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Research priority areas

​​​​​​​​​​​​Our research priority areas are themes built on existing research strength and areas for investment in the future.

Established following REF2014, research priority areas provide the mechanism to distribute internal funding, ensuring targeted investment.

Our research priority areas

Applied Business and Technology  

This area addresses subjects that impact on commercial and social enterprise, and organisations.

Being Human: Past, Present and Future  

This area addresses subjects concerned with human experience and a sense of heritage and direction.

Creative Practice as Research  

This area interrogates ideas of creativity and their value and impact examined through practice.

Environmental Dynamics and Governance  

This area addresses challenges including global warming, resource depletion and biodiversity loss.

Learning and Professional Contexts  

This area focuses on professional practice and education's ability to transform lives and society.

Sport, Exercise, Health and Wellbeing  

This area focuses on health promotion, athlete wellbeing, policy development and clinical health.

The research priority areas’ alignment to the units of assessment planned for submission to REF2021 is as follows:

Research priority areaREF2021 units of assessment
Applied Business and Technology12 – Engineering
17 – Business and Management Studies
Being Human: Past, Present and Future27 – English Language and Literature
28 – History
31 – Theology and Religious Studies
32 – Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Creative Practice as Research32 – Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
34 – Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
Environmental Dynamics and Governance13 – Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
14 – Geography and Environmental Studies
21 – Sociology
Learning and Professional Contexts23 – Education
Sport, Exercise, Health and Wellbeing4 – Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
24 – Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Questions?

If you have any questions about research at the University of Gloucestershire, please contact the Academic Development Unit.

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01242 714006

Email

adu@glos.ac.uk

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