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Changes to AHRC’s Policy on Resubmissions and Grade Descriptors
The AHRC have announced today that following advice from peer review panels they will be amending the grade descriptors used by reviewers and panels in assessing applications for AHRC funding. The scale will continue as a 1 (low) to 6…
Research Council Success Rates: A Balancing Act
This week Research Fortnight published an interesting story on UK Research Council success rates [login required]. The picture is diverse: from a low of 16% for the ESRC to the giddy heights of 39% for the AHRC. We’ve discussed previously…
ARMA Conference 2011: Notes, Reflections and Analysis
This year’s annual Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference was subtitled “Good Advice for Hard Times”, referring of course to the recent and impending wave of government spending cuts as well as the HE White Paper, which is the…
Research Office Update – MHT Research Conference 2011
Last week I presented an update on developments in the research and funding landscape for staff in the faculty of Media, Humanities and Technology. You can find the slides below and I’ve pasted my speaker notes below that: Slide 3:…
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Working Together: Opportunities and Challenges
The AHRC, ESRC, and the British Academy recently held an event to debate the challenges and opportunities facing the arts, humanities and social sciences. A summary of the event, provided by Professor Jane Chapman from the Lincoln School of Journalism can be found…