COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES ACADEMIC STRUCTURE 2020 AND KEY INFORMATION
SCHOOLS
Education & Human Health Sciences Medical Sciences Psychology Sport, Health & Development Exercise Sciences Head of School Head of School Head of School Head of School Head of School Prof. Carl Hughes Dr Lynne Williams Prof. Dean Williams Prof. John Parkinson Dr Jamie MacDonald [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01248 383278 01248 383170 01248 388787 01248 388340 01248 383272 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Director of Research Director of Research Director of Research Director of Research Director of Research Dr Jean Ware TBC Dr Ramsay McFarlane Prof. Robert Ward Dr James Hardy
Director of Director of Director of Director of Director of Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Dr Susan Wynne-Jones Ms Bernadette Evans Dr Merfyn Williams Dr Caroline Bowman Dr Stuart Beattie
Director of Impact Director of Impact Director of Impact Director of Impact Director of Impact Dr Marguerite Hoerger Professor Dyfrig Dr Edgar Hartsuiker Dr Fran Garrad-Cole Dr Sam Oliver Hughes Director of Director of Director of Director of Internationalisation Director of Internationalisation Internationalisation Internationalisation TBC Internationalisation Dr David Pryce Dr Azlina Amir Kassim Dr Hans-Peter Kubis Dr Jaci Huws Welsh Medium Director Welsh Medium Director Welsh Medium Director Welsh Medium Director Dr Susan Wyn Jones Welsh Medium Dr Dylan Jones Dr Manon Jones/ Dr Julian Owen/ Director Dr Emma Hughes- Dr Eleri Jones Director of Research Mrs Beryl Cooledge Director of Research Parry Postgraduate Studies Postgraduate Studies Director of Research Prof Enlli Thomas Director of Research TBC Director of Research Postgraduate Studies Postgraduate Studies Postgraduate Studies Dr Ross Roberts Dr Sion Williams Dr Richard Binney
College of Human Sciences Dean of College Prof. Nicky Callow [email protected] 01248 388275
College Director College Director College Director College Director College Deputy Director College of Research of Impact & of Research PG of Teaching & of Teaching & Learning International Engagement Studies Learning (Welsh Medium) Lead Prof. Robert Rogers Prof. Val Morrison Prof. Debbie Mills Prof. Fay Short Dr Awel Vaughan- Dr Rebecca Sharp Evans [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01248 382095 01248 382485 01248 388572 01248 388287 01248 388058 01248 382484 COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES
Staff numbers 2018/19 (totals at year-end) CoHS Impact Research Excellence CoHS Teaching & Learning The College of Human Sciences (CoHS) includes School Headcount FTE These REF 2014 case studies provide some Bangor University has been in the top 10 in the Bangor’s three top performers in the governments National Student Survey for last 3 years and College of Human Sciences 39 33.8 examples of how our research has had a wide and most recent assessment of research quality (REF st varied real world benefit on the economy, society, was the 1 University in Wales to be awarded Education & Human Development 56 29.8 2014) Health Sciences, Psychology and Sports, policy, health and quality of life - both within the the Teaching Excellence Framework Gold Health and Exercise Science. Bangor University Health Sciences 173 144.7 UK and overseas - reflecting the way that we have Award in 2017. Current CoHS ranking highlights is developing a research strategy around the include: Medical Sciences 30 21.7 engaged with a range of external organisations. themes of health, environment and culture. The • Psychology ranked 1st in Wales & Top 5 in the Psychology 132 69.2 Schools within CoHS are well placed to promote UK for Student Satisfaction – NSS 2019 UoA3: Allied Health Professions, health & well-being through world-class research Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences 29 19.4 • Product Design, Social Work ranked 1st in Dentistry and Nursing and Pharmacy organised around resilience and recovery, activity Wales & Top 20 in UK for Student Satisfaction – Grand Total 448 318.5 and exercise across the lifespan, lifestyle and • Evidence-based policies for new medicines. NSS 2019 consumerism, health service development, • Evidence-based primary care interventions to interventions and their evaluation, as well as • 100% Overall Satisfaction for Midwifery – NSS Student numbers 2018/19 (totals at year-end) improve health benefits in cancer care teaching, leadership and bilingualism. 2019 . • Health Science, Sport, Health & Exercise School Headcount FTE UoA4: Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychology has particular strengths in Sciences & Education rank in top 1/3 in UK Education & Human Development 375 282.6 Neuroscience bilingualism, language and development (including for Continuation (retention) – Guardian Guide early interventions), social neuroscience, 2020 Education & Human Development (ITE) 324 280.4 • Cognitive stimulation – an effective intervention to cognitive neuroscience, health psychology and • Medical Sciences ranked Top 20 for Teaching Health Sciences 1785 1447.5 improve quality of life and cognition in people with early interventions. It has emergent strengths in Quality – Times University Guide 2019 mild to moderate dementia. Medical Sciences 293 263.2 neuro-rehabilitation and has prioritised work in • Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences ranked 2nd • Encouraging Healthy Eating in Children with the mental resilience and health, peoples’ relationship Psychology 1398 1142.1 in UK for Value Added – Guardian 2020 Food Dudes Programme. with emergent