The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will introduce major changes to its doctoral provision later this year.
As outlined in a blog in February 2023, these changes are designed to establish a sustainable and balanced portfolio for AHRC and continue investment in arts and humanities research talent at the doctoral stage.
Taken as a whole, the changes address challenges highlighted in the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC)/Vitae report on doctoral training in the arts and humanities and build on the strengths of our approach that it highlighted.
Challenges identified in the report include how to:
- achieve equity of access to doctoral education without ‘detriment to excellence’
- provide an individual, person-centred experience within a structured, cohort-based programme of study
- balance the need for pure or fundamental research with the drive to demonstrate impact or innovation
