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These RTPs are responsible for maintaining Imperial's research computing platforms, such as the high-performance computing and research data store
Blog

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.

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National impact

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.

Data: Clarivate as analysed by UCL colleagues. Graphic: Janine Clayton
Collaborations

Our strengths, in numbers

Our members’ research excellence extends over many different fields, but a data analysis we commissioned shows some clear strengths.

credit: Andrew Bailey/University of Oxford'
News

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.

Feature

Reflections on COP28: how our partner universities are inspiring a green revolution 

Universities and the ground-breaking research from their dedicated teams have long influenced the conversations and change connected to COP. Here are highlights from some of our members’ COP-related research and activities.