The AHRC continues a strategic partnership with the Cheltenham Festivals. During the Cheltenham Science Festival, AHRC-funded academics will be sharing their thoughts and research findings through a number of events including Beauty and the Brain, The Brain Stethoscope, and Cocktails: more than just a pretty drink? Tickets and further information is available from the Cheltenham Festivals website.  

The AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme offers exciting possibilities for collaborative doctoral research with 18 major Museums, Heritage Organisations, Libraries & Archives in England and Scotland. With 55 studentships available to start in the academic year 2015-16, CDP holders are looking for ideas and potential future partners for the next round of applications.  Further information is available on our website.   

We have been working in partnership with the Design Council over the past two years to demonstrate the key role design plays in creating economic benefits and social value in the UK, and to explore design research in UK universities and its connections with businesses and policymakers. We now wish to test some of these ideas in a study which will examine how businesses and public sector organisations in a particular location use design in their work, and what the impact of this is on their ability to innovate and their economic performance. Further details are available on our website.  

The scheme provides an opportunity for two AHRC funded postgraduate students to be seconded to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) to assist in producing objective briefing materials for MPs and Peers. Further details are available on our website.