[Air-L] UK studentship award: the internet and the archive

[Sian Bayne]

Arts and Humanties Research Council collaborative doctoral award: the
internet and the archive

 

School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
(RCAHMS), UK

 

This studentship, fully funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research
Council, with additional funding from the collaborating partner, will
support three years of full-time study. The student will investigate how the
internet is changing the way users engage with, and learn from, the
collections of cultural institutions, with supervision provided by Dr Sian
Bayne (University of Edinburgh) and Ms Rebecca Bailey (RCAHMS).

 

Basing the study on the online education and outreach activities of RCAHMS,
the broad remit of the project is to explore how new online media
environments change and challenge the curatorial and outreach
responsibilities of museums, galleries and archives.

 

The studentship covers all UK fees, and includes an allowance of £12,940 per
academic year, plus an additional annual £1,500 maintenance payment provided
by the AHRC and RCAHMS. Students may also be eligible for UK study visits
and one overseas study visit as well as one overseas conference for the
duration of the award. For eligibility criteria, see the AHRC web site at:
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/apply/postgrad/postgrad_details_d/eligibility.asp 

 

For fuller details of the proposed project, and the application procedure,
please see: http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/ahrc.pdf.

 

To discuss the project informally, please contact Mrs Pam Holgate,
University of Edinburgh (0131 651 6120, pam.holgate at ed.ac.uk) or Ms Rebecca
Bailey, RCAHMS (0131 662 1456, rebecca.bailey at rcahms.gov.uk).

 

Applications should be submitted by 13 June 2008, and we anticipate that
interviews will be held during the week of 7th July.

 

 

University of Edinburgh: http://www.ed.ac.uk

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland:
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk 

 

 

Dr Sian Bayne

Senior Lecturer

Moray House School of Education

University of Edinburgh

Paterson's Land

Holyrood Road

Edinburgh EH8 8AQ

 

sian.bayne at ed.ac.uk

+44 (0)131 651 6337

 

MSc in E-learning

http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/

 

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