Viewpoint – Making the leap: Accelerating path from research excellence to impact
05 Nov 2025
Professor Colette Fagan & Professor Sarah Sharples give their insight into the research excellence to impact leap.
Between October and December, we are running a series of Viewpoint blogs written by our University Executive to give their personal perspectives on our new strategy to 2035, play back what we heard, explain the choices we are making, and set out how we will test, learn and scale to deliver our strategy.
In this piece, Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research and Professor Sarah Sharples, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, give their insight into the research excellence to impact leap.
More information
- You can explore the strategy on our webpage, or download the full strategy text.
- Catch up on our first Viewpoint blog from Professor Duncan Ivison, President & Vice-Chancellor