Growing Research Together

The programme ran from 2021 to 2025, with much of the work it started being carried over into other programmes and continuous improvement.

Goals

The programme set out to:

• Align research support services to fully underpin University research goals, enabling our 7600 researchers to have significant impact in the world.
• Make best use of our commitment and investment in research support, providing clear and accessible services which enable our researchers to deliver outstanding research.
• Ensure we safely manage our research income – one third of the University’s revenue – and meet our regulatory obligations.
• Build research management and administration as a profession across the University, providing career pathways and enabling our research professional services colleagues to become the best they can be.

Co-design

While led by senior staff from the researcher and professional services research support community, co-design was at the heart of everything Growing Research Together did. Staff from across the research support community were invited to contribute to make sure their needs were reflected.