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.

Feature: Access & participation

19 February 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
University of Exeter

University of Exeter's bespoke access pathway for mature students

A mature student working in a classroom
20 January 2025
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Access & participation
UCL

UCL partnerships are widening access to HE for pupils across London

15 February 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
Research
University of Warwick

The Warwick study making life better for care leavers

17 January 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
University of Oxford

Opening new access pathways to Oxford

Innovation
Queen's University Belfast

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 use research and…

Research
Queen Mary University of London

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 against these…

Innovation
Research
University of Nottingham

Nottingham researchers developing new technology to treat Tourette’s

Two digital technologies based on research by University of Nottingham experts to reduce the severity of tics in people with Tourette’s are closer to patient use in the NHS after being recommended in draft guidance…

Innovation
Research
University of Nottingham

The Nottingham spinout improving brain scans to detect dementia

University of Nottingham spin-out company Cerca Magnetics is using quantum technology to develop wearable brain scanners that could help detect early signs of dementia

Research
University of Oxford

ILESLA: advancing interdisciplinary, experiential learning for Oxford doctorates

The University of Oxford, in partnership with five leading institutions, has launched the Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award (ILESLA).

Research
University of Oxford

gaitQ: the Oxford spinout transforming the lives of people with Parkinson's

University of Oxford spin-out gaitQ has developed a range of wearable mobility aids and medical technologies that are helping transform the lives of people living with Parkinson’s disease

Innovation
Research
LSE

Zinc: the LSE accelerator tackling major social challenges on a global scale

Zinc, co-founded by LSE, is helping entrepreneurs, including academics, build technology-focussed companies to help tackle major social challenges on a global scale.

Research
LSE

LSE's Just Transition Finance Lab: supporting local net zero transitions

Working with the Energy Systems Catapult, London School of Economics Just Transition Finance Lab conducted an applied research project with Westminster City Council and Cumberland Unitary Authority to enhance the…

Research
University of Liverpool

Unilever and the University of Liverpool

Supported by QR funding, Liverpool and Unilever's long-term strategic partnership established the Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) – a world-class centre for materials chemistry and microbiome research.

The exterior of the Materials Innovation Factory building in Liverpool
Access & participation
King's College London

KCL extended medical degree is widening participation to medicine

The 6-year Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) offered by King’s College London is aimed at educationally disadvantaged students and students from non-traditional backgrounds who have the potential to complete a…

A group of students on the extended medical degree programme
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 and m

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.

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
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
Imperial
University of Birmingham

Formula Student: Drive to Recharge

‘Formula Student: Drive to Recharge’ is a new initiative launched by About:Energy, a world-leading innovator in battery development software, to help address the UK's battery skills gap and support the…

Innovation
University of Birmingham

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.