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 Elephant Trust Roland Penrose and Lee Miller created The Elephant Trust in 1975 to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the UK. The Trust was set up to help artists present their work and undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. Grants have usually been limited to £2,000 but larger grants may be considered. Deadlines twice a year. |
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Arts Council England Arts Council England 2 Pear Tree Court, London EC1R 0DS — Tel: 0845 300 6200 Fax: 020 7608 4100 Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk ACE has a central office that acts as ‘an umbrella’ but operationally it is divided into nine regions and you are usually eligible to apply to the regions in which you live or work, or where the event will happen. Their current three-year plan is entitled ‘Great Art for Everyone’. It is worth reading their present priorities, which include increasing the number of artists’ commissions, developing digital usage, and art for the 2012 Olympics. http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/plan/priorities ‘Grants for the Arts’ is the main scheme for directly funding artistic practice and research http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/gfta2006.php You can apply for amounts from 1k-200k, but they expect you to find at least 10 per cent of the cash required for your activity from other sources. The applications are considered regionally. ACE also commission artists for a variety of projects (see AN and ACE websites) and has a scheme to support touring exhibitions. . They are keen to encourage activities promoting critical debate on the production and presentation of contemporary visual art; for example, events, seminars, conferences, publications (paper based / electronic), periodicals, catalogues and artists' books. For further details visit ACE East Midlands http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/regions/homepage.php?rid=2 |
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The Leverhulme Trust 1 Pemberton Row, London EC4A 3BG Tel: 020 7822 5220 Fax: 020 7822 5084 Email: gdupin@leverhulme.ac.uk Website: www.leverhulme.org.uk Website:www.leverhulme.org.uk/grants_awards/grants/artists_in_residence/ The Trust offers a range of schemes for the visual arts, the principle ones being - Artists in Residence - These awards are intended to support the residency of an artist of any kind or nationality in a UK institution in order to foster a creative collaboration between the artist and the staff and/or students of that institution. Applications should come jointly signed from the artist and a representative of the proposed host group, as Principal Applicant. Individual artists seeking a residency may not apply directly to the Trust. http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/artists_in_residence/ Study Abroad Fellowships; are designed to support a period overseas in a stimulating academic environment. These differ from the Trust's Research Fellowships in that the awards support a range of activities other than straight-forward research (e.g. the exchange of ideas, the development of new lines of research and collaborative ventures). http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/study_abroad_fellowships/ Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. There are no restrictions on academic discipline, and awards are not limited to those holding appointments in higher education. http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/research_fellowships/ |
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Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2AE Tel: 0117 987 6500 Fax: 0117 987 6600 Email: a.henry@ahrc.ac.uk Website: www.ahrc.ac.uk AHRC has a range of UK-wide programmes supporting the highest quality research and postgraduate training in the arts and humanities. From around 1500 applications to their seven Research schemes they make around 550-600 awards. From around 5500 applications to their Postgraduate schemes for funding people in Higher education they make around 1500 awards. In addition, AHRC manage on an agency basis for HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) almost £10 million to fund museums, galleries and other collections in English HEIs (Higher Education Institutions). |
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British Council Visual Arts Department British Council Visual Arts Department Arts Group, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN, Tel: 020 7389 3050 Fax: 020 7389 3199 Email: artweb@britishcouncil.org Website: www.britishcouncil.org/arts.htm The British Council stresses that it is a cultural relations organisation, not a funding body as such. The British Council provides grants designed to help promote British art by assisting professional British artists and craftspeople resident in the UK to exhibit overseas. Grants can part-fund transport, packing, insurance and travel costs. The BC supports design - covering product design, graphic design, fashion, craft and applied arts and furniture and interior projects, and programme many projects across disciplines in design. Deadlines are 1 February, 1 May, 1 August and 1 November. Application forms and more information on their website. |
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Visiting Arts
