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Research capacity

4.10 As indicated above, the operation has supported the appointment of a substantive number of new researchers in supported entities (ERDF indicator), effectively establishing the LegalTech, and enhancing the Cyber Threats, research community in Swansea. In total, some 16 additional roles, equivalent to 13 FTEs, have been supported, scaling-up materially the capacity of the research base at the University in these areas. The positions cover the full range of academic grades from professors to research assistant (and equivalents) across the two strands, as set out in the table below.

Table 4-3: New research capacity by strand

Cyber Threats

LegalTech

0.8

0.8

Prof/Assistant Prof

1.8

0.6

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

4

5

Research Assistant / Officer

6.6

6.4

Total

Source: SQW based on Swansea University monitoring data

Research partnerships and collaborations

4.11 As indicated above, the operation had claimed over 60 partners cooperating on research projects by January 2023. The build-up of partners claimed (by Claim Period, to January 2023) is set out in Table 4-3.

Figure 4-2: Cumulative number of partners cooperating on research projects

Source: SQW based on Swansea University monitoring data

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