Digital Skills in Arts and Humanities Network (DISKAH)

Description

The Digital Skills in Arts and Humanities Network (DISKAH) is an interdisciplinary network involving several universities and researchers co-designing a training programme to support the Arts and Humanities (A&H) community in leveraging UK Digital Research Infrastructures (DRI), to further unlock research potential. It provides training, resources and access to networks to support fellows in engaging with DRI for Arts and Humanities research, and aims to build capacity amongst A&H researchers in the use of national DRI to foster innovation and collaboration. DISKAH is developed by an interdisciplinary partnership of Higher Education Institutions, national Digital Research Infrastructure and High Performance Computing facilities. Coordinated at the University of Brighton, it was initiated through a collaboration between the University of Brighton, Durham University, the University of the Arts London, the University of Exeter and its partners the N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR), King’s Digital Lab, UCL’s Centre for Advanced Research Computing and DARIAH-EU. It is funded through the UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure Programme.

Through its fellowships, DISKAH provide an opportunity to broaden engagement with large-scale computational methods via national digital research infrastructure to support A&H research, with a flat rate paid to fellows’ institutions to buy out a percentage of their time. Its Associate Fellowships provide access to supportive networks, professional development, and training opportunities designed to help people progress with their research and practice. DISKAH builds on previous projects piloting approaches to digital skills in Arts and Humanities, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under the Embed digital skills in arts and humanities research scheme, to address the digital skills gap within the arts and humanities research community.

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

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Founding year

2024

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University affiliation(s)

University of Brighton
Brighton

Partner Infrastructures

King's Digital Lab

The King’s Digital Lab (KDL) is a Research Software Engineering (RSE) team hosted by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s College London. We work in collaboration with our partne… read more about King's Digital Lab

London

N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR)

The N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR) focuses on creating a centre of excellence in computationally intensive research methods, skills, and facilities to underpin … read more about N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR)

UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is a centre with both professional services and academic missions, launched on 1 August 2021. It aims to provide a place for UCL’s different … read more about UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

London

Partner Universities

De Montfort University

Durham University

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh

University of Exeter

University of Oxford

University of the Arts London

University of Warwick, Coventry

Additional Partnerships

DARIAH-EU (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities); Northeastern University London