Research vessel History[edit] The research ship had origins in the early voyages of exploration. By the time of James Cook's Endeavour, the essentials of what today we would call a research ship are clearly apparent. In 1766, the Royal Society hired Cook to travel to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the transit of Venus across the Sun.[1] The Endeavour was a sturdy boat, well designed and equipped for the ordeals she would face, and fitted out with facilities for her "research personnel", Joseph Banks. The names of early research vessels have been used to name later research vessels, as well as Space Shuttles. Modern types[edit] ↑ Danish fisheries research vessel, FRV Dana ↑ German naval research vessel Planet Hydrographic survey[edit] A hydrographic survey ship is a vessel designed to conduct hydrographic research and survey. In practice, hydrographic survey vessels are often equipped to perform multiple roles. Oceanographic research[edit] Fisheries research[edit] [edit] Polar research[edit]
NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (R 104) NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (R 104) is a blue-water research vessel of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She was launched on May 30, 1996 at Halter Marine's Moss Point shipyard in Pascagoula (the keel being laid in February 1995) and then commissioned on July 19, 1997 in Charleston. She was NOAA's first newly built oceanographic research vessel in 17 years. The deck equipment features three winches, two fixed cranes, a portable crane, a hydrographic boom and an A-frame. As a research vessel, a substantial amount of the ship is dedicated to laboratories. In addition to her state-of-the-art oceanographic sampling capabilities, the Ronald H. NOAA ships and aircraft RV Kilo Moana (T-AGOR-26) RV Kilo Moana (T-AGOR-26) is a small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) oceanographic research ship owned by the US Navy and operated by the University of Hawaii as a part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.[1] She was designed to operate in coastal and blue water areas. The unique SWATH hull-form provides a comfortable, stable platform in high sea conditions. In January 2012 Kilo Moana began taking on water from a baseball sized hole in her hull.[clarification needed] The crew of the vessel along with the United States Coast Guard were able to temporarily plug the hole and pump out the flooded spaces. Kilo Moana was built by Atlantic Marine, Jacksonville, Florida, for the Office of Naval Research. Oceanography
University of Reading The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading. The University has a long tradition of research, education and training at a local, national and international level. It offers traditional degrees alongside less usual and other vocationally relevant ones. History[edit] Students study on the lawn at Reading University in 1945 Students take notes at the museum in the Faculty of Science at Reading University in 1945 University College, Reading[edit] The University owes its first origins to the Schools of Art and Science established in Reading in 1860 and 1870. The new college received its first treasury grant in 1901. University status[edit] The college first applied for a Royal Charter in 1920 but was unsuccessful at that time. Campuses[edit] Faculty of Life Sciences
Henley Business School Coordinates: The Henley Business School at the University of Reading is an English triple accredited business school. It was formed by merging the previously independent Henley Management College, formerly the Administrative Staff College, with the existing business school of the University of Reading. As a result of the merger with the University of Reading, it now occupies two sites: Greenlands Campus, near the town of Henley on Thames in south Oxfordshire, the original site of the Henley Management College, and Whiteknights Campus in Reading. History[edit] Greenlands campus on the banks of the river Thames 1945-1981: The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at Henley-on-Thames as the civilian equivalent of the Military Staff Colleges. 1981-2008: In 1981, the College changed its name from its original title to Henley - The Management College. 2008-date: In 2008, the Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading to form the Henley Business School.
Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (in full: The King's Hall and College of Brasenose, abbreviated BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1509, with the College library and current chapel added in the mid-seventeenth century. The College's New Quadrangle was completed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with additional residence areas completed in the 1960s and 1970s. As of 2012[update], it has an financial endowment of £90 million.[3][4] For the degree year 2011/2012, Brasenose ranked 2nd in the Norrington Table (a measure of performance in undergraduate degree examinations).[5] History[edit] Foundation[edit] The history of Brasenose College, Oxford stretches back to 1509, when the college was founded on the site of Brasenose Hall.[6] Its name is believed to derive from the name of a brass or bronze knocker that adorned the hall's door.[7] An illustration of Brasenose in 1674 Eighteenth century[edit] Dining Hall[edit]
Wolfson College, Oxford Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with over sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research and junior research fellows. It caters to a wide range of subjects, from the humanities to the social and natural sciences. The college is also Oxford University's most international and interdisciplinary graduate college, with students from 75 nationalities enrolled in masters and doctoral programs.[2] The liberal philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin was the college's first president, and was instrumental not only in its founding in 1965, but establishing its tradition of academic excellence and egalitarianism. The college houses The Isaiah Berlin Literary Trust and the annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture. As of 2006, the college had a financial endowment of £33.5 million.[3] History and character[edit] Forecourt and entrance. Buildings and grounds[edit] Berlin quad.
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge[note 1] (informally known as "Cambridge University" or simply "Cambridge"; abbreviated as "Cantab" in post-nominals[note 2]) is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England. Originally founded in 1209, it is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the world's third-oldest surviving university.[5] Early records suggest that the university grew out of an association formed by scholars leaving the University of Oxford after a dispute with townsfolk;[6] the two "ancient universities" have many common features and are often jointly referred to as "Oxbridge". The university's endowment (£4.9 billion as of 2013) is the largest of any European university.[17] In the year ended 31 July 2013 the university had a total income of £1.44 billion, of which £332 million was from research grants and contracts.[18] History[edit] Foundation of the colleges[edit] As Cambridge moved away from Canon Law, it also moved away from Catholicism.
University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews is a public research university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland, and the third oldest in the English-speaking world (following Oxford and Cambridge). It was founded between 1410 and 1413 when the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII issued a Papal Bull to a small founding group of Augustinian clergy. In post-nominals the university's name is abbreviated as St And (from the Latin Sancti Andreae). St Andrews is ranked as the fourth best university in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2013 and the Times Good University Guide 2014. The University is located in the small town of St Andrews in rural Fife. St Andrews boasts five Nobel Laureates: two in Chemistry and one each in Peace, Literature and Physiology or Medicine. History[edit] Foundation[edit] College Hall, within the 16th century St Mary's College building Development[edit] Modern period[edit] St Salvator's Chapel in 1843 General Council[edit]
Taylor Institution Taylorian Location of the Institution in central Oxford The Taylor Institution (commonly known as the Taylorian) is the Oxford University library dedicated to the study of the European Languages. Its building also includes lecture rooms used by the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford. Since 1889 a prestigious Annual Lecture on a subject of Foreign Literature has been given at the Taylorian Institution. The Institution and its Library are found in the east wing of a neo-classical building, constructed by Charles Cockerell to accommodate the Institution and the Randolph Galleries (now the Ashmolean Museum), located at the southern end of St Giles'. The library serves, for the greater part, those studying for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, for the various Master's degrees, and for the D Phil.
Romanes Lecture The Romanes Lecture is a prestigious free public lecture given annually at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, England. The lecture series was founded by, and named after, the biologist George Romanes, and has been running since 1892. Over the years, many notable figures from the Arts and Sciences have been invited to speak. List of Romanes lecturers and lecture subjects[edit] 1890s[edit] 1900s[edit] 1910s[edit] 1920s[edit] 1930s[edit] 1930 Winston Churchill — Parliamentary Government and the Economic Problem1931 John Galsworthy — The Creation of Character in Literature1932 Berkley Moynihan — The Advance of Medicine1933 Henry Hadow — The Place of Music among the Arts1934 William Rothenstein — Form and content in English Painting1935 Gilbert Murray — Then and Now1936 Donald Francis Tovey — Normality and Freedom in Music1937 Harley Granville-Barker — On Poetry in Drama1938 Lord Robert Cecil — Peace and Pacifism1939 Laurence Binyon — Art and freedom 1940s[edit] 1950s[edit] 1960s[edit] 1970s[edit]