Please note: This workshop will take place on Microsoft Teams. If you don’t have Microsoft Teams yet, you can download it from the Software Centre on a University managed laptop/PC. Further information can be found on the ITS website.

The Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP1) is a £15 million series of investments to maintain research infrastructure and support at the University, which launched 2018 and concludes 2023. The programme was designed to be a proactive, targeted, and controlled investment rather than being reactive and ad hoc. The programme also facilitates the University’s ambition to achieve a top 25 position in the global research rankings.

RLP1’s activities and their success has demonstrated the continued demand for a second Research Lifecycle Programme (RLP2) to sustain investment and maintain and improve activities supporting research. RLP2 is planned to run from 2023 – 2028.

The team want to ensure that any future investment into a second RLP is purposeful, beneficial and guided by the research community. For this reason, they need a wide range of research and research support staff to tell them their needs and ideas to shape the future of research support and infrastructure over the next few years.

Any colleagues who cannot make these sessions are strongly encouraged to contribute their views through the online survey below. Colleagues who have previously engaged through the survey or workshops do not need to take part again.

• Survey: RLP2 scoping

Scoping the RLP 2 (Research and Business Engagement)