LUNG SHOT: the Queen's University Belfast research project improving lung cancer screening across Ireland Research 20 January 2025 LUNG SHOT: the Queen's University Belfast research project improving lung cancer screening across Ireland Queen's University Belfast has secured a significant grant to lead a groundbreaking project aimed at establishing lung cancer screening programmes across the island of Ireland
Building a global Advanced Manufacturing hub in Sheffield Research 20 January 2025 Building a global Advanced Manufacturing hub in Sheffield The University of Sheffield transformed the former Orgreave coking plant – the site of violent clashes between pickets and police during the miners’ strike in 1984 - into a global hub for advanced...
Research-intensive universities can break down barriers to growth Innovation 20 March 2025 Research-intensive universities can break down barriers to growth Stuart Croft, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick and Chair of the Russell Group Industrial Strategy Expert Panel, writes for Research Professional on the ways that universities can help to...
Future Ready: the Path to Growth Industrial strategy Publication Future Ready: the Path to Growth How government, research-intensive universities and industry can work in partnership to deliver an innovation-led Industrial Strategy
Preparing for a safe digital future in Northern Ireland Innovation 20 January 2025 Preparing for a safe digital future in Northern Ireland To achieve a safe digital future, collaborative innovation between industry and academia must keep pace with new technologies like AI and quantum. Russell Group universities are finding new ways to...
Newcastle University is innovating to support an ageing UK population Research 22 January 2025 Newcastle University is innovating to support an ageing UK population Meeting the needs of an ageing population is one of the biggest long-term challenges facing UK health and social care. Developing treatments, new products to support independent living and enhancing...
Business and university leaders unite in calls for new Industrial Strategy to remove barriers to growth Innovation 13 March 2025 Business and university leaders unite in calls for new Industrial Strategy to remove barriers to growth Business leaders and research-intensive universities have today set out urgent recommendations for government to ensure the new Industrial Strategy removes stubborn barriers to growth that have...
Russell Group calls for universities to play a central role in the Industrial Strategy Innovation 21 October 2024 Russell Group calls for universities to play a central role in the Industrial Strategy In two new articles, the Russell Group responds to the government's Industrial Strategy green paper
Queen Mary research is improving health outcomes for South Asian communities Research 20 January 2025 Queen Mary research is improving health outcomes for South Asian communities South Asian communities have some of the highest rates of heart disease, diabetes and poor health in the UK. Genes & Health is a Queen Mary University of London research study set up to help fight...
Future Ready Industrial strategy Future Ready The role of universities in an innovation-led Industrial Strategy
Education for a healthy future Education 8 July 2024 Education for a healthy future Russell Group universities train the nurses, doctors, dentists, technicians and other professionals the NHS needs to cut waiting lists and bring advanced technologies and treatments into everyday use
Edinburgh researchers using AI to identify breast cancer patients Research 3 February 2025 Edinburgh researchers using AI to identify breast cancer patients Edinburgh researchers have used a new AI-powered test to identify breast cancer patients in the earliest stage of the disease.
Strengthening Scotland's sovereign capabilities in critical technologies Innovation Research 17 January 2025 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...
The Cardiff students providing dental care to communities in the Cynon Valley Education 20 January 2025 The Cardiff students providing dental care to communities in the Cynon Valley Mountain Ash Primary Care Dental Unit is a modern, purpose-built clinic situated in an area of high dental need in South Wales
Broken String Biosciences: the Cardiff spinout speeding up drug development Innovation Research 20 January 2025 Broken String Biosciences: the Cardiff spinout speeding up drug development Cardiff University spinout Broken String Biosciences is building a new technology platform designed to make cell and gene therapies safer, more efficient and more affordable for patients and health...
Educating our future NHS workforce Education 13 February 2025 Educating our future NHS workforce Universities are ready to work with government to refresh the long-term workforce plan and expand training further.
New expert panel to advise on universities’ role in the Industrial Strategy Innovation 10 October 2024 New expert panel to advise on universities’ role in the Industrial Strategy The panel is announced alongside a new report, Future Ready, outlining the ways research-intensive universities deliver on priority areas
University groups call for health education taskforce Education 19 February 2024 University groups call for health education taskforce Higher education leaders, including the Russell Group, call for a new taskforce to effectively deliver the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan
Universities are critical partners in the fight to protect the NHS Education 13 February 2025 Universities are critical partners in the fight to protect the NHS A new briefing from the Russell Group calls for universities to be at the heart of workplace planning
Healthcare innovation at the University of Birmingham Innovation 17 January 2025 Healthcare innovation at the University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham’s world-leading academic and clinical research and infrastructure is at the heart of a growing regional ecosystem for life-changing science.
