Geology and Contamination MSc Crisis and Disaster Management

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Teaching term structure

• MSc course is a full time 12 month degree beginning with induction in

September through to project submission the following September.

Induction Term 1 Term 2 Project September Sept - Dec Jan - March Apr - Sept One week induction program for all students Weekly lectures and practicals for 12 week term. Weekly lectures and practicals for 12 week term. Fieldwork and exam

• period. Project

preparation and data collection (May-Sept) 12 month full time degree

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Course Accreditation

• Our geoscience undergraduate and postgraduate courses are accredited.
• Accrediting bodies include Geological Society of London and the Institution of

Environmental Sciences.

• Provides accelerated route to Chartered Geologist (CGeol), Chartered Scientist

(CSci) or Chartered Environmental Scientist (CEnv) status.

www.geolsoc.org.uk www.the-ies.org/

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Master’s of Research degrees

• 200 students have so far graduated

the MRes course

• Excellent employment rate

following graduation, with 33% of the graduates gaining a place on a PhD project.

• The course is extremely popular

with at least 50 MRes students currently registered across the Faculty of Science.

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School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

• School has an active research community of UK, EU and international PhD

students.

• School also offers a one year research degree termed Master’s of

Research (MRes). Popular with those students wishing to pursue a research career.

PhD MRes Standard three or four year research degree. Standard one year masters research degree.

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Research degrees

• PhD and MRes student training is supported by the The Graduate School

who also provide information on our research degrees and how to apply: http://www.port.ac.uk/graduate-school/.

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Research groups

Crustal evolution research group has particular strength in the innovative use of accessory minerals to gain new insight into a range of tectonic processes. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Monitoring is a cross disciplinary group focuses on evaluation

• f impacts of a range of in aquatic systems.

Rock Mechanics Research Group focuses on how rocks deform, under what conditions of pressure and temperature.

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Research groups

Biodiversity and Evolution is a cross disciplinary research group that has strengths in plant diversity and evolution together with studies of evolutionary processes over geological timescales. Centre for Applied Geoscience is a cross disciplinary research group that undertakes research and consultancy activities in the investigation and management of natural and man-made hazards. Geomatics and remote sensing group provide expertise in the application of remote sensing and GIS for environmental and natural hazard assessment.

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Field courses

Teaching and research laboratory facilities

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Rock Mechanics Laboratory (RML) provides detailed rock physics testing under a large variety of simulated conditions via the use of high-force uniaxial, triaxial and direct shear cells, with a full 12 channel acoustic emission suite and pore pressure control.

State of the art teaching labs

Mass Spectrometry and Laser Ablation Laboratory (MSLA) A state-of-the-art facility for trace element and isotopic analysis of natural and industrial

• materials. Specialising in

the direct analysis of solid samples by laser ablation and ICP-MS.

Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Laboratory (EMX) A specialist facility for advanced imaging, chemical and mineralogical analysis of a wide range of materials using Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEMs) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF).

Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (ECAL) Tests for a wide variety of trace elements, pollutants and much more. Routine applications include the analysis of soils, sediments and waters for metals, nutrients and chlorophyll. Equipment includes ICP- OES, Nutrient Analyser, GC-MS and LC-MS).

The Schools remote sensing facility includes dedicated computer laboratory, specialist software and several light weight autonomous drones for high resolution visible and infra red mapping and digital elevation model generation.

Imaging and Virtual Reality

• School has invested heavily in

the Virtual Reality and has a dedicated teaching and research facility.

• Virtual Reality and Augmented

Reality systems available.

• University is leading an

Erasmus+ project with 12 European collaborators on use

• f emerging technology for

study of onshore and offshore natural hazards.

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Contact

malcolm.whitworth@port.ac.uk http://www.port.ac.uk/sees/

• Dr. Malcolm Whitworth

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth Burnaby Road, Portsmouth. United Kingdom 023 9284 2259 (office)

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