Anglia Ruskin PG Prospectus - Navitas

esearch opportunitiesresearch opportunitiesSocial Work, Health &Community StudiesFaculty of Health & Social CareFHSC currently supports studies related toAdvocacy; Children & Young People’s Issues;European & International Social Work; EvaluationResearch; Health Care Issues; Health Promotion;Learning Disabilities Policy & Practice; MentalHealth Policy & Practice; Social Policy; SocialWork Practice; User Empowerment.Social Sciences: Sociology& Public ServicesDepartment of Humanities &Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts,Law & Social SciencesStaff are active researchers and offer supportand supervision to postgraduate students invarious areas of the Social Sciences. SocialScience offers research specialisms in thefollowing areas: sociology of science andtechnology; sociology of gender; sociologyof consumption; sociology of belief systems;sociology of education; sociology of race andracism; political economy and policy andadministration, equality and cultural diversityin the workplace; public services.Sports ScienceDepartment of Life Sciences,Faculty of Science & TechnologyThe Unit for Sport and Exercise Scienceshas gained both a national and internationalreputation for applied research within this field.Research can be conducted under the broadheadings of Sports Science, Coaching andHealth. Through the applied knowledge ofthe staff and the extensive laboratory facilitiesSport and Exercise Sciences research canbe either applied or theoretical in nature.Current areas of interest within the unit are:• Exercise in the Down’s Syndrome population• Oxygen uptake kinetics and haemodynamics• Health benefits of golf• Association between academic achievementand health in childrenSurveyingDepartment of the Built Environment,Faculty of Science & TechnologyLand consolidation in Eastern Europe and thethird world; environmental waste management.Tactile InkjetMapping ProjectDepartment of Design & Technology,Faculty of Science & TechnologyTactile inkjet mapping project aims to improvethe manufacturing and design of tactile mapsfor visually impaired people. The research isfunded by the Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council (EPSRC).The project started in January 2003 and ithas developed an innovative approach toresearch by virtue of bringing together fiveresearch disciplines: Engineering, Cartography,Psychology, Computer Sciences, andComputational Fluid Dynamics. There are threeuniversities involved, City University, Universityof Surrey, and Anglia Ruskin University, of whichAnglia Ruskin University is the lead university.A team comprising materials and softwareengineers, a psychologist, and a cartographerare collaborating in the following research areas:• Developing a manufacturing processwhich produces raised tactile print usingnew inkjet technology.• Establishing principles for the design oftactile maps grounded in research on tactileperception and non-visual spatial cognition.• Developing a palette of tactile symbols(point, line, and area symbols) that areconsistent with the cognitively based principles,using the new tactile print technology.The project has developed aninnovative approach to research byvirtue of bringing together five researchdisciplines: engineering, cartography,psychology, computer sciences,and computational fluid dynamics.TelecommunicationEngineeringDepartment of Design & Technology,Faculty of Science & TechnologyThis group focuses its research on all aspectsof telecommunication engineering andcomputer engineering as well as electroniccontrol systems design.The main focus during the last two years hasbeen on wireless mobile systems where thequality of services and security issues weretargeted. The other specific research fieldsadopted since 2004 include Wireless MobileNetworking simulation, protocols, and bandwidthManagement, Ad-hoc wireless Networks,Wireless LANs and MANs, Wireless Fadingmodelling and Measurements, DistributedComputing and Databases in wirelessenvironments, RF Circuit Design, Active NoiseCancellation, e-learning software development,RF control Systems and Security Systems,Engineering Management.TheologyFaculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences in cooperation with theCambridge Theological FederationThe Professional Doctorate in PracticalTheology is a new programme, launched inSeptember 2006. It is the first of its kind intheological studies anywhere in the UK and isoffered within a national consortium.In 2007/8, it will be offered by Anglia RuskinUniversity with the Cambridge TheologicalFederation, in liaison with the University ofManchester, and the University of Wales, Lampeter.• The Professional Doctorate in PracticalTheology is a practice-based research degreeaimed at participants in a variety ofprofessional and/or voluntary contexts• It is particularly designed to be taken ona part-time basis• Participants will be encouraged to use theirprofessional, voluntary or ministerial practiceas the foundation of a structured process ofresearch in practical theology.Tourism &Leisure StudiesDepartment of Built Environment,Faculty of Science & TechnologyThe Tourism Geographies and SustainabilityResearch Group focuses mainly on social andcultural geography.Research is international in scale, comprisingecotourism, sustainable tourism, wildlife tourismand animal geographies, performance in termsof heritage, new technologies and leisurepractices, and leisure landscapes and ‘place’.Town & CountryPlanningDepartment of Built Environment,Faculty of Science & TechnologyDevelopment planning design; controland guidance; development control;planning law; planning IT applications;waste and recycling planning.Urban StudiesDepartment of the Built Environment,Faculty of Science & TechnologyArchitectural and urban history; Culturalanalysis and theory of the city; Concepts of themetropolis and the regional city; The networksociety and the new context for planning;Comparative studies; Spatial planning in itslocal, regional, and European dimension.We invite research interests from all spacerelateddisciplines, such as architecture, spatialplanning, urban design, urban history as well ascultural and social sciences. Many tracks can bechosen to explore the complexities of urbanismand to discuss the future of the Urban in itshistorical, contemporary, and artistic dimensions.• Energetics of gymnastics• Spinal rotation and the bowling action inelite cricketers.96 Call our Contact Centre 0845 271 3333 for more informationweb www.anglia.ac.ukemail answers@anglia.ac.uk 97