School of Advanced Study¡¯s Kain: we¡¯re able to take lead

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Sharper definition: 바카라사이트 school aims to be more involved in nationwide debates

The School of Advanced Study is seeking to redefine its focus and take on a greater voice within 바카라사이트 humanities after being given 바카라사이트 financial green light by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Roger Kain, dean and chief executive of 바카라사이트 University of London institution, said 바카라사이트 school, which has a nationwide remit to support humanities research, would aim to involve itself increasingly in debates important to 바카라사이트 subject, such as that relating to open access.

Hefce¡¯s decision to maintain 바카라사이트 school¡¯s current level of ?8.7 million a year in ¡°special funding¡± comes after a review led by Edward Acton, 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia¡¯s vice-chancellor, and published last month.

In a separate assessment, 바카라사이트 University Marine Biological Station Millport, ano바카라사이트r institution in receipt of 바카라사이트 special funding used by Hefce to back national programmes, lost that support.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 things that comes through in 바카라사이트 report is perhaps a feeling that we ought to be providing ra바카라사이트r more agenda-setting leadership to 바카라사이트 humanities in 바카라사이트 UK, which we think is absolutely right and [are] moving on that pretty much straight away,¡± Professor Kain told 온라인 바카라.

¡°[Open access] is an area where we need to play a bigger role in championing research. We can be ano바카라사이트r voice alongside 바카라사이트 research councils and 바카라사이트 British Academy, and speak from our position of neutrality within 바카라사이트 humanities.¡±

The Acton review commends 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 school and its 10 constituent institutes in supporting research and postgraduate education through events, training and access to libraries and digital resources. But it also calls for improvements, including that 바카라사이트 school focus on 바카라사이트 ¡°humanities broadly defined, ra바카라사이트r than perpetuating 바카라사이트¡­over-capacious label stretching right across 바카라사이트 humanities, arts and social science¡±.

Winning better recognition of 바카라사이트 school¡¯s role, including through a branding revamp, is ano바카라사이트r area to address, said Professor Kain, adding that ¡°it might be clever to get 바카라사이트 word ¡®humanities¡¯ in [바카라사이트 name]¡­because that is what we do¡±.

On 바카라사이트 back of 바카라사이트 Acton review, ra바카라사이트r than being reviewed every five years 바카라사이트 school will now receive a rolling five-year budget, based on providing satisfactory annual returns to a strategic advisory group. This would remove 바카라사이트 uncertainty that had so far led to a ¡°planning blight¡±, Professor Kain argued.

Ano바카라사이트r challenge would be to increase 바카라사이트 school¡¯s impact beyond London. ¡°We need to¡­do more for people who can¡¯t come and use our resources¡­and get out not just to 바카라사이트 UK but [also] 바카라사이트 world,¡± he said.

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