Brunel University

Brunel is a research led University. Research is structured within the Universities School structure and a number of interdisciplinary research institutes. Within the School of Engineering and Design there are 7 research groupings: Applied Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Design and Manufacture, Energy and the Environment, Materials Engineering, Systems and Telecomunications. The listed research groups are within the Design and Manufacture grouping.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 11 Grade Point Average: 2.1

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Buckinghamshire New University

Faculty based research organisation. The research at Bucks is focussed on the needs of business, commerce and industry, as well as the public and voluntary sectors. They strongly encourage a collaborative approach and have particularly close links with overseas institutions, local government, National Health & Primary Care Trusts, museums and industry.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 13 Grade Point Average: 1.95

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Camberwell College of Arts

Camberwell is part of the University of the Arts London Research Network (RNUAL), which also includes Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon.

The RAE results are for all University of the Arts colleges with the exception of Wimbledon

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 206 Grade Point Average: 2.5

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Central St Martins College

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is part of the University of the Arts London Research Network (RNUAL), which also includes Camberwell, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College.

The RAE results are for all University of the Arts colleges with the exception of Wimbledon

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 206 Grade Point Average: 2.5

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Chelsea College of Art & Design

Chelsea College of Art and Design is part of the University of the Arts London Research Network (RNUAL), which also includes Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Camberwell, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon.

The RAE results are for all University of the Arts colleges with the exception of Wimbledon

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 206 Grade Point Average: 2.5

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Goldsmiths, University of London

All members of academic staff are research active and all were considered in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. There is a varied research community in the Design Department. The ethos that drives this research is to integrate scholarship with practice. A number of staff are designers and artists actively engaged in their own practices - a good number running their own consultancies/studios - with work regularly exhibited in the UK and beyond and with a considerable number of designs in production. Some of their research has generated intellectual property leading to UK design registration and international patents. Others are publishing regularly through conference proceedings, in journal articles and books. Not surprisingly, individuals and groups in the Department are called on regularly to examine and advise in other academic institutions and also advise other commercial and political bodies on both educational and design matters. With a world-class reputation for creativity and innovation and a commitment to encouraging inter-disciplinary collaboration, Goldsmiths provides researchers with a unique intellectual environment in which to pursue their studies. Whilst benefiting from the wide-ranging resources of the University of London, Goldsmiths also offers all the advantages of a small, campus-based College. The College belongs to the prestigious 1994 Group of Research Universities and our consistently excellent performance is reflected in our RAE Rating.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 41 Grade Point Average: 2.64

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Kingston University

A faculty based research organisation. There are five art and design related research groups, all based at Knights park campus. The Design Research Centre research grouping brings together a number of thematic areas.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 16.15 Grade Point Average: 2.05

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London College of Communication

LCC is part of the University of the Arts London Research Network (RNUAL), which also includes Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Camberwell, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College.

The RAE results are for all University of the Arts colleges with the exception of Wimbledon

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 206 Grade Point Average: 2.5

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London College of Fashion

London College of Fashion is part of the University of the Arts London Research Network (RNUAL), which also includes Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Camberwell, London College of Communication, Chelsea College of Art and Design and Wimbledon College. In addition to the two main research groups LCF research activity includes the Centre for Sustainable Fashion and six further research 'hubs': Pedagogic Research, Object-Artefact-Situation, Management and Marketing, Fashion Mediation, Fashion Curation and Historical and Cultural Studies.

The RAE results are for all University of the Arts colleges with the exception of Wimbledon

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 206 Grade Point Average: 2.5

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London Metropolitan University

There are a number of research centres and units embedded within academic departments and research institutes across the University. These centres and units exist to promote the research activities of members of staff working in areas of strategic importance for London Metropolitan University. They will normally have a direct relevance to postgraduate and undergraduate taught provision as well as contributing to the research environment within which our research degree students work.

The Cass ( The Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design) advances research across a distinctive range of practice-based disciplines, encompassing the creative in visual, media, audio and functional production, with an emphasis on the wider social and entrepreneurial community.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 36 Grade Point Average: 1.6

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Middlesex University

As a leading international university, Middlesex University is committed to excellence in research and the discovery of new knowledge as a core element of our mission. Our schools and research centres are acknowledged by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) as being of an international standard across a number of departments. We are in the process of a major extension of our research activities with significant investment in staff and facilities to provide a world class environment for researchers.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 19 Grade Point Average: 2.05

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Royal College of Art

The College’s principal research aim is to develop its contribution to scholarship and applied research in art and design and to act as a catalyst to encourage and stimulate industry at national and international level. The RCA is unusual both in its particular juxtaposition of art in a design environment and design in an art environment, and in its advancement of knowledge in the principles, of art and design in their specific relation to industrial and commercial processes. The belief that knowledge can be generated, and questions answered, through analytic scholarship, experimentation and innovative examples of artefacts and designs, underpins our developing research projects and disciplines. Collaborative research is wide-ranging and takes many forms. The RCA has extensive relationships with other world-class institutions including Imperial College London, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum. In addition to research council, public sector and trust-sponsored projects, collaboration with business is an increasingly important component of the College’s contribution to the creative economy.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 52 Grade Point Average: 2.95

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Thames Valley University

Faculty based Research Organisation. The Faculty of the Arts aims to equip its students with diverse creative and vocational skills essential to their own ambitions. Research is performed in the areas of Music, Music Technology, Media and Art and Design. They provide a wide range of research activity and resources - and have strong links with the National Health Service (NHS), Law Society and industrial consortia.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 1.65 Grade Point Average: 4

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UCA Canterbury

Research at Canterbury is co-ordinated through the UCA and dedicated Research Centres and clusters across the subject areas of art, design, architecture, media and communication. UCA have invested in the intellectual sustainability of the research infrastructure and staff are extremely active with representation on international research bodies and peer review panels including the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The Research groups are recognised for their research excellence. The Animation Research Centre and the Crafts Study Centre also house major nationally and internationally renowned archives and collections. These include the internationally-renowned collections of modern British craft, the Bob Godfrey Studio Collection and the Halas & Bathchelor Collection.

