On University Pressing and Evidence Pushing Mark Llewellyn

On University Pressing and Evidence Pushing Mark Llewellyn Director of Research, AHRC

AHRC: 2005 to 2016 Images sourced from the AHRC’s Image Gallery. Showcased here: (clockwise): Windows on War – Russian studies and Drama; British Library’s Royal Manuscripts – Digital Humanities; Earthworks - Archaeology and Cultural Geography; 3 E Ceramics printing – Design; King’s Dome Commission – Visual Arts Scope: • One of the 7 UK Research Councils • c. 31. 5% of research-active academic community within AHRC remit (REF 2014) • Budget c. £ 98 m p. a. • Between 2010/11 -2014/15, AHRC supported 164 HEIs and IROs

Nature of AHRC funding Sustaining and enhancing research excellence The AHRC portfolio is spread across the UK with success rates across all regions between 32. 5% to 44%. 71% of A&H outputs were rated world leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014; average percentage across Panel D). Promoting International collaboration: HERA, Heritage JPI, British Council (esp. with India), NSF (USA) FAPESP (Brazil), LABEX (France). Supporting collaboration: • over 1, 100 partner organisations listed on 518 awards (since 2010/11). • 45. 7% of the AHRC’s portfolio supports collaborative research • £ 20. 5 m leveraged funding from industry, charities and public • • sector since 2010/11 (excluding Digital R&D). The AHRC has 18 DTPs (Doctoral Training Partnerships) and CDTs (Centres for Doctoral Training) involving 75 HEIs and 156 nonacademic partners including 17 industry partners. AHRC is involved in around 10 cross-council programmes. Supporting multi/interdisciplinarity: • • AHRC-funded research outputs were submitted to 28 of 36 REF sub-panels across all 4 main panels At least 67. 3% of the AHRC’s active awards on 01/04/15 can be deemed multi/interdisciplinary. . Encouraging innovation through partnerships with: NESTA, Arts Council England, Innovate UK, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales

Supporting excellent research and innovation within the creative industries Digital R&D: The AHRC’s three co-funded Digital R&D schemes (including a pilot scheme in England) has resulted in 93 awards made across England, Scotland Wales. Each award denotes a three-way partnership between an HEI, a technology company (mainly SMEs) and arts/cultural organisation. The Digital and Creative economy accounts for 9. 7% of the UK economy CEKE: In addition to the consortium-based Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy, the AHRC made a further ten CEKE (Creative Economy Knowledge Exchange projects involving 15 HEIs in total KE Hubs: The four KE Hubs involve 29 HEIs, multiple nonacademic partners. The collaborative stimulates engagement with over 1100 microbusinesses and SMEs in the creative and digital economies Brighton Fuse: The findings of the Brighton Fuse study has been instrumental in obtaining £ 170 million City Deal investment to create 8, 500 jobs and grow its technology businesses in Brighton CREATe: the RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy: CREATe investigates the future of creative production in the digital age, and in particular the role of copyright. Based at the University of Glasgow, it also involves (not indicated in the map): the universities of East Anglia, Edinburgh, Nottingham, St Andrews and Strathclyde and Goldsmiths University of London.

Our role – it’s not all about the grants…. – advocacy – brokerage and facilitation – leadership – representation – challenge – making the case/using the evidence

UK university presses, REF 2014 and the Arts and Humanities University Press All UK university presses Oxford UP Cambridge UP Manchester UP Edinburgh UP Liverpool UP University of Wales Press # UK AH # of UK AH authored outputs books % of total number of The range of Arts and Humanities Units of Assessment (Uo. A) outputs 4732 2063 1465 1871 756 540 n/a 43. 6% 31. 0% 441 381 218 183 9. 3% 8. 1% 141 69 3. 0% 135 70 2. 9% 30 10 0. 6% 22 13 0. 5% All Arts and Humanities Uo. As except 31: Classics All Arts and Humanities Uo. As except 20: Law and 32: Philosophy All Arts and Humanities Uo. As except 16: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning 17: Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology; 28 : Modern Languages and Linguistics; 29 : English Language and Literature; 30: History; 31, 35: Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts; 36 Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management All Arts and Humanities Uo. As except 31, 32 and 33: Theology and Religious Studies 15 12 5 4 0. 3% 16, 17, 28, 29, 30, 35 16, 20, 30 University of Exeter Press Open University Press University of Hertfordshire Press Dundee UP

Distribution of REF publications

Distribution of Arts and Humanities REF publications

Distribution of Arts and Humanities REF publications • In total there were 7, 149 outputs published by university presses • of which 6, 084 were arts and humanities publications # of REF Arts and Humanities outputs % of REF Arts and Humanities outputs Africa 16 0. 3% Asia 32 0. 5% 7 0. 1% 118 1. 9% North America 1178 19. 4% South America 1 0. 02% 4732 77. 8% Continent/region Australasia Europe (excl. UK) UK

Distribution of AHRC-funded publications (from Researchfish @ 08/03/16) # of AHRC-funded % of AHRC-funded Continent/region outputs Africa n/a 0% Asia 6 0. 4% Australasia 3 0. 2% Europe (excl. UK) 40 2. 8% North America 246 16. 9% South America n/a 0% UK 1158 79. 7% Publication type as listed on Researchfish # of instances % of instances Book Chapter Book edited Journal Article Monograph Other 570 783 52 17 8 23 39. 2% 53. 9% 3. 6% 1. 2% 0. 6% 1. 6%

University presses Continent/region Africa Asia Australasia Europe (excl. UK) North America South America UK # of AHRCfunded % of AHRCoutputs funded outputs n/a 0% 6 0. 4% 3 0. 2% 40 2. 8% 246 16. 9% n/a 0% 1158 79. 7% # of REF AH % of REF AH outputs funded outputs 16 32 7 118 1178 1 4732 0. 3% 0. 5% 0. 1% 1. 9% 19. 4% 0. 02% 77. 8%

Distribution of AHRC-funded publications across UK university presses (from Researchfish @ 08/03/16) University Press All UK university presses Oxford University Press Cambridge University Press Manchester University Press Edinburgh University Press University of Wales Press Liverpool University Press Dundee University Press University of Edinburgh Press Aberdeen University Press University of Exeter Press University of Hertfordshire Press University of Plymouth Press University of Nottingham Press # of AHRC-funded % of AHRC-funded outputs 1158 593 51. 21% 314 27. 12% 88 7. 60% 69 5. 96% 41 3. 54% 32 2. 76% 9 0. 78% 3 0. 26% 2 0. 17% 1 0. 09%

Using Researchfish information OUP from the 2014 Researchfish submission: • There were 508 OUP-published entries from 409 unique publications linked to 279 awards. 108 monographs and 104 edited collections, critical editions, dictionaries and resources. • Monographs: 108 OUP monographs were written with funding from 106 awards totalling approximately £ 16 million. • AHRC-funded research underpinned 72 chapters in 58 publications within the Oxford Handbook Series (from Handbook of Ancient Anatolia to the Handbook of Danced Reenactment and the Handbook of Crime Prevention) The Historical Thesaurus of English: the final stages • Use by the creative sector: resource used by Hugo-Prize winning novelist, Mary Robinette Kowal, Pulizer-Prize winning novelist Geraldine Brooks, and Carnegie and Whitbread-prize winner Philip Pullman. • Impact on publishing sector and OUP: since publication, it has been reprinted four times and seen print sales of £ 1. 6 m; named Book of the Year 2009 by The Guardian and The Times Literary Supplement.