University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation
All views my own, but none of the poetry.
Christopher Smith
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British performance in Horizon bounces back to pre-Brexit levels.
UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum.
Good news! Free to read.
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an interesting set of essays on Graeber and Wengrow's Dawn of Everything, from the super team at the Centro Antropologia e Mondo Antico in Siena....
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A timely post by which to remember the sadly missed Rosamond McKitterick.
Rosamond's generosity was unfailing, intellectually and personally. She was a wonderful friend to me and to @bsrome.bsky.social in times good and bad; and I treasure memories of Rome, and life, in her company.
this is really important - a great new revision by @proftomcrick.com @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social .
The creative & cultural economy will deliver
Growth and good jobs in every place.
A more socially cohesive country with an inclusive national story.
Richer lives with choices and opportunities for all.
NEW on Wonkhe: Contraction of modern languages provision is often painted as a response to falling demand. For Ana de Medeiros and Marcela Cazzoli, if you look across the whole education system then HE starts to look like part of the solution buff.ly/P73cQqH
This piece by @alondra.bsky.social is so important in its vision of what's at stake for the social sciences in figuring out what's happening in this AI crisis, how to study it, and how to use AI in doing so. Both fully sober about the dangers and amazingly optimistic re what could go right.
Very honoured to have won the RGS-IBG Geographical Engagement Award 2026 @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social
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Thank you to all the project partners on the AHRC funded #OtherEverests project @ukri.org
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We did some cool stuff with some very talented people...
Mrinalini Mukherjee: Unbound Forms - Women Sculptors of India and Bangladesh
The Hepworth Wakefield
23 May – 1 November 2026
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UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum
'The panel discussed the relevance of a humanities education in the age of AI and why, as Professor Abigail Williams described, AI leaders are advising their children to study the humanities rather than the sciences.' 1/2
Announcing our new #OpenAccess #DigitalCulturalHeritage series - thanks @sas-news.bsky.social!
And thanks to the authors of the inaugural volume: @amsichani.bsky.social @jfwinters.bsky.social @dh-researchhub.bsky.social & Eirini Goudarouli @uknatarcsector.bsky.social.
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Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...
The University of London Press has published the inaugural volume in its new Digital Cultural Heritage series, co-authored by researchers from SAS and The National Archives, UK.
