The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) is a purpose-built, joint venture between the University of Southampton and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Opened in 1996 by Prince Philip (he also renamed it in 2005), NOCS is located near the Ocean Village development in the dock area of Southampton. It is one of a group of centres specialising in marine science, earth science and marine technology, and provides a platform for interdisciplinary research (such as the Autosub Under Ice programme[1]) alongside a comprehensive teaching facility.
The NOCS comprises the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Sciences which operates alongside four NERC research divisions and the NERC Research Ships Unit (RSU). In addition to housing some 520 research scientists and staff, over 700 undergraduate and postgraduate students call the NOCS home.[2] The NOCS's on-site resources include the UK National Oceanographic Library, the nationally important Discovery Collections and the British Ocean Sediment Core Repository. The NOCS is also the base for the purpose-built research vessels RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook (and formerly RRS Charles Darwin).
Prior to 1 May 2005, NOCS was known as the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC). The name was changed to reflect the Centre's prominence in ocean and earth sciences within the UK.
References
- ^ Griffiths, G. (March 2005). "Autosub Under Ice". Ingenia (22). http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/articles.aspx?Index=302. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "About NOCS". NOCS. http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/nocs/about.php. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
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