Research and Knowledge Exchange

We want to achieve significant and measurable societal, social, cultural and economic impact, ensuring academic excellence, and informing our learning and teaching with our research, knowledge exchange and practice.

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Strategy 2030

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Our priorities

The overall purpose of our Research & Knowledge Exchange (KE) sub-strategy is to contribute to positioning us as the Best Modern University by: achieving significant and measurable societal, social, cultural and economic impact, ensuring academic excellence, and informing our learning and teaching with our research, knowledge exchange and practice.

  1. World-leading, rigorous, and impactful/creative research
  2. Sector-leading knowledge exchange
  3. Teaching and learning informed by research, knowledge exchange and practice

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Research and Knowledge Exchange sub-strategy KPIs

By 2030, we will know we have been successful if:

  • We increase our research income to 10% of university revenues;
  • We increase our REF power score to 2,000;
  • We increase our PGR population to 900
  • We increase our PRES score to >90% satisfaction.
  • We ensure that knowledge exchange represents 10% of total university revenues
  • We are in the top 10% of our peer group in five of the seven perspectives in the KEF.
  • All staff on teaching/research and research-only contracts to be engaged in measurable research (including pedagogical research), practice or KE.
  • We have >25% of staff engaged in pedagogical research.

Delivering our strategies

Find out more about how our departments and faculties are working to deliver on research and knowledge exchange.

World-leading, rigorous, impactful and creative research

Our ambition is to be the best modern university for R&KE in the UK.

Sector-leading KE addressing local, national and international challenges

We work with many different types of partners to ensure that our new knowledge is used for the benefit of the economy and society.

Teaching and learning informed by research, practice and knowledge exchange

Informing our teaching and learning with our research, practice and KE is fundamental to achieving student success and ensuring that we are the best modern university.