Student-led Initiatives: Training workshop
30 July 2009
In early July, Beyond Text held its first training workshop for post-graduate researchers funded under the Student-led Initiatives scheme. The event was held at Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Queen Mary University of London and was attended by most of the successful SLI award holders.
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.