Our Research and Innovation Strategy

Our research strategy describes in detail the strategic direction and ambitions of our research programme to develop and strengthen our research and innovation portfolio in the coming years.

Key priorities for achieving our vision are to foster a research skilled workforce in collaboration with academic partners that will in turn increase our income, strengthen collaborations, and raise our research and innovation portfolio to secure sustainable funding streams.

Our ambitions are focused around our 5strategic themes  that we will deliver against in the coming years, that are as follows:

• Strategic Theme 1 Development of a Research Skilled Workforce
• Strategic Theme 2 Development of our Research and Innovation Infrastructure 
• Strategic Theme 3 Further Build Collaborative Partnerships
• Strategic Theme 4 Deliverance of Commercial and Non-Commercial Research Excellence
• Strategic Theme 5 Generation of Sustainable Research and Innovation Funding

You can read our Nursing, Midwifery, and AHP Research Strategy here.