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Research and knowledge exchange

We believe in making a difference. Our research and knowledge exchange activities tackle global challenges, solve practical problems and seek to improve people’s lives and environments.

We recognise that today’s challenges are not limited by the boundaries of traditional disciplines; neither are we. Fresh thinking, interdisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships with industry, institutions and communities enable us to bring expertise from different fields to address society’s most pressing issues to make a tangible impact. 

We are focused on realising potential and shaping futures. We foster a vibrant, agile research community; supporting our established experts and nurturing the next generation of talent from our thriving postgraduate and early career researchers.

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We are very keen to promote interdisciplinary research - that is what holds the answers to many of the global challenges that we are addressing in our research."

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Discover our institution, its research successes and its ambitions. From our thriving community of postgraduate research students, studying towards PhDs across a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research, to the many examples of world-leading excellence, collaborating with academics, industries and communities world-wide. Find out more about how we organise our research through our celebrated Centres of Research and Knowledge Exchange Excellence (COREs) and our commitment to the global challenges our planet is facing; learn more about the supportive environment for research that our leaders, staff and students have developed. 

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'Art on the Streets': Film success brings the bombsite exhibitions of wartime Britain to life

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Design historian Dr Harriet Atkinson's research into art on the streets in 1943 is the impetus behind a successful Four Corners film narrated by Michael Rosen.

30 June 2023

¹ú²ú̽»¨ scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize

Professor Bhavik Patel

Professor Bhavik Patel has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Analytical Science mid-career Prize in recognition of brilliance in research and innovation.

13 June 2023

EMPOWERCARE project shows how technology can help older people manage their own care

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¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers contributed insights to €4 million project investigating how innovative solutions can address gaps in care and empower users.

8 June 2023

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Discover the active support available to develop our researchers and the values, aims and governance underpinning our research and enterprise culture.

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