Introduction to Research and Innovation at Leeds Andy Gouldson Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Interdisciplinary Research) 8th June 2016
REF2014: Outcome GPA GPA 3.13 (2.72 in 2008) National GPA Ranking 21st = (14= with 5 others in 2008) Research Power Ranking 10th (8th in 2008) Impact Ranking 13th (3.47 GPA)
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
4* Outputs and Impact Leeds Russell Group Sector 4* Outputs 21% 27% 22% 4* Impact 54% 44%
World league tables QS % THE Shanghai Jiao Tong Employer reputation Education Employer reputation Students / faculty 10 20 Reputation Student / Faculty PGR/UG PGR/faculty Institutional income / faculty 15 4.5 2.25 6 Alumni with Nobel / Fields International outlook Intl./domestic students Intl./domestic faculty 5 % papers with intl. co-author 2.5 Research output 40 Research income / faculty Papers / faculty (field weighted) 18 # papers Per-capita performance Research influence Citations / faculty # citations 30 Staff with Nobel/Fields Highly cited papers Papers in Nature / Science Societal impact Industry income 2015 (2014) ranking 87 (97) 133 (146) 101-150 (101-150)
Research income – top 10
Proportion of outputs in top 10% most cited worldwide
Field weighted citation index
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
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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
Become better informed and influential with our funders Joining governing bodies and strategic advisory teams Networking
Promote interdisciplinary research and impact around sector-facing themes Cities Food Culture Health Energy Water High Value Engineering Medical Technologies 250 researchers, 10 departments, 36 HEIs, 44 companies Clear focus requiring many disciplines 27 patents, across 17 patent families, 37 products have reached market £88M public sector finance, £7M private sector finance
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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
White Rose purpose …to add value from partnership activity in research, enterprise, innovation and learning and teaching Notable successes in nationally-funded collaborative doctoral training: Arts and Humanities (funded by AHRC) Mechanistic Biology (funded by BBSRC) Social Science (funded by ESRC) Opening a White Rose EU office in Brussels
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
N8 purpose Agri-Tech Food Resilience programme Increase research influence and impact through Harnessing complementary expertise and critical mass Combining influence across the North of England (e.g. health care) Improving facilities through equipment sharing Increasing industrial impact through interfacing to industry as N8 Agri-Tech Food Resilience programme N8 HPC
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 Access Innovation - SME engagement Company incubation Graduate start-ups and incubation (SPARK) Networking and meeting space Academic Health Science Network
Commercialise the outputs from our research Partnership with IP Group plc established in 2002 Spin-out companies with a value in excess of £500m