Oxford University Offers Environmental Consultancy
Oxford University Consulting (OUC), the University's professional service dedicated to finding direct, cost effective solutions to a range of consultancy needs, has launched a new sub-group, Oxford Environmental. Celebrated with a formal launch at the Oxford Science Park on Tuesday, 14th May, Oxford Environmental can offer consultancy in such fields as:
- Information Systems, with experience in modelling, software
development, surveying with differential GPS, water sediment
analysis, Geographic Information Systems, and remote sensing
- Sustainability and Policy in the areas of nature, causes
and impacts of environmental change and management strategies
for coping with future environmental change as well as
geomorphology and climatology
- Remediation and Clean Technologies with broad expertise in the related biological science and technology and the associated process engineering for environmental problems in soil, water and air.
Attended by over 30 environmental scientists, industrialists and local government officials, the launch of Oxford Environmental included a presentation by Professor Chris Knowles, Director of the Oxford Centre for Environmental Biotechnology and the Faraday Partnership for Innovative Remediation Science and Technology (FIRST Faraday). Dr Brenda Boardman, Head of Lower Carbon Futures at the University's Environmental Change Institute, also presented at the launch. Dr Boardman, co-author of "Carbon UK", a report that forms part of the Biffaward Programme on Sustainable Resource Use, discussed sustainability issues in the domestic sector.
Part of Isis Innovation, the University's technology transfer company, Oxford University Consulting offers unique consultancy and departmental services utilising the breadth and depth of the University's expert knowledge. OUC can customise and manage each new project to realise a company's business goals. OUC's activities were recently successfully audited for ISO 9001.
For further information, please contact:
Oxford University Consulting
Ewert House, Ewert Place
Summertown, Oxford OX2 7SG
T +44 (0) 1865 280829
www.oxconsulting.co.uk