OpenARC Research Centre

💡 External Funding Workshop (OpenARC) 🎨

📅 Monday 16 February 2026
⏰ 2PM–4PM
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

OU colleagues at all career stages are warmly invited to join this practical workshop on developing successful external funding bids.

To register, email: FASS-Arts-Research-Centre@open.ac.uk

How can art help us protect floodplain meadows? I very much enjoyed scouring UK art collections for this online exhibition...
@openarc.bsky.social @artukdotorg.bsky.social @openartsjournal.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Congratulations!

Historical black and white photograph of a policeman in uniform

2 of 17. The Centre for the History of Crime, Policing & Justice (History) promotes research in criminal justice history in a global context & generates the exchange of ideas between historians, policy-makers and practitioners. university.open.ac.uk/arts/researc...

The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion

1/17. The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion (Classical Studies). The centre promotes research into the material, visual and other sensory aspects of Greek, Etruscan and Roman religions. @e-jgraham.bsky.social @chrissieplastow.bsky.social www.openmaterialreligion.org

The 17 dynamic interdisciplinary research groups and centres showcase the breadth of research within the School. These centres and groups reflect both established research strengths and our commitment to engaging with developing research areas in the Arts and Humanities.

Watch out for special call out about this at the OpenARC Festival of the Arts & Humanities on Tuesday 13 May! Congratulations to all three of you.

Research Groups School of Arts & Humanities, Research groups

OpenARC provides funding and support for 17 research groups and centres in the School of Arts and Humanities. You can find out about them here: fass.open.ac.uk/schools/scho...

People OpenARC Management Board Dr Shafquat Towheed Director of OpenARC Director of Research, Arts & Humanities

OpenARC is managed by a Director and Management Board with the help of a Centre manager and assistant. You can find about the people behind OpenARC here: fass.open.ac.uk/research/cen...

Webinars include a talk by the team that developed the OU's free course on Open Research, researchers using citizen science platforms to extend data collection, open book and journal publishing options, and talks on AI. All sessions are online and will be recorded.

Arts & Humanities researchers from all 5 disciplines are taking part in Open Research Week. A&H researchers taking part include Leon Wainwright (Art History); Elton Barker (Classical Studies); Siobhan Campbell (English & Creative Writing); Richard Marsden (History) and Marie Thompson (Music)

Open Research Week 2025 Welcome to The Open University's (OU) Open Research Week, which takes place from Monday 24 to Friday 28 March 2025. Join us this week as we celebrate and promote open research by showcasing examples o...

Join The Open University (OU) from Monday 24th March to celebrate and promote open research. Throughout the week, you’ll hear about the real world applications and engagement of our openly available data, outputs and citizen science platforms.
research.open.ac.uk/events/open-...

Through our world-leading research and impact, OpenARC is committed to creating, defending and sustaining an informed and culturally literate society, in a world where there are increasing inequalities of access to the positive influence of the arts and humanities.

Building on The OU’s mission, OpenARC promotes the value of arts & humanities research for the 21st century. Only by researching the world through the arts & humanities can be we fully understand what it means to be human and use that knowledge of our past & present to inform a better future.

OpenARC OpenARC, The Open University Arts & Humanities Research Centre, is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities at The Open University. It hosts a broad range of research groups, and faci...

Welcome to OpenARC, The Open University’s Arts and Humanities Research Centre. OpenARC is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities and supports a broad range of research groups, thereby facilitating disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. fass.open.ac.uk/research/cen....