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Environment UK is a British Council guide to environment research, policy and practice in the United Kingdom.

Activity 1: pre-reading task

1. How many UK universities do you think have at least one department or research group specialising in the environment?

a. 15
b. 50
c. all of them

2. Which aspects of the environment can’t you study in the UK?

a. Polar regions
b. Arid Zones
c. Journalism
d. Philosophy

3. Which university do you think has the most departments and research groups specialising in the environment?

a. Oxford
b. Cambridge
c. University College, London

Check your answers

Activity 2: Reading activity

Go to the Environment UK's Universities page. See the lists of departments for the following universities:

Bangor
Cambridge
Cranfield
Dundee
East Anglia
Huddersfield
Hull
Imperial College
Liverpool
Oxford
Sheffield
Southampton
Ulster
Wolverhampton
York

Then return here to do an activity.

Activity 3: Follow-up task

Click on the link to one department and one research group and see what kind of activities they are currently involved in. Which area of research do you think is the most crucial for the environment over the next few years? Send us your opinions.

Your texts

Eric Ramirez Rodriguez writes “I think that mankind does not need to research any more. We have enough knowledge, but we do not use it, that is the problem."

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