4.01 & 4.02 Enterprise House, 1 – 2 Hatfields, London SE1 9PG Telephone 020 7960 9631 Fax 020 7960 9643 Email; information@visitingarts.org.uk Website; http://www.visitingarts.org.uk Visiting Arts is an independent registered charity, which was set up in 1977, with close links to the British Council and Arts Council. They deal with artists’ exchanges, promote exhibitions and festivals, run training programmes, in-country workshops, R&D country-visits and networking events. As examples they support visits by UK artists abroad, and invite foreign artists to the UK to exchange ideas and champion intercultural understanding. They are currently focusing on exchanges with Taiwan, Brazil, Colombia and Portugal. |
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PROJECT PROJECT - engaging artists in the built environment Public Art South West, PO Box 189, Exeter EX4 3XL Tel: 01392 229 266 Fax: 01392 229 229 Email: info@project-awards.org.uk Website: www.publicartonline.org.uk/project Provides financial assistance to support collaboration between artists and design, planning and construction professionals, working pro-actively with public and private sector agencies on projects in the built environment. It is intended to facilitate the artist's role as a creative thinker and / or commentator, working within the team appointed to deliver the project. It is not intended to cover the capital costs of implementing any work, which may arise from this process. In the context of this scheme, the term 'artist' is intended to cover a range of art forms. |
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The Jerwood Foundation The Jerwood Foundation 22 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6EN Tel: 020 7388 6287 Fax: 020 7388 6289 Email: info@jerwood.org Website: www.jerwood.org Website: www.jerwoodvisualarts.org The Jerwood Charitable Foundation offer commissions and grants to artists as well as the Jerwood Painting Prize, Drawing Prize, Applied Arts Prize and the Moving Media Awards. Most prizes are open to all UK-based artists of all ages. |
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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation 18 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA Tel: 020 7227 3500 Email: information@phf.org.uk Website: www.phf.org.uk Website: www.phf.org.uk/landing.asp?id=37 Small Grants Programme: Awards up to £5,000 are made to local schemes that fall within the Foundation's priority areas (www.phf.org.uk/priority.htm). Applications should be for specific projects rather than revenue or deficit funding. The grant requested should represent the major part of the funding required. Grants will be made for one year only and applications in the following year from the same organisation will not be considered. Awards for Artists; individual artists are not eligible to apply directly but are nominated. Five artists are selected annually, each receiving £30,000, spread over three years. |
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Wellcome Trust Arts Awards Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE Tel: 020 7611 7222 Email: arts@wellcome.ac.uk Website: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Arts-Awards/index.htm Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science. The scheme aims to: stimulate interest, excitement and debate about biomedical science through the arts; examine the social, cultural, and ethical impact of biomedical science; support formal and informal learning; encourage new ways of thinking; encourage high quality interdisciplinary practice and collaborative partnerships in arts, science and/or education practice. All art forms are covered by the programme. The Trust invites applications for projects which engage adult audiences and/or young people. The Trust offer - Small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30,000) Funding can either be used to support the development of new project ideas, deliver small-scale productions or workshops, investigate and experiment with new methods of engagement through the arts, or develop new collaborative relationships between artists and scientists. Large projects (above £30,000) This funding can be used to fund full or part production costs for large-scale arts projects that aim to have significant impact on the public's engagement with biomedical science. They are also interested in supporting high-quality, multi-audience, multi-outcome projects. Four submission deadlines per year. |
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The Henry Moore Foundation Anne Unthank, The Henry Moore Foundation, Dane Tree House, Perry Green, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SGIO 6EE Tel: 01279 843 333 Fax: 01279 843 647 Website: www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk The Henry Moore Foundation's grant-making programme was revised in 2004 to provide additional financial resources to support the work of living artists and contemporary art practice. Special consideration will be given to projects outside London and to venues with limited opportunities to show contemporary art. Other long-standing categories supporting historic and contemporary sculpture remain in the programme, including post-doctoral research fellowships assisting outstanding young scholars. Invites applications from scholars, curators and artists, who are interested in working on historic and contemporary sculpture using the resources at the Institute. The collections comprise sculptures, a library, a slide library and an archive of works on paper, models and original documents. Fellows will be offered accommodation, travel expenses and a per diem in order to use these resources for one month. The Institute is also able to offer the possibility of presenting finished research projects in published form, as a seminar, or in its galleries. |
