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40 years of beavering away in laboratories, archives and think tanks have produced some amazing research breakthroughs. Historical revelations include a previously-unknown dining hall at Fountains Abbey found by ground radar equipment, the publicising of an extraordinary Soviet document ordering the extermination of the Cossacks, and, recently, the discovery of a giant elephant tusk in the desert in Abu Dhabi. Medical breakthroughs in Biology and Chemistry will have a particularly beneficial effect on women's health. Teams from York have discovered the structure of the oestrogen receptor, made significant progress on improving IVF success rates and on women's reproductive health, and the first use of RNA Interference on mammalian cells showed that the technique killed cancerous cervical cells whilst leaving healthy ones unharmed. Meanwhile, York leads strong British research into prostate cancer, and Health Sciences has shown how the successful introduction of the ‘angina plan' by GPs and their patients can improve cardiac health. Health and public policy are strong areas for York research. Policy on issues as diverse as support for families with disabled children, the effectiveness of flu jabs for the elderly, tackling drugs misuse, homelessness and child poverty, has been influenced by work at York. This influence spreads beyond the UK. Afghan civil servants have a York-devised training programme, Russian technology teaching follows a York problem-based learning approach, and science education in many overseas countries uses curricula from York. Decades of data collection on wild flowers and the move of the butterfly population north signalled clear evidence of climate warming presented to the world by York biologists. And Environment researchers have promoted the use of marine reserves to save fish populations and coral reefs worldwide. Mathematicians have highlighted the use of chaos theory to solve telecoms traffic problems and Computer Scientists have pioneered safety critical systems in industry, flight and healthcare. If you're looking for leaders in performance and composition, medieval English life, the rise of the Vikings, the mysteries of the Dark Ages, the dialects of Britain, forensic analysis of audio tapes, legal issues in schools, dyslexia, evidence-based healthcare, ethics, Victorian women writers, finding antifreeze in carrots, or the life of Flaubert – look no further than the University of York! |
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