Research rated as excellent has been found distributed across many modern university research departments and modern universities provide a vital source of well-trained postgraduate students with highly relevant research skills for industry and the third sector.
Examples of research at MURG member universities can be found at the links below:
Anglia Ruskin University – Vision and Eye Research Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital
University of Bedfordshire – Supporting institutional decision making with an intelligent student engagement tracking system
Bucks New University – Centre for Health Communication Research
Birmingham City University – Integra Project – Fusing Music and Technology
University of Bolton – Unicef Award
Bournemouth University – Computational Intelligence Platform for evolving and robust predictive systems
Canterbury Christ Church University – Remote Communication Technology in Mental Health
University of Chester – The Past in its Place: Histories of Memory in English and Welsh Locales’ with University of Exeter
University of Central Lancashire – ERC funding for multilingual behaviours in sign language users project
Coventry University – EU FP7 SONO Project – A pilot line of antibacterial and antifungal medical textiles based on a sonochemical process
University of Cumbria – Family and social values – researchers from Cumbria and Turkey learn from each other
University of Derby – Retrotek project – transforming empty homes through sustainable solutions – with University of Lincoln
University of East London – drug-bank of novel antimicrobial agents
Edinburgh Napier University – healthcare cloud computing pilot
Edge Hill University – Project funded by Department for International Development- funded Uganda-NHS Palliative Care THET Links Programme
Glasgow Caledonian University – European launch for parenting programme
University of Greenwich – FLASH Innovation project for SMEs
Glyndwr University – Mirrors for European Space Telescope
University of Hertfordshire – New Research Finding Will Protect Vital Global Crops
University of Huddersfield – innovative nursing scheme for leg ulcers
Kingston University – Assessment of Physician assistants – in collaboration with St George’s University of London
Kingston University – Research to help toddlers reach their full potential – funded by European Commission’s Lifelong Research Programme
Leeds Metropolitan University – Cultural Cities Research Network – in collaboration with University of Birmingham
Leeds Metropolitan University – wellbeing app launched
University of Lincoln – DynAMITe – microchip research
London Metropolitan University – funding from Airey Neave Trust
Manchester Metropolitan University – Royal Society of Chemistry Award
Middlesex University – Outdoor flying video camera technology
Newman University College Birmingham – Daphne European Union project
University of Wales, Newport – Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships
Nottingham Trent University – Evaluation of voter turnout
University of Plymouth – Robot technology
Robert Gordon University – Research project on rare childhood disease cystinosis
Sheffield Hallam University – Solar Cell Research collaboration with Fraunhofer IST
Sheffield Hallam University – SHEAF Systems Consultancy
Southampton Solent University – Warsash Maritime Academy
Staffordshire University – STAR – EU funded dementia database
University of Sunderland – Science Complex for drug discovery
University of Teesside – EU best LIFE Environment Project Award for using brownfield sites for renewable energy crops
University of the West of England – MRC grant for Machine Vision Laboratory to research skull abnormalities in children – in collaboration with North Bristol NHS Trust and the London Orthotic Consultancy
University of the West of England – Car fuel from carbon dioxide – in collaboration with the universities of Bath and Bristol
University of West London – Richard Wells Research Centre
UWIC – AHRC/EPSRC Award for Cardiff School of Art & Design
University of the West of Scotland – University Leads International Research Collaboration to Study Child Health in Malawi
University of Westminster – Biodegradable Polymers
University of Wolverhampton – Central Institute for the Study of Public Protection – funding for a research project on women rough sleepers and domestic abuse
University of Wolverhampton – Development of new resources for deaf people in media industries – funding from the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme
York St John University – Mobile learning device wins global learning award
