Professor StJohn Crean, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), added: “For all 19 of our academic areas to have been officially recognised as demonstrating elements of world-leading and internationally excellent research is exceptional so I couldn’t be more thrilled with how our academics have risen to the challenge.

“From life sciences and physical sciences, to social sciences, arts and humanities, the impact achieved by our research in health, on lives and on businesses, locally and across the world, is outstanding.

“We have demonstrated our impact in more than 68 countries, reaching 18 million people and organisations while influencing policy locally and globally and this is just the tip of the iceberg.”

UCLan research is contributing towards UN Sustainability Goals and two-thirds of its REF2021 Impact Case Studies involve countries receiving Official Development Assistance funding or UK areas ranking in the 25% most deprived nationally.

UCLan REF2021 submission key facts

1,032 research submissions including 825 journal articles, 68 books written by UCLan staff, 64 book chapters and 58 ‘non-standard’ outputs such as exhibitions, art works and musical compositions.
445 UCLan academic staff have made research submissions to the REF, a 70% increase on the previous submission in 2014.
50 impact case studies submitted that describe how our research has made a difference in the real world.
Research submitted across all four REF panels, which range from a 4-researcher submission in Mathematics to a 90-researcher submission in Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Significant investment made in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research during REF2021. Approximately one third of the UCLan submission is STEM-facing.
A third of UCLan’s REF2021 Impact Case Studies are linked to health and wellbeing.

UCLan’s REF results can be found here. UCLan’s REF impact case studies can be found here.

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