One of our strengths is multidisciplinary research, in which researchers from different departments and backgrounds work together to bring new perspectives to problem solving and discovery. We have well-established partnerships with a number of universities, both in the UK and abroad, which extends our global reach and enhances our input to regional and national activities.
The N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of the eight most research-intensive universities in the North of England: Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York. The N8 universities pool their knowledge to attract the funding needed to bring together world-leading research excellence with regional, national and global businesses in multi-disciplinary research programmes. Current initiatives include METRC, a virtual lab specialising in soft nanotechnology research and applying this to industry; and Regener8, which is translating research in regenerative medicine into commercial products and clinical benefits.
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)
We were a founding member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), a partnership of 18 research-led universities in Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. WUN exists to make significant advances in understanding topics of global concern via international research platforms involving staff/student exchanges and joint research programmes.