technologies, language, culture Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences 433 408.7 • Mindfulness-based interventions enhance and self-identities. Health Sciences has broad Grand Total 4607 3824.5 wellbeing: development and implementation. expertise in health service development, health and service and their evaluation. Its research UoA26: Sport and Exercise Sciences, groups support a UKCRC-registered clinical COHS Research trials unit for complex interventions, the health Leisure and Tourism economics of personalised medicine, adherence Our research covers a broad range of health, biomedical, • “Train in, not select out”: Bangor leadership and care preferences and as well as psychosocial educational, sports, exercise and behavioural sciences training model decreased the high wastage rates interventions in dementia, primary care research related areas. The quality and depth of the College’s in British Army recruits and improved training and now dental service research. Medical Sciences research has been demonstrated by its excellent set of practices. supports important cancer research in patient results from the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, UK National Student Survey 2019 stratification, precision medicine, genome stability the most recent one with the next scheduled for 2021. • Developing best practice: Bangor and Cardiff and DNA repair. Sports, Health and Exercise Indeed, the vast majority of the research submitted in the research underpins the professional training, Subject (School) Score % Sciences incorporates groups that address three units of assessment (detailed below) was ranked development and support provided by sport Academic studies in Education (Education) 91 as ‘World Leading’ or ‘Internationally Excellent’. Research coaches and sport practitioners. mental toughness, the psychology and physiology of human responses to extreme environments, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology (Medical Sciences) 71 Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 • Sport and physical activity in Wales: The impact leadership, talent development, cardiovascular and of evaluation research on “roll-out” and revised Design Studies (Education) 90 renal health, exercise and food physiology. Finally, School UK % of research implementation Initial Teacher Education (Education) 76 Ranking ‘World Leading’ or Education and Human Development research ‘Internationally Excellent’ focuses on childhood studies, educational product Nursing (Health Sciences) 76 UoA28: Modern Languages & Education: UoA28 18th (of 57) 76% design and teaching leadership. Others in subjects allied to medicine (Medical Sciences) 91 Linguistics Health Sciences: UoA3 20th (of 95% Psychology (Psychology) 95 Welsh Lexicography and Terminology : The established excellence in many of these areas 94) demonstrates how The Welsh Academy English- and the emerging inter linkages between them Radiography (Health Sciences) 76 Psychology: UoA4 17th (of 82) 89% Welsh Dictionary: Geiriadur yr Academi (1995) – has mean that CoHS is well positioned to undertake Social Work (Health Sciences) 90 Sport, Health & Exercise 7th (of 51) 87% far-reaching influence and impact on the daily use impactful research to address the emerging Sports Science (Sports, Health & Exercise Sciences) 84 Sciences : UoA26 and vocabulary of standard literary Welsh societal health challenges of the 21st century. COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES
“Across the Schools within CoHaBS we provide a world-class learning experience and research that is characterised by scientific rigor, practical relevance and a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that addresses current World challenges. Our contributing Schools have achieved top ratings in the UK for delivering cutting edge research, supportive high- quality teaching; and we are extremely proud of what our students and staff accomplish”.
Prof. Nicky Callow, Dean of CoHS
CoHS Taught Subjects (areas Inc.)
School Undergraduate Postgraduate (BSc, BN, BM, BMedSci, MSci) (MSC, MA, DClinPSy, PGCE)
Education Childhood & Youth Studies, Applied Innovation Design, [email protected] Primary Education, Education Studies, Educational Leadership, Product Design Music with Education, PGCE Primary, PGCE Secondary Childhood & Youth Studies
Health Sciences Nursing, Midwifery, Advanced Clinical Practice, Leading Quality Improvement, [email protected] Radiography, Public Health & Health Promotion, Midwifery, Health & Social Care Aesthetics, Dementia, Physiotherapy
Medical Sciences Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, [email protected] Medical Biology, Medical Biochemistry, Medical Molecular Biology with Genetics, Foundation Years, C21 North Wales Genomics & Precision Medicine, Physician Associate, Medicine (MBBCh)*
Psychology Psychology, Clinical & Health Applied Behaviour Analysis, Applied Marketing Science, [email protected] Psychology, Neuropsychology, Clinical & Health Psychology, Consumer Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Counselling, Neuroimaging, Psychology with Business, Clinical Neuropsychology Intercalated Neuropsychology
Sport, Health & Exercise Adventure Sport Science, Applied Sport & Exercise Physiology, Sciences Sport Science, Health & Exercise Applied Sports Science, Exercise Rehabilitation, [email protected] Science, Sport & Exercise Psychology Health & Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Psychology, Sport & Business/Marketing
*A Cardiff University programme delivered entirely in North Wales by Bangor’s School of Medical Sciences www.bangor.ac.uk/human-sciences
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