OpenARC, The Open University Arts and Humanities Research Centre
Description
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 facilitates disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
Building on The Open University’s mission, OpenARC promotes the value of arts and humanities research for the 21st century. Only by researching the world through the arts and humanities can be we fully understand what it means to be human and use that knowledge of our past and present to inform a better future.
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.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
2024
Contact details
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK7 6AA
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University affiliation(s)
The Open University
Milton Keynes
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2025-03-07 14:43:35