Introduction to Research and Innovation at Leeds Professor Lisa Roberts Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation 24 April 2017

Strategic priorities in research Increase the volume, quality and impact of our research Grow research income to £200m by 20/21 Support interdisciplinary research on grand challenges Enhance our strategic partnerships Grow and support our PGR/ECR community

REF2014: Ranking by research power Institution Power Ranking 2014 Research Power 2014 % Staff Submitted University College London 1 8,253 91.30% University of Oxford 2 8,039 86.82% University of Cambridge 3 6,943 95.06% University of Edinburgh 4 5,571 83.28% University of Manchester 5 4,929 77.98% King's College London 6 4,425 79.69% University of Nottingham 7 4,335 78.99% Imperial College London 8 4,226 91.88% University of Bristol 9 3,614 91.31% University of Leeds 10 3,598 74.86% University of Southampton 11 3,505 89.75% University of Glasgow 12 3,404 83.79% University of Sheffield 13 3,310 74.24% University of Birmingham 14 3,270 80.71% University of Warwick 15 2,998 83.47%

REF2014: Ranking by impact Institution Impact Ranking Impact GPA Institute of Cancer Research 1 3.87 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 2 3.74 Imperial College London 3 3.68 St.George's, University of London 4 3.64 Cardiff University 5 3.61 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 6 3.57 University College London 7 3.54 King's College London 8 3.52 University of Oxford 9 3.51 University of Bristol 10 3.50 London School of Economics and Political Science University of Cambridge 12 3.49 University of Leeds 13 3.47 University of Edinburgh 14 3.46 University of York University of Manchester 16 3.45 University of Bath University of Sheffield 18 3.43

Quality and Impact Leeds Russell Group Sector 4* Outputs 21% 27% 22% 54% 44%

Proportion of outputs in top 10% most cited worldwide

Research income – aim of top 10

Strategic Plan 2014-2020 Aim: To be an outstanding research university securely placed within the UK’s top-ten and achieving significant real terms increases in research income Targets: Annual research income of £200m by 2020 85% eligible academic staff in REF2020 with outputs GPA > 3* 2800 FTE postgraduate research students by 2020

Appoint outstanding early career researchers and senior academic leaders Five-year academic fellowships leading to Associate Professor

Increase funding for PGR students Leeds 110 Anniversary Research Scholarships (2 x 110) Doctoral Training Centres Industrial sponsorship Campaign sponsorship Focus on PGR student experience

Support academic staff to raise the number of 4* outputs Internal mentorship and review of outputs Time for Research

Become better informed and influential with our funders Joining governing bodies and strategic advisory teams Networking

Promote interdisciplinary research and impact around grand challenge themes Cities Food Culture Health Energy Water High Value Engineering

Create sector-leading technology platforms for research Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) MRC Centre for Medical Bioinformatics City of Leeds a national centre for health informatics ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre Bragg Centre Leading-edge materials and imaging lab Adjacent to new home for Physics and Computing

Create sector-leading technology platforms for research £17m investment in Astbury BioStructure Laboratory State of the art instruments for Electron Microscopy and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Develop mutually beneficial collaborations with external partners P&G Marks & Spencer Opera North

White Rose University Consortium Leeds Sheffield York Established 1997

N8 Research Partnership Newcastle Lancaster Durham York Liverpool Leeds Sheffield Manchester Established 2007

The power of 8 15,000 academic staff - 12% of the UK total 38,000 postgraduate students - 11% of UK total (taught and research) Total research income in 2010/11 was £747m - 17% of UK total £500m of Government research funding - 18% of UK total £72m of UK industrial research funding - 16% of UK total £120m from overseas research partners All eight universities in top 1% of institutions in the world

Catalyse new research opportunities with selected international partners University of Bergen University of Bristol University of Leeds University of Sheffield University of Southampton University of York University of Alberta Maastricht University University of Rochester University of Massachusetts Amherst Chinese University of Hong Kong Zhejiang University University of Basel University of Ghana University of Sydney University of Western Australia University of Cape Town University of Auckland www.vectortemplates.com Established 2000

Create a high-profile presence for innovation and enterprise in the City and beyond NEXUS

Commercialise the outputs from our research Partnership with IP Group plc established in 2002 Spin-out companies with a value in excess of £500m

Delivery plan structure