For the second year running, Queen Mary was placed in the top category – Very High Engagement - for 'Research partnerships', 'Public and Community Engagement', and 'IP and Commercialisation'. The University also ranked in the second highest category for 'Working with the Public and Third Sector'.
Further information, including case studies, across each category measured are available on our dedicated KEF webpage.
Queen Mary's performance reflects its commitment to and strength in sharing knowledge, ideas and experience to benefit both the economy and society. The results also reflect Queen Mary's longstanding strengths, such as its excellence in public engagement, along with its ambition to be the most inclusive research-intensive University in the world.
Queen Mary's Research Highways illustrate some of the most exciting knowledge exchange projects happening across the University and how it works with a variety of partners to deliver impact.
Professor Colin Bailey, Queen Mary's President and Principal, said: "We are proud of our results in this year's Knowledge Exchange Framework and the recognition of the ways we make the world a better place. We are especially pleased with maintaining our place among the very best universities in the country when it comes to how we engage with the public and our community, our innovation, and our research partnerships.
"Our results are testament to the hard work of both our University staff and all those we partner with. I would like to thank everyone involved and we look to build on this success."
Dr Philippa Lloyd, Queen Mary's Vice-Principal for Policy and Strategic Partnerships, said: "We are dedicated to using our expertise in research and innovation to tackle society's biggest challenges, which cannot happen without knowledge exchange, collaboration and partnership.
"Our investment to grow our research capacity fuels growth in opportunities for Knowledge Exchange, which enables us to change people's lives for the better."
'Knowledge exchange' refers to the wide range of activities universities undertake with partners – for example businesses, charities and community groups – for the benefit of the economy and society.
The Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) is the system for assessing the quality of knowledge exchange in UK higher education institutions.
