Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities! Postgraduate Taught Master’s Induction 2016 Professor Paul Allain Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) The Graduate School

The Faculty of Humanities SIX SCHOOLS and TWO CENTRES

The Faculty of Humanities School of European Culture and Languages Classical & Archaeological Studies Comparative Literature English Language & Linguistics French German Hispanic Studies Italian Linguistics Philosophy Religious Studies School of Architecture School of Arts Drama Film History of Art School of English School of History Centre for American Studies Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) School of Music and Fine Art (Medway) Fine Art Event & Experience Design Music and Audio Art

The Faculty of Humanities Centre for American Studies Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Faculty of Humanities PG teaching centre in Paris with following courses: Architecture and Urban Design Contemporary Literature The Contemporary Creative Writing 18th Century Studies English and American Literature European Theatre and Dramaturgy Film French and Comparative Literature History and Philosophy of Art Modern French Studies Modern History Postcolonial Studies Religion

… and European Centres in Athens (Heritage Management) Rome (History and Archaeology) View, Master, Slide Master to change this text to the title of your presentation

REF 2014 results: highlights of larger teams Architecture - 8th for outputs Arts - 4th out of 84 for research environment, and largest submission in Unit of Assessment English Language and Literature – very strong overall + 10th for research intensity History - 8th for research intensity Modern Languages and Linguistics – 3rd for research quality Theology and Religious Studies - 7th nationally for research quality Intensity takes into account the REF overall score for research quality (GPA) and the percentage of research staff submitted.

Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE) CHASE brings together 9 leading institutions engaged in collaborative research activities including an AHRC doctoral training partnership. These are the Universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent and Sussex, the Open University, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, Birkbeck, University of London and SOAS, University of London. AHRC PhD studentship competition for 2017 entry will be launched shortly.

Life beyond the Masters degree The Masters degree is intended to equip you with advanced research & analytical skills as well as a range of transferable skills which are very attractive to employers beyond academia. We celebrate diversity and promote equality If you are thinking of further study to undertake a PhD in the Arts and Humanities, you should not delay in thinking about this and making preparations.

Funding for PhD Research AHRC (CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership) University Scholarships and School Scholarships Deadlines for applications in January 2017 Highly competitive You should begin work on a proposal and application in the Autumn term Identify prospective original research question and prospective PhD supervisor, and work closely with them as soon as you can.

Finally Make the most of your time here If you are fulltime, treat your studies like a fulltime job, 40 hours per week: read, read & read some more, but also engage with researchers in the Faculty to bring those words of the page/screen to life All colleagues share a commitment to enthusing you and exciting you about analysing the high class research that we are undertaking in the Faculty to better understand the arts and humanities world So keep talking to us, telling us what we are doing well and letting us know what we can do better Good luck!