STRUCTURES Achievements: IBES – The Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences: Addressing the biological consequences of environmental change.

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STRUCTURES Achievements: IBES – The Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences: Addressing the biological consequences of environmental change School of Medicine restructuring: To create simplified and coherent line-management structures Aspirations: Investors in People Achieving the Best Effective Cross-College working in institutional priority areas such as International Development, ACES, sustainable pooling Opportunities: Merger with the Rowett Research Institute

ACES Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability Interdisciplinary research centre linking natural, physical and social sciences with stakeholders and policy makers to develop solutions for environmental sustainability.

TEACHING Achievements: Industrial placements Biological challenges Second Year Science Skills Course Use of personal response system handsets Aspirations: Dentistry Challenges/Opportunities: Recruitment – New Products/increased promotion in UK and abroad/ERASMUS agreements Science Promotion Retention

RESEARCH Achievements: Current total grant income of £140 million In the last three years there has been a 26% increase in total research awards and an 87% increase in research grant income Large awards Aspiration: Achieving the next level of international competitiveness Challenges/Opportunities: Awaiting RAE results… 2 new research institutes in the College

IBES Biological and Environmental Sciences IMS Biomedical Sciences Rowett Nutritional Sciences IAHS Applied Health Sciences Basic COLLEGE RESEARCH INSTITUTES Translational

Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences (IBES)

INFRASTRUCTURE Achievements: Matthew Hay Teaching and Learning Centre – fundraising target achieved LSI – on time, on budget and fully occupied as soon as complete Oceanlab 2 – contractor now on site Zoology Building Refurbishment – complete Summer 2008 Royal Society/Wolfson Foundation Tissue Engineering Laboratory refurbishment Aspirations: LSI 2 – scoping exercise for feasibility underway Bioplex Imaging Centre incorporating cyclotron Challenges/Opportunities: Dental Institute – due for completion 2009/10 Pressure on space on both Foresterhill and Old Aberdeen campuses Rowett Research Institute

INFRASTRUCTURE