Beyond Text PhD community
8 July 2010
Some thirty postgraduate students - both Collaborative Doctoral Award holders and those funded under the Student-led Initiative scheme - met in July for a training workshop held at Lock-Keeper's Cottage and Queen Mary, University of London. The session was led by Professor Evelyn Welch and also addressed by Jake Gilmore of the AHRC communications team.
Arts & Humanities Research Council: Each year the AHRC provides approximately £100 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from archaeology and English literature to design and dance. In any one year, the AHRC makes approximately 700 research awards and around 1,000 postgraduate awards. Awards are made after a rigorous peer review process, to ensure that only applications of the highest quality are funded. Arts and humanities researchers constitute nearly a quarter of all research-active staff in the higher education sector. The quality and range of research supported by this investment of public funds not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK. See Arts & Humanities Research Council website.