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 – Glaucoma research
University of Bedfordshire – Supporting institutional decision making with an intelligent student engagement tracking system
Bucks New University – Institute of Applied Leadership
Birmingham City University – Integra Project – Fusing Music and Technology
University of Bolton -Development of novel antimicrobial fibres from polysaccharides
University of Bolton – Novel Elastomer Compositions for Use in Drug Delivery Medical Devises
Bournemouth University – Computational Intelligence Platform for evolving and robust predictive systems
Canterbury Christ Church University – Arts on Prescription
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 Cumbria – Upskilling in stroke care
University of Derby – Retrotek project – transforming empty homes through sustainable solutions – with University of Lincoln
University of East London – Well London – A new approach to health & wellbeing
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
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 to research the funding of terrorism
Manchester Metropolitan University – Royal Society of Chemistry Award – for research into graphene and its application as an electrode material.
Middlesex University – Outdoor flying video camera technology
Newman University College Birmingham – Daphne European Union project – A participatory action research project into youth work interventions in street violence.
University of Wales, Newport – Transforming patient care
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 – Materials & Engineering Research Institute
Southampton Solent University – Humanitarian research
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 – Development of guidelines to reduce deaths caused by healthcare infections
UWIC – AHRC/EPSRC Award for Cardiff School of Art & Design
University of the West of Scotland – Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit
University of Westminster – Centre for Employment Research
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 – SIPPS Project
