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The Leading Edge of Impact

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The UK has been assessing the quality of its university research for three decades. Until recently, the evaluation process focused on the excellence of research from an academic perspective. In the latest round, completed in 2014, the UK included socioeconomic impact. This supplement highlights the myriad ways in which UK research benefits society at home and overseas.

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The leading edge of impact (PDF)

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Assessing academic research (PDF)

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Shifting war laws (PDF)

University of Oxford | Politics and international studies

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Creative energy (PDF)

Goldsmiths, University of London | Communication and media studies

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Debunking vaccine scares (PDF)

Queen's University Belfast | Clinical medicine

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Reading the riots (PDF)

London School of Economics | Social work and social policy

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Top-notch protection (PDF)

Durham University | Chemistry

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Speedy scans (PDF)

King's College London | General engineering

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Statistics keep ships afloat (PDF)

Lancaster University | Mathematical sciences

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Signs of change (PDF)

Heriot-Watt University | Modern languages and linguistics

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Woolf and the island press (PDF)

University of St Andrews | English literature

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TB treatment (PDF)

University of Warwick and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Public health, health services and primary care

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Paralympic prowess (PDF)

Loughborough University | Sport and exercise sciences

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Taking action on climate change (PDF)

Cardiff University | Psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience

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