OUR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH

As evidenced by our excellent REF2021 outcome, we are dedicated to championing research in everything we do. Our research-informed teaching provides an innovative approach to learning. Research underpins our curriculum, how we deliver it and drives our research priorities.

As a student you will be surrounded by people who will inspire you. We are very proud to have a wealth of outstanding researchers across our Schools and you will be taught by academic staff who are leaders in their discipline, with real-world experience and research expertise. Our growing and vibrant research environments are made possible by talented people and strong collaborative networks.

Our current research endeavours continue to make a real difference to people’s lives, influencing policy and society. Our research informs our teaching and enables you to develop into a highly employable, skilled and knowledgeable graduate. We are very proud of the significant impact our research has on the economic, cultural and educational lives of the communities we serve regionally, nationally and internationally.

Members of our professoriate lead a number of research institutes and we continue to make significant and strategic investments in our research environment.

Our research institutes and centres:

• Digital Futures Institute

• Institute for Health and Wellbeing

• Institute for Social Justice and Crime

• Integrated Care Academy

• Suffolk Sustainability Institute

• Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)

• Centre for Culture and Heritage

Our areas of distinctiveness

As a university we developed our academic portfolio of research and business engagement around six areas of distinctiveness. This recognises the needs of students and their aspirations beyond study, alongside understanding how we can contribute to the creation of beneficial research that supports local business, industry and the wider community.

• Creative and Digital Industries

• Health and Wellbeing

• History and Heritage

• Pedagogy/Learning and Teaching

• Social Justice and Crime

• Sustainability

Open Lecture Series

Our Open Lecture Series is a high-quality events programme featuring worldrenowned speakers, showcasing academic excellence both inside and outside the University. A list of previous and upcoming lectures can be found on the website.

uos.ac.uk/openlectures