There was some discussion around these very issues in July and August of
2002, so it might be worth checking back through the archive. At that time
i did a very crude ''analysis'' of where geography departments/divisions etc
were 'placed' within their university contexts. I had hoped to go on and
examine what the consequences of this might be, but, strangely, the small
research grant bid i submitted here atr Northumbria was not considered to
have sufficient 'academic merit'.... I beleive there was some work done
around that time via the Geography Heads of Divisions network though...:
Geography is all over the place...(numbers in brackets = number of hits):
Applied sciences
Biological sciences and the environment
Business and sciences
Cranfield Centre for Geographical Information Management
Division of life and environmental sciences
Environmental and applied sciences
Faculty of applied sciences
Faculty of arts
Faculty of arts and social sciences (2)
Faculty of earth and the environment
Faculty of health and social science
Faculty of humanities
Faculty of law and social sciences
Faculty of laws and social sciences
Faculty of life sciences
Faculty of mathematical and physical sciences
Faculty of natural sciences (2)
Faculty of pure science
Faculty of science (10)
Faculty of science and agriculture
Faculty of science and engineering
Faculty of science and environmental management
Faculty of social and environmental studies
Faculty of social sciences
Faculty of social sciences and humanities
Faculty of social sciences and law
Faculty of the built environment
Faculty of the environment
Faculty of urban and regional studies
Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences
Physical sciences planning unit
School of environment and life sciences
School of environmental sciences
School of geography and archaeology
School of Geography*
School of humanities and social sciences
School of languages and social sciences
School of natural and environmental sciences
School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment
School of science and the environment
School of sciences
School of sciences and social sciences
School of sciences and sport
School of social science
School of social science and public policy
School of social sciences (2)
School of the environment
Science and engineering faculty
Social sciences and law
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From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mary Gilmartin
Sent: 22 November 2004 17:59
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Subject: University restructuring
The university where I work is currently 'debating' restructuring, and the
prevalent
wisdom is that departments should be merged into schools (these are
described as
more efficient administrative units). For geography, the suggested merger is
with
archaeology. I would be really interested in hearing from people who have
experienced
this form of restructuring, particularly in relation to the impacts of
mergers on individual
disciplines.
Thanks,
Mary
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Dr Mary Gilmartin
Lecturer, Geography
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: +353-1-716 8417
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