A new UK Government campaign that aims to raise the profile of Science and it’s importance to UK society has featured a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The case study examines two linked AHRC research grant projects led by Professor James Roddis from the Art and Design Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University. The first award was for £41,644 from 1999-2000, and the second was for £119,387 from 2002-2004. The project involved the creation of the recycled composite product TTURA™.
The ‘Science: So What? - So everything’ campaign is asking people to look again at Science and how it impacts on their lives. In the UK, we don’t value science, and research generally, as much as we should. UK research, funded through the seven UK Research Councils, is key to our prosperity and is one of the driving forces of our economy as well as helping to create thousands of jobs that keep Britain at the leading edge.
The ‘Science: So What? - So everything’ campaign is working to show what science and research are doing for us already and how it will help us in the future.
To learn more about the project and the many impacts arising from it you can read a longer case study at http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundedResearch/CaseStudies/Pages/ttura.aspx
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Editors notes
Arts & Humanities Research Council: Each year the AHRC provides approximately £102 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from languages and law, archaeology and English literature to design and creative and performing arts. In any one year, the AHRC makes approximately 700 research awards and around 1,350 postgraduate awards. Awards are made after a rigorous peer review process, to ensure that only applications of the highest quality are funded. Arts and humanities researchers constitute nearly a quarter of all research-active staff in the higher education sector. The quality and range of research supported by this investment of public funds not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK.