Research topics: environmental change and drylands: palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; arid and semi-arid geomorphology; aeolian processes; desertification and environmental degradation; glaciated or formerly glaciated environments; mid and low latitude quaternary environmental change; synoptic climatology and precipitation variability; environmental hydrology and fluvial geomorphology: water quality management; groundwater modelling; wetland hydrology and hydrochemistry; cold region hydrological processes; river hydraulics and modelling; monitoring channel patterns and morphology; radar images and geomorphology; remote sensing in environmental monitoring and assessment; application of spatial statistics to geographical information systems.
The University of Sheffield has a fantastic reputation
for research. It is part of the elite Russell Group of
universities*
and makes a significant contribution
across many fields every year
The latest Research Excellence
Framework (REF 2014) placed the
University of Sheffield in the top
10 per cent of all UK universities.
86 per cent of the research
submitted was rigorously
judged as world leading or
internationally excellent.
Located in the heart of the UK just 11 km from the Peak District National Park, and two-and-a-half hours from London by train.
Sheffield is well served by national road and rail networks and has excellent local transport. The university campus is on the western edge of the city centre and is easy to get to by car, bus and tram.
England’s fourth city is famously friendly, excellent for student social life and entertainment.
Greenest city in England, with 150 woodlands and 50 parks.
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