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Dear Colleagues,

From 9th to 13th March, WIE are delighted to be hosting Professors Jo WinningLink opens in a new window and Catherine MillsLink opens in a new window (Arts, Monash University) for a week-long residency and programme of events. Supported by the Monash Warwick Alliance Research Activation Fund, this week-long programme is designed to draw together the faculties Arts and Social Sciences at both Monash and Warwick to explore the nature and value of public engagement at the two institutions and use this as a basis for new collaborations, new research, new teaching and to equip both universities to better articulate the value of the so-called H.A.S.S. family of disciplines as they intersect with engagement practices.

Alongside larger networking events, the programme will involve two open door, drop-in sessions to allow Warwick staff to consult informally with our Monash guests about future projects, collaborations or simply to explore. Non appointments necessary, just turn up. The sessions will run at:

    Tues 10 March, Arts 2:30 – 3:30 pm (FAB1.38)

    Wed 11 March Social Sciences 2:30 pm – 3:30pm (Social Sciences, B1.36).

Although the sessions might appear to be faculty specific, colleagues from either session can drop in to either.

Please contact Dr James Hodkinson j.r.hodkinson@warwick.ac.uk or Dr Georgiana Mihut Georgiana.Mihut@warwick.ac.uk for further details.

All very best wishes,

James Hodkinson

Warwick innovations have some key upcoming opportunities;

 Arts and Social Sciences Innovation: Scaling and sustaining your Impact

 Wednesday 11 March 2026 – Oculus Room 1.07

12.00-1.30pm: Seminar (lunch included)

2-4pm: Workshop

Further details and registration: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/innovations/commercialise/shape/training/shapeinnovation/

Do you want to use your research to make a real difference to people’s lives? Are you interested in discovering innovative approaches to increase the scale and sustainability of your impact?

This training, led by Dr Mark Mann, a specialist in research-based social innovation, will explore a range of pathways to impact for researchers in Arts and Social Sciences. It will consider how activities such as policy engagement, community engagement and partnerships could be scaled up through commercial routes like social ventures.

The training will be split into two sessions. Participants can attend either or both parts, depending on their interest:

12.00-1.30pm: Seminar

This session will explore a range of possibilities for knowledge exchange for research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines and think about the best ways to build sustainable pathways to impact, including looking at how to build research-based products and services that can create real change for your partners.

2.00-4.00pm: Workshop

In this interactive workshop, participants will spend time planning how you could turn your idea into a product or service to increase the impact of your research. You will be supported by the trainers to work on:

• Defining the current stage you are at, including key research outputs, current ideas, and any activities that have already taken place
• Mapping the potential customers, users and beneficiaries for your project
• Articulating the benefits of your idea for the user groups

This event is organised by Warwick Innovations. If you have any questions, please contact: emma.roberts.1@warwick.ac.uk

Make a Virtual Reality exhibition using our Meta Quest headsets. 

Working with Clare Rowan and students from Classics, we created a virtual reality exhibition of Roman coins. This was experienced by over 30 participants as part of a Money and Medals Network training day for museum curators. Detailed, enlarged 3D models of seven coins were displayed for close-up examination, along with explanatory texts with audio narration, and an introductory video. A second activity allowed participants to work together in holding, examining, and annotating 3D coins.

The platform we use for this makes it easy to do. Collect the 3D objects (scanned in and uploaded to Sketchfab). Write the texts as web pages. Convert to audio narration. Create a video. Arrange in the virtual space. Copy to multiple headsets (we have 8). The exhibition can then be "popped-up" anywhere, making it easy to run anytime, anyplace.

Exhibitions can also be accessed through phones and tablets.

Have you got an idea for an exhibition?

We can help staff and students to make and run one.

Watch this demo videoLink opens in a new window.

Read the full reportLink opens in a new window on how the exhibition was created.

Contact Robert if you want to find out more.

We will be scheduling a DAHL workshop on this for the summer term.

Subscribe to DAHL News and ViewsLink opens in a new window on Substack for more digital inspirations and guides.

The call for the 2026/27 round of the Arts and Humanities Impact Funding is now open.

The deadline for submission of applications for the next round of AHIF grants is Monday 30 March 2026 at midday.

Applications for activities which will translate Arts and Humanities research into impact are welcomed for the following schemes:

• Main Fund: Impact in Action: up to £10,000 per financial year between 1 August 2026 and 31 July 2027
• Supporting Fund: Enhancing Impact: up to £1,000 per financial year between 1 August 2026 and 31 July 2027
• Seed Fund: Early-Stage Activity: up to £1,000 per financial year between 1 August 2026 and 31 July 2027

The Panel will meet on 14^th May and decisions will be communicated by the end of May.

The Rapid Response Fund providing up to £1,000 to enable researchers to undertake urgent impact generating activity or respond to opportunities which are time limited remains open until 31 July 2026.

For full details regarding the funds and the kind of activities and initiatives they can support please see the AHIF webpages: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/ris/research-funding-opportunities/art_hum_impact/Link opens in a new window

If you have any questions please contact us: arts.impact@warwick.ac.uk

Kind regards,

The Arts Impact Team

Faculty of Arts Showcase

As some of you know, the showcase space in the FAB foyer was originally conceived in 2015 as part of a cabinet of curiosities project space to highlight research across the Faculty. The History of Art department’s 50^th anniversary display showed what a strong, department-led presentation can deliver. 

New Programme to Highlight Research

To increase strategic use of the showcase, the Art Collection curatorial team has worked with the Faculty on a new proposal, enabling staff and students to develop displays selected through a Faculty process.

While this programme gets underway, the Art Collection team has supported a new display by a Coventry artist, aligning with the University’s cultural strategy and its commitment to strengthening the city’s arts ecology.

This gives colleagues time to propose exhibitions for consideration. The Art Collection team will provide support and a small interpretation budget of £250 including VAT. If proposals are not forthcoming or viable, the young talent group from the Art Collection Committee will curate displays featuring other Coventry artists. Please see the paper for further detail on the policy and how to apply. 

Mead Gallery Forward Programme

Your proposals may also connect with our upcoming programme and help generate broader engagement and impact. Our schedule for the next academic year is: 

Autumn Term 2026

British Art Show 10: 1 October 2025 -10 January 2026

The British Art Show, held every five years, is the UK’s major survey of contemporary art. Coventry is the opening venue for its 10th edition, launching across the Mead, Herbert Art Gallery, and Coventry University.

I hope it would be possible to include any related departmental activity or events in the city-wide programme that is being curated around the core exhibition. 

Curated by Ekow Eshun, its themes include:

• A People Yet to Come: alternative futures, myth, and new forms of kinship
• Inner Visions: dreams, memory, and the subconscious
• Listen to the Land: ecological attention to the more‑than‑human world
• Traces of History: fragments of suppressed or unstable histories 

Summer Term 2027

George Shaw

George Shaw paints Tile Hill, the area immediately beyond the cemetery from campus. Using enamel paint, his work addresses themes of memory, urban environments, and British working‑class identity.

If you would like to discuss any of this, do please contact me.

Very best wishes

Sarah

Sarah Shalgosky (she/her)

Principal Curator, University of Warwick