Department of Plant Sciences - Dedicated to Research and Teaching in Plant, Fungal and Microbial Sciences. Undergraduate teaching courses in the first, second and third years: First Year - Biology of Cells, Quantitative Biology, Evolution and Behaviour, Physiology of Organisms; Second Year - Plant and Microbial Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology; Third Year - Plant Sciences. There are several research laboratories in the Department, conducting research in the following areas: Transport, signalling and metabolism, Plant cell development, Pathology and Epidemiology, Ecology and Ecophysiology.

School of Biological Sciences At University of Bristol: Innovative Research, Excellent Teaching, Great Opportunity. Innovative research: We are a dynamic, research-based School with a commitment to fundamental biology and cutting edge advances in new technologies. We were rated at grade 5 in the 2001 HEFCE Research Assessment Exercise. Excellent teaching: Our teaching has been rated as 'excellent' by HEFCE. The combination of excellence in research and teaching places us in the top rank of UK biology departments. Great Opportunity: If you are thinking about studying here then please have a look at our online undergraduate or postgraduate prospectuses. This will give you more information about studying and living in Bristol, as well as giving you an idea of how we can benefit your future.

The School of Food Biosciences is the largest department of its kind in the UK. The school offers 5 undergraduate science degree programmes in areas involving food and biotechnology: Biotechnology, Food Science, Food Science with Business, Food Technology, Nutrition and Food Science. All the programmes can be taken as either a 3-year programme or a 4-year programme including industrial/professional training. The School also offers 3 taught, post-graduate MSc programmes - Food Science, Food Technology Quality Assurance, and Nutrition and Food Science. Modern facilities exist to investigate most elements of the food chain, from food bioprocessing, microbial and molecular science, nutrition, and safety, to effects in the gastrointestinal tract. This gives the School unique strength across the whole multidisciplinary spectrum of Food Biosciences.

The primary objective of Greenmount is to develop people through education, training, business and technology programmes and to meet the needs of the agriculture and horticulture industries. Greenmount offers courses in agriculture at Degree (in partnership with Queen's University Belfast), Higher National Diploma, Higher National Certificate, National Diploma and Certificate level, in horticulture at Higher National Diploma, National Diploma and Certificate level and in rural and countryside management at Higher National Diploma. Courses leading to NVQ Awards are also offered in both agriculture and horticulture. To cater for the needs of those already working in the agriculture and horticulture sectors, short technical and management courses are also provided. The Greenmount Estate is comprised of several farms and units which are combined to form three Agriculture Development Centres and a Horticulture Development Centre. The Walled Garden, grounds and recreational areas combine to form the Amenity Horticulture Centre. With its farms, units, nature trail, ponds and woodland areas, the Estate fully demonstrates the principles and practices of efficient food production and good countryside management.

The Department of Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge is at the forefront of veterinary science and education and is a centre of excellence for teaching and research. We produce clinicians, researchers and practitioners of the very highest calibre. Our graduates go on to follow diverse career paths, with many becoming successful practitioners and academic veterinarians, but with many also going on to become leading biomedical researchers. Many prestigious posts in the various branches of the veterinary profession are occupied by Cambridge graduates. We face the future with confidence and excitement. Veterinarians have never been more needed by society, and we are enthusiastic about providing a science-based education second to none, that will deliver the broadly educated veterinarians that will be required to meet the animal health challenges of the future.

The School of Plant Sciences carries out teaching and research in the areas of Agricultural Botany, Botany, Horticulture and Landscape. Within the School many researchers are at the forefront of their fields, and the research and teaching carried out is well known and respected worldwide. Postal Address: School of Biological Sciences, Plant Science Laboratories The University of Reading - Whiteknights, Reading, Berks RG6 6AS United Kingdom.

The Institute of Rural Sciences (IRS) offers coursesin: Agriculture, Animal Science, Countryside Conservation/Management, Equine Science/Studies, Tourism and Recreation.

Life Sciences is a large, dynamic Department within the Faculty of Science and Technology, with a full-time staff of twenty four. Degrees have been offered by the Department since 1957, with continuing innovation in degree provision. In recent years we have introduced new undergraduate degrees in Animal Behaviour, Animal Welfare, Ecology and Conservation, Sports Science (delivered in association with Anglia Ruskin University Regional Colleges), Natural History and Marine Biology as well as a very successful Internet-based postgraduate MSc in Biomedical Sciences. Alongside teaching, staff in the Department undertake research in a wide range of areas. This includes DNA profiling of bird populations, behavioural studies on baboons in Tanzania, entomological studies on Fenland restoration projects, behavioural studies on insect natural enemies, studies of bone disease, physiological and pathological responses to extreme endurance exercise and tumour pathology. The Department is located in Cambridge, a city with major strengths in academic, research and industrial activities related to Life Sciences.

BCA (Berkshire College of Agriculture) provides both further and higher education courses on a full and part time basis.

The School, formed in August 2001, comprises three Departments and one Center: Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, Department of Agriculture, Department of International and Rural Development, Centre for Agricultural Strategy. The School promotes excellence in research and teaching in the natural and social sciences relating to agriculture, rural environments and the countryside, the businesses and people associated with these sectors and affected by them [e.g. food and agribusiness, rural livelihoods and consumers], and the policy cum political environments in which they function locally, nationally, regionally and globally.