Research at UCA is organised into 4 formal research centres and a larger group of nine research clusters.

The RAE results are combined figures for all UCA colleges

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 43 Grade Point Average: 1.9

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UCA Epsom

Research at Epsom is co-ordinated through the UCA and dedicated Research Centres and clusters across the subject areas of art, design, architecture, media and communication. UCA have invested in the intellectual sustainability of the research infrastructure and staff are extremely active with representation on international research bodies and peer review panels including the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The Research groups are recognised for their research excellence. The Animation Research Centre and the Crafts Study Centre also house major nationally and internationally renowned archives and collections. These include the internationally-renowned collections of modern British craft, the Bob Godfrey Studio Collection and the Halas & Bathchelor Collection.

Research at UCA is organised into 4 formal research centres and a larger group of nine research clusters.

The RAE results are combined figures for all UCA colleges

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 43 Grade Point Average: 1.9

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UCA Farnham

Research at Farnham is co-ordinated through the UCA and dedicated Research Centres and clusters across the subject areas of art, design, architecture, media and communication. UCA have invested in the intellectual sustainability of the research infrastructure and staff are extremely active with representation on international research bodies and peer review panels including the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The Research groups are recognised for their research excellence. The Animation Research Centre and the Crafts Study Centre also house major nationally and internationally renowned archives and collections. These include the internationally-renowned collections of modern British craft, the Bob Godfrey Studio Collection and the Halas & Bathchelor Collection.

The RAE results are combined figures for all UCA colleges

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 43 Grade Point Average: 1.9

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UCA Maidstone

Research at Maidstone is co-ordinated through the UCA and dedicated Research Centres and clusters across the subject areas of art, design, architecture, media and communication. UCA have invested in the intellectual sustainability of the research infrastructure and staff are extremely active with representation on international research bodies and peer review panels including the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The Research groups are recognised for their research excellence. The Animation Research Centre and the Crafts Study Centre also house major nationally and internationally renowned archives and collections. These include the internationally-renowned collections of modern British craft, the Bob Godfrey Studio Collection and the Halas & Bathchelor Collection.

The RAE results are combined figures for all UCA colleges

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 43 Grade Point Average: 1.9

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UCA Rochester

Research at Rochester is co-ordinated through the UCA and dedicated Research Centres and clusters across the subject areas of art, design, architecture, media and communication. UCA have invested in the intellectual sustainability of the research infrastructure and staff are extremely active with representation on international research bodies and peer review panels including the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The Research groups are recognised for their research excellence. The Animation Research Centre and the Crafts Study Centre also house major nationally and internationally renowned archives and collections. These include the internationally-renowned collections of modern British craft, the Bob Godfrey Studio Collection and the Halas & Bathchelor Collection.

The RAE results are combined figures for all UCA colleges

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 43 Grade Point Average: 1.9

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University of East London

Design based research at UEL is primarily associated with the School of Architecture and Visual Arts. Across the University as a whole there are over 50 research groups, centres and institutes.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 10 Grade Point Average: 2.35

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University of Greenwich

In the main, the university's research effort is focused on making contributions to the solving of real-world problems or the advancement of issues that have a direct bearing on business, industry, regional, national and international communities and, ultimately, peoples' lives. For instance, current research projects include the development of more accurate prediction systems for the measurement of cyclones and an investigation into the experience of survivors of the World Trade Centre disaster to improve the safety of high-rise buildings of the future.

2008 Research Rating: Greenwich did not submit within the Art and Design category

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University of Westminster

MAD, Westminster's School of Media, Art and Design has an international reputation for research. MAD's research was awarded an excellent (5) rating in each of the three past Research Assessment Exercises, in 1992, 1996 and 2001 and the highest rating in the London region in 2008. Art and design is a substantial part of research, teaching and learning at the University of Westminster. It was the first to establish an undergraduate degree in photography and a postgraduate degree in film. The Harrow campus has a history of specialist teaching in photography, art and fashion. Researchers include the founding editor of Art Monthly and founding committee member for Think Tank, a European network for applied arts.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 22 Grade Point Average: 2.95

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Wimbledon College of Art

The Research Centre at Wimbledon supports a broad range of research activities in fine art, theatre design and related fields including drawing, interactive arts, performance and audio arts. The College houses the following arts based research initiatives; the Centre for Drawing, the Centre for Interactive Network Arts, the Engine Room (The College's centre for knowledge transfer), the Archive Centre and the research cluster: Narrative, Interpretation and Iconography.

2008 Research Rating: Research active staff: 32 Grade Point Average: 2.45

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