College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

Professor Kevin Barry

From a Faculty of 23 Disciplines

To a College of 6 Schools

Humanities

Psychology

Archaeology & Geography

Political Science & Sociology

Education

Languages Literatures & Cultures

Teaching versus Research Functions

5,345 full time degree students 1,634 part time degree students 640 access and Erasmus students

Total 7,619

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Key Challenges

Mass education model Focused Research Objectives Workload balance Unequal staff-student ratios Equality of student experience of small-

group teaching Structural complexity

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College Age Profile

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Key Opportunity

60% of staff are under 40 years of age

Staff Development & AHSSStaff Development & AHSS

Research Outputs 2001-09

Variety of Impact Factors in AHSS

1. Royal Irish Academy KPI Report

2. HEA Foresight Report

Both due for completion 2009-10

1. Royal Irish Academy KPI Report

2. HEA Foresight Report

Both due for completion 2009-10

Conflicts of Interpretation 1

Our students seek variety of choice

Funding agencies seek unity of purpose

Conflicts of Interpretation 2

We had invited students and teachers across many disciplines to name at least two reasons for studying AHSS

The Chinese teachers, in addition to studying beauty, proposed getting rich

Royal Irish Academy Report on the Contribution of the Humanities, 2007

AHSS are central to cultural and intellectual life

to quality of life

to conflicts of values,

to social cohesion

That Full Complement of Riches: the Contributions of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) to the Nation’s Wealth, British

Academy 2004

Key functions of AHSS:

cultural and intellectual enrichment; economic prosperity and well-being; understanding of major challenges facing

societies contributing to public policy and debate; providing a rigorous, beneficial and fulfilling

education.

Arts Humanities Research Council (UK)

the impact of arts and humanities research: its broader significance and public value.

interactions between arts and humanities researchers and non-academic audiences

knowledge transfer activity, and benefits for cultural, social and economic well-being

Building Ireland’s Smart Economy 2008

2.12 Leveraging the Arts, Culture and Creative Sectors

The cultural and creative sector is globally one of the fastest growing. Consumer demand for creative content is driving new sales in

computers, broadband, cell phones, and ecommerce. The creative sector also has strong linkages with tourism. The arts, cultural and creative industries are key and primary

economic contributors. They consist of real businesses, enduring employers, differentiators of

us as a cultural and tourist destination. Future investment in this sector must be based … on engaging and

attracting the business sector.

College and School Strategies

Collaboration

Impact

Reputation

Leadership

StructuralSimplicity

Place, displacement and identity. Medieval Studies. Frontiers in European context. Gender, empowerment and globalisation. National Institute for archival research in the

performing arts. (NIARPA). Creative Industries. Literary production and its social condition. Representing the West of Ireland – archives and

methodologies. Inclusion and capacity-building through civic

engagement and creative learning technologies. Justice and citzenship in a global world. Health, disability and illness. Science, technology and society. Environment and society research cluster. Infectious disease perception – cultural and social

contexts. Governance and sustainable development. Printing and publishing in Ireland. Dreams in German literature and culture. Texts, transmission and cultural exchange. Translation zones – contact, conflict and resolution. Cognitive aesthetics: vision, word, and sound. Value creation and the shifting geogrphies of

competitiveness. Studies in audiovisual translation. Power, conflict and ideologies. Influence of cognitive constraints on translation. International, Global and Historical approaches to

Gender

Irish Studies, Texts, Contexts & Cultures

Human RightsDigital Humanities

Irish Studies, Texts, Contexts & Cultures

Human RightsDigital Humanities

Thematic PrioritiesThematic Priorities

Biomedical Science & Engineering

Biomedical Science & Engineering

Environment, Marine & Energy

Environment, Marine & Energy

Applied Social Sciences & Public Policy

Applied Social Sciences & Public Policy

Informatics, Physical & Computational Sciences

Informatics, Physical & Computational Sciences

Humanities in ContextHumanities in Context

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Major Institutes &

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Fundamental/Theoretical

Continuum of Research Activities

Applied

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Cross-thematic activities

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Biomedical Engineering Cancer

Infection Inflammation, and Immunity Neurosciences

Regenerative Medicine

Biomedical Engineering Cancer

Infection Inflammation, and Immunity Neurosciences

Regenerative Medicine

Applied ComputingPhotonics

Semantic Web & Web Services

Applied ComputingPhotonics

Semantic Web & Web Services

Climate change Environment

Marine Energy

Climate change Environment

Marine Energy

Innovation Social Inclusion

HealthBalanced Development

Innovation Social Inclusion

HealthBalanced Development

NCBES REMEDINFB AGRCCBAS IBICCB CPRMDRG

NCBES REMEDINFB AGRCCBAS IBICCB CPRMDRG

Moore InstituteIrish StudiesICHR

Moore InstituteIrish StudiesICHR

MRI ECIERCPower Electronics C-CAPS

MRI ECIERCPower Electronics C-CAPSCISCICSGCHPSCFCRCHSRD

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DERI CHPCNCLAApplied Optics

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Research Themes across cognate Colleges

Life Cycle Research Program (UNESCO) Environment, Displacement, Advocacy, & Rights Creative Industries & Creative Practices Developing a Smart Economy