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Arts and Humanities Research in the Innovation System: The UK Example

INFORMAZIONI SU QUESTO ARTICOLO

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A functional model of an innovation system
A functional model of an innovation system

Knowledge Transfer

Subject Awards made Amount awarded (£)
Media 9 864,840
Music 2.5 531,474
History 5 531,089
Librarianship, Information & Museum Studies 1.5 276,470
Philosophy 1 230,502
Community Arts (including Art and Health) 2 221,725
Visual Arts 1 165,929
Design 4 143,658
Cultural Policy, Arts Management & Creative Industries 1.5 102,173
History and Theory of Art and Architecture 1 11,182
Other 0.5 13,707
Total 29 3,092,747

Completed AHRC Research Awards that reported multi and/or inter-disciplinary research, 2007/08

Completed Research Awards %
Projects involving multi-disciplinary research 222 43
Projects involving inter-disciplinary research 313 61
Total AHRC Research Awards 514

Dual Support Figures, 2006/07

Funding Council Quality-Related Research Funds1, £ million % Research Council expenditure on Research and Postgraduate funding2, £ million % Research Active Staff3 %
Arts and humanities 273.7 19 82.4 5 12,200 25
Other subject areas 1,143.4 81 1,590.3 95 35,819 75
Total 1,417.1 100 1,672.7 100 48,019 100

Postgraduate Awards

Subject Doctoral Competition Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) Project students Total Doctoral Awards Research Preparation Masters Professional Preparation Master Total Masters Total
English Language and Literature 143 3 0 146 74 10 84 230
History 140 16 0 156 73 0 73 229
Modern Languages 64 0 0 64 43 23 66 130
Philosophy 70 2 0 72 46 0 46 118
Visual Arts 29 1 0 30 16 63 79 109
Music 39 2 0 41 20 41 61 102
History and Theory of Art and Architecture 44 14 0 58 26 11 37 95
Media 25 2 0 27 14 50 64 91
Archaeology 42 8 0 50 21 17 38 88
Librarianship, Information & Museum Studies 12 6 0 18 0 49 49 67
Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies 32 3 0 35 15 0 15 50
Drama and Theatre Studies 14 6 0 20 4 13 17 37
Law 13 1 0 14 7 15 22 36
Linguistics 19 0 0 19 12 0 12 31
Classics 17 0 0 17 10 0 10 27
Design 6 1 0 7 4 15 19 26
Cultural Policy, Arts Management & Creative Industries 2 1 0 3 0 5 5 8
Other 22 6 0 28 27 15 42 70
Unknown 0 2 78 80 0 0 0 80
Total 733 74 78 885 412 327 739 1,624

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assignment of units of assessment to research cost bands as used for the 2008/09 allocation

2001 RAE unit of assessment Research cost weight
1 Clinical Laboratory Sciences 1.6
2 Community Based Clinical Subjects 1.6
3 Hospital-Based Clinical Subjects 1.6
4 Clinical Dentistry 1.6
5 Pre-Clinical Studies 1.6
6 Anatomy 1.6
7 Physiology 1.6
8 Pharmacology 1.6
9 Pharmacy 1.6
10 Nursing 1.3
11 Other Studies and Professions Allied to Medicine 1.6
12 Biochemistry (discontinued)
13 Psychology 1.3
14 Biological Sciences 1.6
15 Agriculture 1.6
16 Food Science and Technology 1.6
17 Veterinary Science 1.6
18 Chemistry 1.6
19 Physics 1.6
20 Earth Sciences 1.6
21 Environmental Sciences 1.6
22 Pure Mathematics 1.3
23 Applied Mathematics 1.6
24 Statistics and Operational Research 1.6
25 Computer Science 1.6
26 General Engineering 1.6
27 Chemical Engineering 1.6
28 Civil Engineering 1.6
29 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1.6
30 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering 1.6
31 Mineral and Mining Engineering 1.6
32 Metallurgy and Materials 1.6
33 Built Environment 1.3
34 Town and Country Planning 1.3
35 Geography 1.3
36 Law 1
37 Anthropology 1
38 Economics and Econometrics 1
39 Politics and International Studies 1
40 Social Policy and Administration 1
41 Social Work 1
42 Sociology 1
43 Business and Management Studies 1
44 Accountancy 1
45 American Studies (Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the USA) 1
46 Middle Eastern and African Studies 1
47 Asian Studies 1
48 European Studies 1
49 Celtic Studies 1
50 English Language and Literature 1
51 French 1
52 German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages 1
53 Italian 1
54 Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages 1
55 Iberian and Latin American Languages 1
56 Linguistics 1
57 Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 1
58 Archaeology 1.3
59 History 1
60 History of Art, Architecture and Design 1
61 Library and Information Management 1
62 Philosophy 1
63 Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies 1
64 Art and Design 1.3
65 Communication, Cultural and Media Studies 1
66 Drama, Dance and Performing Arts 1.3
67 Music 1.3
68 Education 1
69 Sports Related Subjects 1.3

AHRC New Knowledge Transfer Awards

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Projects Amount Awarded Projects Amount Awarded Projects Amount Awarded
Knowledge Transfer 4 £188,206 21 £1,714,185 34 £3,327,569

Research

Subject Awards made Amount awarded (£)
History 73.2 11,128,082
Visual Arts 53.3 6,303,594
Modern Languages 45.2 5,175,406
Archaeology 26.3 4,581,544
English Language and Literature 48.8 4,446,141
Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies 31.5 4,381,205
Philosophy 26.8 3,439,993
Music 26.7 3,174,068
Librarianship, Information & Museum Studies 18.8 2,385,630
Law 15 1,886,697
Drama and Theatre Studies 16.3 1,828,152
Classics 10.8 1,528,065
Media 16.7 1,486,975
Dance Studies 5 1,367,060
Linguistics 7.5 1,310,140
Design 6.2 1,210,712
History and Theory of Art and Architecture 7.7 574,220
Cultural Policy, Arts Management & Creative Industries 2.7 537,933
Community Arts (including Art and Health) 2 190,071
Other 12.5 1,271,130
Not Known 9 496,756
Total 462 58,703,573