Our Delivery Plan for 2016/17 to 2019/20 was launched back in June 2016. Now, a year on we thought it would be good to reflect on what we have achieved to date and look forward to the next 12 months as we move towards the formation of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

In Shaping Capability in 2010/2011 the research area Statistics and Applied Probability was suggested by EPSRC to have a grow trajectory. Professor Andreas Kyprianou is based at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath and discusses how the maths community responded at the time, and the progress of the research area.

As the outcomes of the Balancing Capability project are published on 15 February, we hear from EPSRC Engineering SAT Chair Dr Ruth Mallors-Ray, on how the project was achieved and the challenges faced by the team on this journey.

We hear from Professor Jon Binner, Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering at the University of Birmingham, on how this area of research responded to the Shaping Capability approach by EPSRC in 2011.

The academic year is in full swing and we are busy working towards our Delivery Plan's three strategies: Balancing Capability, Building Leadership and Accelerating Impact. Professor Tom Rodden provides an insight into what Balancing Capability is, and what it means for the research community.

This week the blog comes from our very own Dr Andrew Bourne, Associate Director at EPSRC. Andrew took five minutes out of his busy day to have a chat with us about his work.