2010 was a busy year across Research Councils UK (RCUK) with activities including satellite launches, breakthroughs in diabetes research and films launched at the London Film Festival. Other highlights included advances in particle collisions, Nobel prizes for physics and collaborations to address global food security. Some of these highlights and more have been compiled in This Year in RCUK 2010 which can be found here 
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RCUK support excellent research that has a positive impact on the societal and economic wellbeing of the UK. Over the last year, the Research Councils have invested in new schemes, partnerships, people and facilities to increase the impact of research. This Year in RCUK 2010 is a celebration of just some of the impressive activities the Research Councils have led and supported over the last year.
If you would like to keep up with the exciting developments from across the Research Councils in 2011, please subscribe to This Week in RCUK which is sent via email every Monday, by contacting communications@rcuk.ac.uk .
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Jane Wakefield
RCUK Press and Communications Manager
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Notes to editors
Research Councils UK (RCUK) is the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils. We invest annually around £3 billion in research. Our focus is on excellence with impact. We nurture the highest quality research, as judged by international peer review providing the UK with a competitive advantage. Global research requires we sustain a diversity of funding approaches, fostering international collaborations, and providing access to the best facilities and infrastructure, and locating skilled researchers in stimulating environments. Our research achieves impact – the demonstrable contribution to society and the economy made by knowledge and skilled people. To deliver impact, researchers and businesses need to engage and collaborate with the public, business, government and charitable organisations. www.rcuk.ac.uk.
The seven UK Research Councils are:
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC);
- Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC);
- Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC);
- Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC);
- Medical Research Council (MRC);
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC);
- Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC).