Centre for Research and Development
Image: Working in the CRD space, Grand Parade
Research in the creative and performing arts, architecture, design, media and the humanities is at the forefront of a thriving research culture at the University of Brighton. The Faculty of Arts has systematically pursued an explicit strategy of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, inter-relating critical theory, contemporary practices and their histories. This has generated fresh fields of interdisciplinary enquiry stimulating insights that question current practices and foster new understandings.
The Centre for Research and Development (CRD) for the Faculty of Arts was established in 1998 and is among the UK’s leading centres for high quality interdisciplinary research in the arts, design and humanities and is designed to bring together the research community. Its key objective is to lead and enhance the Faculty's research culture. Its functions include monitoring the research performance of individuals, groups and centres, developing strategies to support new and emerging research, identifying sources of funding and bursaries and ensuring that applications to research councils/bodies are of the highest quality.
The CRD provides a supportive research infrastructure for the faculty’s community offering assistance, funding guidance, mentoring and dissemination for the development and delivery of research projects. The space includes dedicated research accommodation and study space, staff offices, exhibition and presentation spaces; seminar rooms and video-conferencing facilities.
The Doctoral Centre is a key unit within the Centre for Research and Development and provides a key role in leading the faculty’s postgraduate research and doctoral provision and building a lively and stimulating community and research training for students and supervisors (internal and external). The Doctoral Centre has a dedicated administrative team and is responsible for organising research days and specialist seminars. Working with the University of Brighton Doctoral College, it oversees the registration, supervision, progression, quality assurance and examination of doctoral students and manages the university’s accreditation of research degree provision at University College of the Creative Arts.