1. College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies Professor Kevin Barry

2. From a Faculty of 23 Disciplines

3. To a College of 6 Schools Humanities Psychology Archaeology & Geography Political Science & Sociology Education Languages Literatures & Cultures

4. Teaching versus Research Functions  5,345 full time degree students  1,634 part time degree students  640 access and Erasmus students  Total 7,619 of which 290 are research students STUDENTSSTUDENTS

5. Key Challenges  Mass education model  Focused Research Objectives  Workload balance  Unequal staff-student ratios  Equality of student experience of small- group teaching  Structural complexity

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7. College Age Profile STAFFSTAFF

8. Key Opportunity  60% of staff are under 40 years of age

9. Staff Development & AHSS

10. Research Outputs 2001-09

11. Variety of Impact Factors in AHSS 1. Royal Irish Academy KPI Report 2. HEA Foresight Report Both due for completion 2009-10 1. Royal Irish Academy KPI Report 2. HEA Foresight Report Both due for completion 2009-10

12. Conflicts of Interpretation1  Our students seek variety of choice  Funding agencies seek unity of purpose

13. Conflicts of Interpretation 2  We had invited students and teachers across many disciplines to name at least two reasons for studying AHSS  The Chinese teachers, in addition to studying beauty, proposed getting rich

15. Royal Irish Academy Report on the Contribution of the Humanities, 2007 AHSS are  central to cultural and intellectual life to quality of life to conflicts of values, to social cohesion

16. That Full Complement of Riches: the Contributions of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) to the Nation’s Wealth, British Academy 2004 Key functions of AHSS:  cultural and intellectual enrichment;  economic prosperity and well-being;  understanding of major challenges facing societies  contributing to public policy and debate;  providing a rigorous, beneficial and fulfilling education.

17. Arts Humanities Research Council (UK)  the impact of arts and humanities research: its broader significance and public value.  interactions between arts and humanities researchers and non-academic audiences  knowledge transfer activity, and benefits for cultural, social and economic well-being

18. Building Ireland’s Smart Economy 2008  2.12 Leveraging the Arts, Culture and Creative Sectors  The cultural and creative sector is globally one of the fastest growing.  Consumer demand for creative content is driving new sales in computers, broadband, cell phones, and ecommerce.  The creative sector also has strong linkages with tourism.  The arts, cultural and creative industries are key and primary economic contributors.  They consist of real businesses, enduring employers, differentiators of us as a cultural and tourist destination.  Future investment in this sector must be based … on engaging and attracting the business sector.

20. College and School Strategies Collaboratio n Impact Reputation Leadership Structural Simplicity

21.  Place, displacement and identity.  Medieval Studies.  Frontiers in European context.  Gender, empowerment and globalisation.  National Institute for archival research in the performing arts. (NIARPA).  Creative Industries.  Literary production and its social condition.  Representing the West of Ireland – archives and methodologies.  Inclusion and capacity-building through civic engagement and creative learning technologies.  Justice and citzenship in a global world.  Health, disability and illness.  Science, technology and society.  Environment and society research cluster.  Infectious disease perception – cultural and social contexts.  Governance and sustainable development.  Printing and publishing in Ireland.  Dreams in German literature and culture.  Texts, transmission and cultural exchange.  Translation zones – contact, conflict and resolution.  Cognitive aesthetics: vision, word, and sound.  Value creation and the shifting geogrphies of competitiveness.  Studies in audiovisual translation.  Power, conflict and ideologies.  Influence of cognitive constraints on translation.  International, Global and Historical approaches to Gender

22. Irish Studies, Texts, Contexts & Cultures Human Rights Digital Humanities Irish Studies, Texts, Contexts & Cultures Human Rights Digital Humanities Thematic Priorities Biomedical Science & Engineering Environment, Marine & Energy Applied Social Sciences & Public Policy Informatics, Physical & Computational Sciences Humanities in Context Major Institutes & Centres Fundamental/ Theoretical Continuum of Research Activities Applied Cross- thematic activities Photonics and Imaging High Performance computing/bioinformatics Ethics and bioethical research Biomedical Engineering Cancer Infection Inflammation, and Immunity Neurosciences Regenerative Medicine Biomedical Engineering Cancer Infection Inflammation, and Immunity Neurosciences Regenerative Medicine Applied Computing Photonics Semantic Web & Web Services Applied Computing Photonics Semantic Web & Web Services Climate change Environment Marine Energy Climate change Environment Marine Energy Innovation Social Inclusion Health Balanced Development Innovation Social Inclusion Health Balanced Development NCBES REMEDI NFB AGRC CBAS IBI CCB CPR MDRG NCBES REMEDI NFB AGRC CBAS IBI CCB CPR MDRG Moore Institute Irish Studies ICHR Moore Institute Irish Studies ICHR MRI ECI ERC Power Electronics C-CAPS MRI ECI ERC Power Electronics C-CAPS CISC ICSG CHPS CFCR CHSRD CISC ICSG CHPS CFCR CHSRD DERI CHPC NCLA Applied Optics DERI CHPC NCLA Applied Optics Digital Technologies

23. Research Themes across cognate Colleges  Life Cycle Research Program (UNESCO)  Environment, Displacement, Advocacy, & Rights  Creative Industries & Creative Practices  Developing a Smart Economy