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Foundation for Sport and the Arts Grattan Endicott - Secretary. PO Box 20, Liverpool L13 1HB — Tel: 0151 259 5505 Fax: 0151 230 0664 Website: http://www.thefsa.net/ The foundation, which gets its income from the football pools, distributes about £10-£11million annually. One third of this goes to the arts. The FSA supports both amateur and professional activities and gives grants to most art forms. Grants include visual arts and crafts, and are made for capital projects, artistic productions and to support individuals. Grassroots activities with community benefit are a priority for the trustees. |
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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP Tel: 020 7486 4348 Email: office@dajf.org.uk Website: www.dajf.org.uk Daiwa Foundation Small Grants are available from £1,000- £5,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, exhibitions, and other projects and events that fulfill this broad objective. They have recently launched The Daiwa Foundation Art Prize - a major new initiative by the Foundation which supports a UK artist’s first exhibition in Japan |
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The Juliet Gomperts Trust 31 Addison Avenue, London W11 4QS Email: info@julietgompertstrust.co.uk Website: www.julietgompertstrust.co.uk The Juliet Gomperts Trust is a small charity which gives financial support to artists. They support all forms of contemporary fine art practice through project funding and residencies, and fund a cross section of UK-based artists: recent graduates, emerging artists and established artists. The J.G.T. fund also provides studio facilities, board and lodging, some art materials and local visits for 4 weeks in the summer/autumn at the Verrocchio Arts Centre in Casolé d'Elsa, a medieval hill village near Sienna in Tuscany, Italy. The value is approximately £1,600. The awards are available to artists over 23 and under 46. |
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The European Association for Jewish Culture Lena Stanley-Clamp, Director, European Association for Jewish Culture, London Office, 79 Wimpole Street, London W1G 9RY Tel: 020 7935 8266 Fax: 020 7935 3252 Email: london@jewishcultureineurope.org Website: www.jewishcultureineurope.org/More_about_us.htm The European Association for Jewish Culture is an independent organisation which funds visual arts exhibitions, theatre, documentary films and music which address the Jewish experience. This grant programme is designed to provide part-funding for new exhibitions of contemporary art by awarding grants to professional artists to produce new work for exhibition in a recognised cultural venue, and freelance curators for researching and organising an exhibition of contemporary art, which addresses the Jewish experience. The application should be submitted by professional artists or curators in association with an exhibition venue. Grants in the range of Euro 5,000 to 10,000 will be awarded to successful candidates in two installments. |
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Wingate Scholarships The Administrator, Wingate Scholarships, 20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR — Website: www.wingate.org.uk/scholarships/overview.php Candidates can be citizens of the UK, Commonwealth, Ireland or Israel or another EU country, provided they have been resident in the UK for three years. They should be living in the British Isles during the period of the application and be 24 years or over. The Scholarships are awarded to individuals of great potential and proven excellence. The Scholarships are to help with the cost of a specific projects which may last up to three years. Projects should be of 'intellectual, scientific, artistic, social or environmental value', they may be in craft but not in fine art. Candidates need to show why their project is unlikely to receive funding from major funding agencies. Average award is £6,000, maximum is £10,000. For further details send A4 SAE or visit website. |
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British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH — Tel: 020 7969 5200 Fax: 020 7969 5300 Email: grants@britac.ac.uk Website: www.britac.ac.uk The British Academy is the national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It is an independent, self-governing fellowship of around 750 scholars, elected for distinction and achievement in one or more branches of the academic disciplines that make up the humanities and social sciences. Consult their website for the full range of research schemes, but of particular interest might be Small Research Grants; Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. The first recourse for funding should be to your own institution (where applicable). Applications will not be considered for less than £500. The maximum grant is £7,500 over two years. Applications for collaborative or individual projects are equally welcome under this scheme. Applications from international groups of scholars are welcome, provided there is a UK-based scholar as lead applicant. Funds are available to facilitate initial project planning and development; to support the direct costs of research; and to enable the advancement of research through workshops, or visits by or to partner scholars. Applicants may seek support for any combination of eligible activity and cost up to the overall limit of £7,500. The Academy will assess applications equally on their merits, with no preference as to mode of enquiry. All applications should demonstrate that Academy funds are sought for a clearly defined, discrete piece of research, which will have an identifiable outcome on completion of the Academy-funded component of the research. Level of award: up to £7,500. Period of award: grants are tenable for up to 24 months. |
