Natural and Social Sciences facilities

From understanding the mind and investigating crime, to supporting animal conservation and researching disease, students can explore their curiosity for the world around them in top-spec labs and facilities.

• The Lodge crime scene house & interview suite – practice the management of crime scenes and carry out forensic investigation in this simulation space. Analyse evidence and learn how to present in court, as well as interviewing suspects and monitoring their responses in our interview suite.
• Centre for Active Learning – this is an innovative teaching facility, where students train with top-spec kit and research new best practices. Learn how to monitor and record electrical activity in the brain in our kitted-out electroencephalography lab. Research and explore virtual reality therapy through visual immersion and artificially created environments in our VR suite.
• Environmental labs – based in one of the campuses historic quad towers, here you’ll test for contaminants, map river flow and collect high-resolution spectral data using infrared technology.
• GIS computing lab – our Geographic Information Systems lab gives you the ability to capture and analyse spatial and geographic data. GIS can track migration patterns, deforestation, conservation, town and city expansions and is a recognised and trusted system in a range of industries.
• Bioscience labs – explore the form and function of animals and plants, or train in the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and prevention of disease in humans. The labs are kitted out with microscopes and protective gear as well as the lecturers’ beautiful framed exotic butterfly collection. There’s also a life-size horse model, painted with the full anatomy by one of our talented students.