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AHRC Research ReviewPractice-Led Research in Art, Design and Architecture
Prof Chris Rust, Sheffield Hallam UniversityProf Judith Mottram, Nottingham Trent UniversityProf Jeremy Till, University of SheffieldWith support from:Kirsty SmartPeter WaltersMark Elshaw
Version 2: November 2007 
 
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Review Report..........................................................................................1
 
Contents...................................................................................................2
 
1.
 
Summary.........................................................................................4
 
2.
 
Introduction.....................................................................................6
 
2.1
 
Aims of the Review................................................................7
 
2.2
 
Methods.................................................................................8
 
2.3
 
Definitions & Descriptions.....................................................10
 
2.3.1
 
Scope of Practice-Led Research...................................10
 
2.3.2
 
Defining Practice-led Research.....................................11
 
2.4
 
History & Context..................................................................14
 
2.4.1
 
Emergence....................................................................14
 
2.4.2
 
The Institutional Landscape...........................................17
 
2.4.3
 
The Doctoral Landscape...............................................19
 
2.4.4
 
The Research Landscape.............................................21
 
2.4.5
 
Conclusions...................................................................26
 
3.
 
Data.................................................................................................28
 
3.1
 
Measures of Activity..............................................................29
 
3.1.1
 
Scale of Academic Activity............................................29
 
3.1.2
 
Isolating Practice-Led Research....................................31
 
3.2
 
Consultations with the academic community.........................35
 
3.2.1
 
Project Group Workshops.............................................35
 
3.2.2
 
Town Meetings..............................................................35
 
3.2.3
 
Case examples..............................................................36
 
3.2.4
 
Online Workshop...........................................................44
 
3.2.5
 
Questionnaire Surveys..................................................48
 
4.
 
Issues.............................................................................................57
 
4.1
 
Why?.....................................................................................57
 
4.2
 
Infrastructure.........................................................................59
 
4.2.1
 
The effect of AHRC Funding Schemes.........................59
 
4.2.2
 
Doctoral Research.........................................................59
 
4.2.3
 
Full Economic Costing and practice-led research.........59
 
4.2.4
 
Outcomes - Language and Meaning.............................60
 
4.3
 
Developing and Training Researchers..................................61
 
4.3.1
 
Developing Academics..................................................61
 
4.3.2
 
Progression for Postdocs..............................................61
 
4.3.3
 
Summary.......................................................................62
 
4.4
 
The Nature of Contribution....................................................63
 
4.5
 
Quality...................................................................................65
 
5.
 
Conclusions...................................................................................66
 
5.1
 
Scope and Quality of Practice-Led Research........................66
 
5.2
 
Capacity................................................................................67
 
5.3
 
Funding Schemes.................................................................67
 
5.4
 
Definitions of Research.........................................................67
 
 
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 5.5
 
Infrastructure.........................................................................68
 
5.6
 
RAE 2008.............................................................................68
 
5.7
 
Other Observations...............................................................68
 
6.
 
Bibliography...................................................................................70
 
Appendices, including much of the data and other materials collectedin the review, are provided in a separate document
 
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