Impact

Impact

Real-world examples highlighting the positive economic, societal and cultural impacts of Russell Group universities in every region and nation of the UK.

Featured topic: Healthcare and the NHS 10 Year Plan

20 January 2025
Impact story
Education
University of Southampton

LifeLab: how Southampton researchers are helping young people make better health choices

Two girls carry out an experiment in a lab in Southampton
20 January 2025
Impact story
Research
Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary research is improving health outcomes for South Asian communities

Consultation between doctor and patient
Access & participation
Innovation
Imperial

Imperial's Invention Rooms invite the local community to innovate together

The Invention Rooms is a unique space in Imperial’s White City Deep Tech Campus at the heart of the Imperial WestTech Corridor, where the local community and Imperial come together to collaborate, innovate and make…

Two young men in the workshop during the Maker Challenge at the Invention Rooms
Innovation
Research
Imperial

Imperial research generating green energy

Leading UK clean energy technology company Ceres Power was formed from Imperial research into fuel cells that can be used to generate low-carbon electricity.

Innovation
Research
University of Glasgow

Chemify: the Glasgow spinout digitising chemistry

Chemify, a University of Glasgow spinout company, aims to revolutionise the field of chemistry through digitisation, speeding up the development of drugs

A chemist adds liquid to a beaker
Research
University of Glasgow

Tackling climate resilience and social inequalities in Glasgow

University of Glasgow researchers are working on a £10.5 million research programme that is helping Scotland’s largest city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities…

Innovation
Research
University of Glasgow

Strengthening Scotland's sovereign capabilities in critical technologies

The Critical Technologies Accelerator (CTA), a University of Glasgow programme, aims to strengthen Scotland's manufacturing base by developing semiconductor, photonics and quantum technologies essential for…

Access & participation
Research
Durham University

The Bishop Big Dig: building strong places and communities in County Durham

The Bishop Big Dig used innovative archaeology ‘intervention’ to restore people’s mental health and sense of belonging

Access & participation
Education
Durham University

Durham Learning Alliance: giving people the skills they need to get on in life

Durham University and four County Durham colleges are working together to expand education opportunities and drive economic growth in North East England.

Smiling group of students
Innovation
Durham University
Newcastle University
University of York

Northern Accelerator: boosting the north east economy

Northern Accelerator is an innovative collaboration between Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland, Teesside and York universities to commercialise research and boost the region’s economy.

Access & participation
University of Cambridge

A stepping stone to Cambridge for students facing disadvantage

The Cambridge Foundation Year is a unique course intended to provide a stepping stone to Cambridge for students who have been prevented from realising their potential due to educational disadvantage or disruption.​…

Innovation
Research
University of Cambridge

The Cambridge spinout improving early diagnosis of oesophageal cancer

University of Cambridge spinout firm Cyted Health has developed a non-invasive test which uses AI to help NHS clinicians identify the early signs of oesophageal cancer in tissue samples.

Research
University of Cambridge

Using AI to identify hard-to-decarbonise housing in Cambridge

Breakthroughs in clean energy are helping change the way we power homes and innovative approaches to energy efficiency are helping councils and other partners transform local housing stock

An engineer fits a solar panel to the roof of a house
Access & participation
Education
University of Bristol

The Bristol researchers shifting thinking on education policy

Research led by the University of Bristol has redefined how school performance data is understood in England, challenging entrenched assumptions and shaping policies to promote social mobility

A teacher leads a secondary school class
Innovation
Research
University of Bristol

Bristol’s quantum phenomenon

The University of Bristol has sparked a revolution in quantum information science, technology and innovation, generating a vibrant quantum ecosystem to take research out of the lab and into the real world.

A researcher at Bristol works in the state-of-the-art Quantum Engineering Technology Labs
Research
Cardiff University
University of Bristol
University of Exeter

Revolutionising supercomputing with Isambard-AI

The Isambard project, pioneered by the University of Bristol, has transformed the supercomputing landscape, harnessing mobile-device technology to build faster, more affordable, and energy-efficient high-performance…

The Bristol Centre for Supercomputing, home to the Isambard 3 supercomputer
Research
University of Bristol

Transforming engagement with local heritage in Bristol

University of Bristol historians have transformed local heritage engagement with Know Your Bristol, a flagship project developed in partnership with Bristol City Council.

A map of Bristol city centre
Research
University of Birmingham

Everything to Everybody: restoring Shakespeare to Birmingham residents

Everything to Everybody (E2E) was an ambitious four-year project led jointly by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council’s Library of Birmingham to restore the world’s first, oldest and largest…