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Microwave Website: www.filmlondon.org.uk/ Funding for full length film for up to £75,000 with the option of raising additional in-kind support taking the budget to a maximum of £100,000. The scheme will provide an intensive approach to film-making, with an emphasis on tightly focused scripts, short production schedules and commercial potential. Backed by the BBC, the scheme provides up to £75,000 of direct funding per project together with a unique professional mentoring scheme from leading industry figures. |
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Film and Video Umbrella 8 Vine Yard London SE1 1QL T 020 7407 7755 F 020 7407 7766 E info@fvu.co.uk Website: http://www.fvu.co.uk/index.jsp Film and Video Umbrella curates and produces film, video and new media projects by artists which are commissioned and presented in collaboration with galleries and venues across England. The primary focus of their activities is the curation and production of artists’ film and video work for gallery exhibition. Film and Video Umbrella commissions approximately eight new projects a year — each of which is developed in collaboration with a partner venue before touring to other galleries in England and, on occasion, further afield. Film and Video Umbrella’s curatorial activities also extend to the production and promotion of artists’ works for the internet |
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Crafts Council 44a Pentonville Road, London, N1 9BY Tel: 020 7278 7700 Fax: 020 7837 6891 Email: info@craftscouncil.org.uk Website: www.craftscouncil.org.uk The Crafts Council's National Register of Makers provides the most comprehensive listing of contemporary craftspeople in Britain. Registration is free and open to any contemporary craftsperson living and working in Great Britain, who designs and makes their own work. Makers should have a professional approach to their work, although it is not essential to work full time as a craftsperson. Applicants must have finished their studies. Self-taught applicants are eligible for inclusion. Those working in illustration, fine art, painting, restoration, conservation, reproduction and sculpture are not eligible for inclusion. The Register is used by members of the public wanting to contact individual makers, as well as shops, galleries, trade buyers, architects, designers and businesses looking for new work. It is also used by the media and researchers offering increased exposure for designer-makers across the UK. As well as the Register, the Crafts Council manages a Development Award, business advice unit, reference library and desk, and the Photostore, which contains over 35,000 images of work for viewing by potential clients. The Register is non-selective; Photostore is selective. Development Award - Annual deadlines are 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December. Endeavours to support new creative practices in England and candidates must either be about to, or within three years of, setting up their first workshop. The grant is given in two parts; maintenance grant of £2,500; equipment grant of 50% towards purchase and hire of essential equipment and tools, up to £5,000. In deciding the level of grant, other grants received towards the setting up of business will be taken into account. The selection process is based on slides and an interview; and the criteria are originality, quality of making and suitability of the proposed workshop. |
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The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Enquiries to The Secretary, The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, No 1 Buckingham Place , London SW1E 6HR Email: qest@rwha.co.uk Website: www.qest.org.uk Scholarships are awarded to fund further study, training and practical experience for men and women who want to improve their craft or trade skills. There is no age limit, but you must be able to demonstrate an already developed high level of skill, and commitment to your craft or trade. You must live and work in the UK to be eligible for a Scholarship. Not awarded for buying or leasing equipment or premises or for funding courses in general further education. Each Scholarship is worth between £2,000 and £15,000. The Trust funds a huge range of modern and traditional crafts - a full list of previous winners' categories is on the website. Scholarships are awarded twice a year. You will need to explain clearly on the application form why the proposed training experience will improve your skills, and what you expect to achieve as a result. You also need to provide a careful estimate of the full cost of the training you would like to undertake. Information on application deadlines and forms are on the website, or send a 33p stamped addressed envelope to the above address for enquiries. |
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The British School at Rome Website; http://www.bsr.ac.uk/BSR/sub_about/BSR_About.htm Via Gramsci 61 Rome 00197 The British School at Rome offers the following fellowships to artists - A Rome Fellowship offers: full board and lodging at the British School at Rome (BSR) for 9 months (October –June) and a research and travel grant equivalent to £475/month A Rome Scholarship offers: full board and lodging at the BSR for 9 months (October–June) and a research and travel grant equivalent to £444/month (Holders of an AHRC studentship or similar award receive £100 in total.) A Rome Award offers: full board and lodging at the BSR for an extended period of study in Italy, normally 3 months (either October–December or January–March) and a research grant of £150/month + travel allowance of £180 A Tim Potter Memorial Award offers: full board and lodging at the BSR, normally for 3 months (either October–December or January– March and a research grant of £150/month + travel allowance of £500. The BSR also co-host with the Ruskin School of Drawing Arts Council England Helen Chadwick Fellowship Duration: 6 months (September 2009–March 2010). Research grant: £2,000/month; travel and materials allowance: £1,500. Applicants must be of British nationality, or must have been continuously resident in the UK since February 2006. Selection for this Scholarship is by members of the Faculty of the Fine Arts of the BSR, of the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, of St Peter’s College, Oxford, and Arts Council England. |
