Professor Philip Esler has been Chief Executive of the AHRC since 2005. With two weeks left before he leaves his post, he here talks about the AHRC’s progress since 2005, the importance of international collaboration to our community, the impact of UK arts and humanities research and its world-leading status. Professor Esler also reflects upon his achievements and talks about his future plans.

On Monday 31 August Professor Esler will complete his 4 year post as the first permanent Chief Executive of the AHRC. Professor Rick Rylance will be his successor.

 A transcript of this podcast is also available (pdf 59kb)

Running time: 12 minutes