Katya Rogatchevskaia COSEELIS-2015 Collaborative Doctoral Partnership in Slavonic Studies: one year into the project

2 Arts and Humanities Research Council CDA (Collaborative Doctoral Award): doctoral studentship projects a university based academic to work in collaboration with an organisation outside of higher education. provide opportunities for doctoral students to gain first-hand experience of work outside the university environment enhance the employment-related skills and training a research student gains during the course of their award. establish links that can have long-term benefits for both collaborating partners, providing access to resources and materials, knowledge and expertise that may not otherwise have been available and also provide social, cultural and economic benefits to wider society.

3 Arts and Humanities Research Council innovative applications that build diverse relationships with the non-HE sectors and would like to encourage further proposals to work with businesses, regional museums, regional arts organisations and community groups any topic within the AHRC’s subject domain is eligible

4 Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships: BL The Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) scheme was introduced in 2012, with the first cohort of studentships beginning in It gives non- HEI partners the ability to manage a cohort of a minimum of three studentships per year over a three year period through CDA projects with Higher Education Institution (HEI) based collaborators. British Library: 6 students per year from over 130 research proposals across 50 different HEIs resulting in a portfolio of postgraduate research collaborations that stretches from Stirling to Bristol - over the last three years has generated. In response to the success of this scheme a call for proposals for awards starting in 2016 was launched in 2014 British Library applied again for the next three years; the British Library AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Proposal: Connecting Research & Culture through Collaboration

5 Internal process: internal proposal Internal application: Theme proposals from BL staff are assessed on their potential to: make a unique research difference through the relevance of our expertise and our collection to A&H research; contribute to the development of curatorial best practice, research methodologies, or stewardship considerations; promote interdisciplinarity; and create outcomes that engage user groups beyond academia.

6 British Library: invitation for CDPs Understanding the Anglo-Saxons: the English and Continental manuscript evidence Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and constructions of identity in the Anglo-Indian novel Maps and the Italian Grand Tour, 1660-ca The Changing Cultures of Government Science since 1979: Exploring Privatisation and Commercialisation through Life The Music of Thea Musgrave: an analysis based on the manuscript sources Religious music in South Asia: aspects of continuity and change

7 The Russian Revolution exhibition proposal The Russian Revolution exhibition in 2017 Contributing to delivering the exhibition Impact of such a project will be really tangible and can take form of working with exhibition visitors, contributing to learning programmes, working on bibliographic tools, and developing digital resources. The British Library benefits: this will allow us to explore our collections and make them more accessible, join activities in dissemination (including academic journals and social media) and find opportunities for digitisation projects. Bibliographic tools and enhancement of BL catalogue records Interpretation of our collections and the exhibition.

8 Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships applications to BL themes HEI applications to BL research themes are assessed according to five criteria: development of the research theme; the proposed academic supervisor’s research interests and expertise; the ability of the HEI to support the student’s research and training needs; track record of collaboration with non-HEI partners; and the articulation of potential benefits to the student, the HEI and the Library.

9 Invitation to apply and selection of partners Four universities (potential supervisors) applied (by 13th December) reviewing and scoring the applications The BL selection panel (January): assessed all applications for all six projects The Russian revolution project received two CDP places: University of Nottingham and Queen Mary (London) Admin: registration the project details on JeS; recruitment advert; partnership agreement, etc.

10 Recruitment process Possible themes: Women in revolution Journalism The Tyrkova-Williams archive British foreign policy and official response to the revolution The Civil War and White armies Application and academic statement Interviews

11 CDP students started in October 2014 Mike Carey (UoN): Britain in the Time of the Russian Revolution: An Emotional History Katie McElvanney (QMUL): Women and journalism during the Russian Revolution and Civil War c

12 Work in progress Exhibition diary Exhibition plan Collection images Blogs Enhancing records for the Tyrkova-Williams collection Search for loans (in Russia and in the British archives) Shadowing the BL Learning team Helping with show-and-tells Both students passed their formal assessment and progressed to year two

13 Work in progress

14 Lessons learned Timing for applications Prescriptive topics/themes Collection based research Tasks and skills Reporting progress

15 Thank you