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Arts and Humanities Research Institute Objectives


Origins and Purpose


Formed September 2009, the AHRI serves as an enabling and administrative structure for research activities throughout the School of Humanities.

  1. It provides a unified framework for the School disciplines to present their research to University colleagues and to the wider public.
  2. It offers a catalyst for researchers across the School to exchange, to enhance and to pool research experience as well as creating the circumstances for new inter-disciplinary initiatives.
  3. The Executive of the AHRI will promote research at world and international level across the School, will lobby the University on behalf of the School's research activities, and advise the School as to the quality of its outputs.
  4. The AHRI Executive will report to the first meeting of the School Research Committee in each academic year.

Mission Statement


In accordance with the University's ambition to promote and enhance the impact of its world class research, the Arts and Humanities Research Institute supports and facilitates research activities across the School of Humanities. Discipline research is broadcast through public lectures, conferences and research seminars, and the Institute offers small grants for workshops and new endeavours especially at post-graduate level. The AHRI organises a major promotional annual lecture and three other public school-wide events to advertise the research activities of its major disciplines. The AHRI also provides a framework for each discipline's visiting speaker programmes. The AHRI has an advisory board which both lobbies the University on behalf of the School's research interests and advises the School on best practice regarding national and international research assessments and research grant applications.