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British Academy 'Review of the Year' 2013/14 INSPIRING EXCELLENCE REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2013/14 British Academy Review of the year 2013/14 1 CONTENTS 02 INTRODUCTION 15 STRENGTHENING POLICYMAKING Providing independent contributions 04 THE YEAR IN NUMBERS to public policy development, enhancing the policymaking process. The following sections reflect the six strategic priorities set 17 ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC out in the Academy’s Strategic Stimulating public interest in and Framework 2013–2018: understanding of the humanities and social sciences, and contributing 06 CHAMPIONING THE HUMANITIES to public debate. aND SOCIAL SCIENCES Taking a lead in representing the 19 PROMOTING INTERNatiONALISM humanities and social sciences, Promoting UK research in promoting their interests and international arenas, fostering a global vigorously upholding their value. approach across UK research and providing leadership in developing 09 ADVANCING RESEARCH global research links and expertise. Providing distinctive and complementary funding opportunities 22 ABOUT THE ACADEMY for outstanding people and innovative research. 13 FOSTERING EXCELLENCE Strengthening, extending and diversifying ways of recognising and celebrating high achievement in the humanities and social sciences. British Academy Review of the year 2013/14 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the British Academy’s first postgraduate students, led major initiatives of disciplines to work. Alongside them, our including China and India, giving advice Review of the Year. Each year we plan to to help ensure the UK develops sustainable public programme of lectures, talks and on the EU’s role in funding research, present an overview of the highlights of ‘open access’ publication policies and conferences continued to grow. and supporting the Academy’s unique promoted the importance of studying network of research institutes overseas. A The humanities and social sciences the past year, showing how the Academy foreign languages and strengthening new international prize in transcultural account for half of active research staff works to support outstanding humanities researchers’ quantitative skills. Public policy understanding extended the Academy’s in UK universities. They are studied by and social science research, and acts reports covered the referendum on Scottish portfolio of prizes and medals, which a million undergraduates – and by a independence (including perspectives from recognise both scholarly achievement as a champion for its disciplines – quarter of a million international students Wales), health inequalities, underwater and non-scholarly contributions to the from psychology to the history of art (some 60% of the total), who make cultural heritage, and the disposal of humanities and social sciences. Many and music, and from economics to important contributions to the future of radioactive waste. of these awards are made possible by the our international relationships and our archaeology. It complements the more generosity of donors. detailed Annual Report, containing In February the Academy launched a major economy. The Academy puts excellence full financial accounts, which is multimedia project, Prospering Wisely, setting in research and scholarship to work, and The Academy welcomes partners who out the many ways in which the humanities fosters excellence for the future. It will share its aim of supporting excellence in published online. and social sciences contribute to our social, continue to build its links across the UK the humanities and social sciences. Thanks cultural and economic well-being, with the wider academic community, and are due to our many supporters, notably The Academy invested some £29m during individually and collectively. The project a strategic priority is to strengthen support the Leverhulme Trust and the Wolfson the financial year 2013/14 to support included interviews with a range of for early career scholars, building on the Foundation. We are very grateful to the excellent and innovative research across the Academy Fellows (accessible on our success of our postdoctoral fellowship elected Officers, Council, Committee humanities and social sciences, nationally website), which illustrate how humanities scheme. members and Fellows for their pro bono and internationally, including research and social science research and expertise work in support of the Academy over the International leadership is a further vital fellowships for early and mid-career feed into our national life. past year – and last but certainly not least part of the Academy’s work. This year’s scholars, and a wide-ranging programme to our dedicated staff. of Small Research Grants in partnership One of the duties of an Academy based on activities included publishing a report on with the Leverhulme Trust and others. excellence is to show its subjects ‘at work’ the value of the UK’s ‘soft power’ assets, Across the board these funding schemes tackling major issues of the day. A new strengthening links with emerging powers, JULY 2014 attracted increased demand. flagship series of ‘British Academy Debates’ was launched this year, in London, Sheffield The Academy increasingly works in and Edinburgh, together with backup PROFESSOR NICHOLAS STERN DR ROBIN JACKSON CBE partnership with the UK’s other national digital content. In this first series, leading KT, FBA, FRS CHIEF EXECUTIVE academies to emphasise the value of the (LORD STERN OF BRENTFORD) AND SECretary academics and public figures discussed some PRESIDENT country’s world-class research base. As of the key challenges – and opportunities – the national voice of the humanities and posed by a steadily ageing population, with social sciences, it drew attention to the substantial audiences and media attention. increasingly serious funding needs of These Debates put the Academy’s full range 2 British Academy Review of the year 2013/14 British Academy Review of the year 2013/14 3 TOTAL INCOME £27M THE YEAR Department for Business, Innovation & Skills IN NUMBERS £31.7M £1.6M Clio Enterprises Ltd TOTAL DISTRIBUTED Over the past three years the Academy’s £31.7M £1.4M Other grants financial position has strengthened WHERE THE MONEY considerably. The Department for CAME FROM £0.6M £29.1M Trading activity through the Grants returned Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Academy’s wholly owned again provided the majority of the £0.4M subsidiary (‘Clio’) generated Donations, subscriptions Academy’s income (85% this year) welcome surplus for the through its £27m grant, but there were third year running. £0.4M Investment income welcome increases in grants from trusts, foundations and other bodies, from £0.3M Publications income publications and investment income, and from the Academy’s wholly owned sub- sidiary, Clio Enterprises, which produced gross trading income of £2.2m. Overall, 92% levels of activity have expanded, despite VALUE OF THE ACADEMY 13/14 £5.6M DEVELOPMENT FUND (ADF) the tough economic climate. 2010–2014 12/13 £5.1M 11/12 £4.0M This Review covers the financial year The ADF enables the Academy April 2013 to March 2014. to take new initiatives at its 10/11 £3.1M For more detailed information visit our DISTRIBUTED TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE ACROSS unfettered discretion. The Fund Annual Report and accounts online at THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES has grown significantly in recent www.britishacademy.ac.uk/annualreport years, strengthening the Academy’s INCLUDING: £ overall financial position. Early career fellowships 10.8m International engagement 6.7m £5.6M +81% Mid-career fellowships 4.5m Small Research Grants 2.4m Public policy and public engagement 2.4m Languages and Quantitative Skills programme 1.5m Other grants 0.8m 4 British Academy Review of the year 2013/14 British Academy Review of the year 2013/14 5 CHAMPIONING THE HUMANITIES TO COME TOTAL UK POSTGRADUATES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES As the UK’s national champion of the New policy reports published by the detailed research into aspects of open POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS humanities and social sciences the Academy highlighted two significant issues: access, including the effect that different Following its position statement British Academy takes the lead in how deficits in language skills undermine academic journal embargo periods will Postgraduate Funding: The Neglected the UK’s security and its capacity for global have on library acquisition policies, and Dimension, the Academy has continued to promoting their interests and making influence, and the importance of language the degree to which different disciplines highlight the importance of improving the case for their role and value skills to UK commerce (see page 16). are involved in non-UK publishing. The the funding of postgraduate study. This in our individual, community and report, Open Access Journals in Humanities has included discussions with HEFCE, national lives. OPEN ACCESS and Social Science, published in April 2014, Research Councils and other funders The Academy has provided leadership has been widely noticed around the world. and stakeholders to investigate sustainable to the humanities and social science It provides important new evidence and funding solutions. The Academy also communities, by helping to articulate ways insights into these issues, and has already THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING commissioned the National Union of in which policy for open access publishing informed HEFCE’s consultation on how Students to undertake a large scale analysis The Academy has been especially active in should best be developed. In July 2013, the
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