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Supporting digital Research Technical Professionals: Building a community, shaping careers
With a growing recognition of the technical skills needed to underpin modern research, a project has been launched to support a community of professionals with these skills. Jeremy Cohen describes STEP-UP and how it will give this community the infrastructure they deserve.
Royce Cambridge
The Royce facilities at the University of Cambridge provides state-of-the-art equipment for the study of many different materials with almost a third of users from outside the host institution. Find out more about how Royce Cambridge supports the UK research ecosystem.
South east universities contribute £117bn to the national economy
Almost half of UK higher education and research’s contribution to the national economy come from institutions based in England’s Greater Southeast.
Our strengths, in numbers
Our members’ research excellence extends over many different fields, but a data analysis we commissioned shows some clear strengths.
Celebrating communities’ role in science
Universities are regional anchors and integral to their ‘place’ with many examples of collaborating on scientific research with communities. Here are some recent community-led research activities by our members.