Research showcase

Research at the University of Derby into investigative interviews with suspects of crime is changing the way police and other investigators work.

Our experts in the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS) have produced over 150 research publications in the areas of careers education and guidance since 1988.

Work by our researchers has contributed to new national policies for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Equality Challenge Unit and the Department of Communities and Local Government.

Potentially important discoveries about cancer treatments have been made at the University of Derby by our biological sciences researchers.

Our geology and earth systems researchers have made important discoveries about how expected climate change might affect the world.

A digital solution created at the University of Derby has allowed highly detailed decorative concrete to be produced for a building heralded as an architectural triumph.

The University of Derby has worked with a range of partners to develop and apply cloud-computing solutions in a number of contexts.

The Birth Project uses the arts to explore the impact of birth on new mothers, obstestricians, midwives, doulas and birth-partners.

Award-winning short film The Carer was written and directed by Dr Christine Templeton-Parker as the result of her research into equality for the LGBTQ community within care homes.