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The US-UK Fulbright Awards Programme Website; http://www.fulbright.co.uk/ The Fulbright Commission Fulbright House 62 Doughty Street London WC1N 2JZ FAX: +44 (0)20 7404 6834 The Fulbright Commission offers a selection of awards for UK citizens looking to study in the US and for US citizens coming to the UK. For UK citizens, the US-UK Fulbright Commission offers a variety of grants and places on special programmes to the US. Scholars are selected through a rigorous application and interview process and receive a high level of support ranging from visa processing and health insurance to a comprehensive pre-departure Orientation and reentry session. |
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Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation ,7 Aeschinou Street, GR 105-58 Athens, Greece — Tel: 00 30 210 371 3000 Fax: 00 30 210 371 3013 Email: foreigners@onassis.gr Website: www.onassis.gr/english/scholars/foreign.html The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation funds an annual programme of research grants and educational scholarships starting around October each year, which is addressed to foreign full members of national academies, university professors of all levels, researchers including Ph.D. holders, artists, translators of Greek literature, elementary and secondary school teachers of the Greek language as a foreign language, postgraduate students, and Ph.D. candidates. Research grants are offered in architecture, visual arts, music, dance, photography and film studies. The grantees of category AII will be invited, on a case by case basis, to deliver a lecture or to conduct a seminar during their stay in Greece, either at the Onassis Cultural Centre of Athens or at a university or another scholarly or research or cultural centre. |
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Association of Charitable Foundations 2 Plough Yard, Shoreditch High Street, London EC2A 3LP Email: acf@acf.org.uk Website: www.acf.org.uk ACF's website has downloadable copies of their advice leaflets, facts and figures about trusts and foundations, and links to all known trust and foundation websites, UK and international umbrella bodies, and other useful resources for grant-seekers. |
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FunderFinder Website: www.funderfinder.org.uk/links_trusts.php Listing of almost all UK charitable foundations websites.. |
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Europe - Euclid Website: www.euclid.info Website: www.culture.info Huge collection of information on EU and European funding, country guides, EU funding guides and deadlines for funding and training, with links to relevant sites. |
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Grant Finder This funding service provides a comprehensive, searchable database of UK and EU funding initiatives. It contains information on over 4000 programmes covering criteria, eligibility, application procedures and deadlines. All University staff can access this service by sending their Groupwise email address to Gaynor Davis and requesting a Grantfinder user account. Grantfinder project search form (word document) |
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UKRO
The University of Derby is a member of the UK Research Office (UKRO) based in Brussels. The UKRO website contains a wealth of information on sources of European Funding and research policy. UKRO also provides regular electronic briefings on European Funding which can be tailored to your research interests. |
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Connect A funding search database provided by the HE Academy for education projects, services and research. |
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ArtQuest ArtQuest offers advice on creating new work, exhibiting and selling your work; managing your career; finding opportunities in the UK and internationally; training and skills; free legal advice; money and funding. |
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AN magazine (Artists’ Newsletter); Great resource offering advice, workshops, advertisements for commissions, grants etc. As staff at UoD we have free access; To access AN magazine Log on to UDo Click on ‘You are now logged into Athens. See list of Athens resources’ Click on Information Resources (list on left of screen) Click on Indexes and Databases (top of the list) AN is now top of the list. You don’t need the password, just click on ‘UDo password’ and it will access their site. Please note that you can only do this whilst in the University. |
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Academia.edu This is a website for academics very much facebook for academics. |
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Research Research Website subscribed to by the University. Please contact the research office for login details for the website. |
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Contemporary Arts Society contemporary arts society webpage |
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