This summary report brings together a range of perspectives from the United Kingdom’s higher education, research and innovation sector and stakeholder organisations.

It highlights some opportunities for collective approaches to optimise the use, sharing, efficiency and sustainability of research infrastructure assets, from the perspective of stakeholders in universities, regional consortia, funders and sector bodies from across the United Kingdom. It is intended as the beginning of a conversation and is for anyone interested in the opportunities the authors have identified.

Opportunities are presented across the themes of :

1. Strategy and policy
2. People and culture
3. Funding, costing and charging and
4. Digital, data and technology