Prof. Beryl Graham has helped build up research culture at the University since 1997. She works in Art and Design Research in particular. She served on the University Research Committee until 2022.

In 2000 she received an AHRB grant to set up a New Media Curating Resource (CRUMB), and she has obtained other grants for the University in excess of a million pounds. Research outputs from this project have been judged to be the highest grade of 'World Leading' in the most recent RAE exercise.

Professor Graham was Research Student Manager for Art and Design (around 40 students) until 2022. She has developed learning materials for post-graduate art-practice-led research, including research training materials. She is also involved in the supervision of PhD students within the University, and advising or examining externally: 25 external PhD examinations include Royal College of Art, Birkbeck College, University of London; Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen; Edinburgh Napier University; Plymouth University; University of Technology, Sydney.

Beryl Graham was Programme Leader for the MA Curating course: A course on curating contemporary art which balanced theory and practice, and had a particularly excellent employability record. Beryl Graham was Programme Leader from 2010, Sarah Cook was module leader, and from 2013 the low-residency structure offered a Short Course week in London, the 'Curating Art after New Media – Professional Development Course' and publication.

Art projects include an interactive tea table, residencies making low-tech games in Moscow and Seattle, and a project concerning post-heavy-industrial areas.