The University Art Collection are continually looking to enhance the research value of our collections. By working with our colleagues across the University of Reading, we intend to showcase the resources found within the Collection. Below are various available research opportunities:
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme
TheĀ Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)Ā offers undergraduate students, in the middle years of their degree (i.e. not first or final year students), the chance to gain hands-on research experience on projects covering all University disciplines.
Previous UROP projects includeĀ A Fine Line: J. A. Betts and the Study of Drawing at the University of Reading.
Centre for Health Humanities
The Centre for Health Humanities (CHH) is a multidisciplinary group of over forty academics at the University of Reading, whose interests coalesce around the themes of health, sickness, and wellbeing.
CHH have previously engaged with the University Art Collection in a variety of different ways. These include looking at theĀ Minnie Jane Hardman CollectionĀ in a session Anatomical Art in the Royal Academy.
Other Training Programmes
We participate in theĀ Collections Based Research Training ProgrammeĀ for PhD students, and provideĀ access for training in research methodologies.