Research in the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education

Research Centres and Groups in the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education (ACE) enhance our students' learning experience.

Research centres

Bristol Centre for Linguistics

The Bristol Centre for Linguistics (BCL) brings together researchers who are committed to understanding how language is organised socially, culturally and mentally.

Centre for Fine Print Research

Aiming to innovate, contemplate and understand all aspects of fine print, from developing new inks and 3D printable ceramic materials to disruptive printing technologies and collaborating with international artists.

Digital Cultures Research Centre

An open and collaborative network of critical thinkers and doers. We interrogate, articulate and create practical approaches to responsible technological futures.

Regional History Centre

We promote research about the history of Britain's South Western counties and in the understanding of regionalism as a dynamic force in the shaping of the domestic and international past.

Research groups

Bristol Inter-disciplinary Group for Education Research

Encompassing one overall theme - social justice - and three inter-connected strands: researching with children and young people; digital education; and research in global and sustainable education.

Bristol Photography Research Group

A multidisciplinary network that is dedicated to exploring a broad understanding of photographic practices and the complex role photography plays in contemporary society.

Document and Location Research Group

We investigate how our understanding of place is directly formed through how locations are recorded and subsequently narrated by different disciplines, and how the identity of place is created through its representation.

Global and Transnational History Group

Consisting of historians conducting research across a broad geographic span, largely in the modern period.

Moving Image Research Group

Representing the full range of moving image research, including media industries, screen cultures, media politics and activism, genre, stardom and performance, and screen media practice research.

Visual Culture Research Group

A group of cross-disciplinary art and design practitioners, historians and theorists interested in visuality and visual culture, with the intention to generate new knowledge and innovative methodologies.

Research with impact

Read more about the real world impact of research from the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education.

3D printing of ceramics

UWE Bristol's innovative ceramic 3D printing material has helped ceramic tableware companies improve their industrial processes.

Community local news

UWE Bristol research has informed the BBC and community groups in working together to widen the range of voices in local news.

Improving young people's engagement with education

Research at UWE Bristol has stimulated new partnerships between universities, colleges and schools.

Pervasive media

Bristol research has enabled companies to create innovative digital products for mobile devices.

Promoting awareness of artists' books

UWE Bristol research has significantly influenced understanding and appreciation of the artist’s book internationally.

Promoting children's literature

UWE Bristol research has had a major influence on the teaching, reading and writing of children’s literature, at home and abroad.

Research ethics and governance

We have a Faculty Research Ethics Committee that is committed to promoting high ethical standards in the conduct of research undertaken by our staff and students. that is committed to promoting high ethical standards in the conduct of research undertaken by our staff and students.

Publications

You can access a current and comprehensive list of research publications from the Faculty on the UWE Bristol research repository.

Postgraduate research

We welcome enquires from those interested in postgraduate research study with us. With state-of-the-art facilities and experienced academic staff, we are perfectly equipped to carry out some of the most unique and exciting research in our subject areas.

Postgraduate research study

Research by department

Art and Design

Research in the School of Art and Design maintains our established reputation, nationally and internationally, across a range of disciplines.

Creative and Cultural Industries

The School has an established reputation for research across a range of disciplines. Academics work closely with community groups, local and national government, and industry, so that their research can make a real difference.

Student on teaching placement with school children

Education and Childhood

There is strength and diversity in the programme of educational research and evaluation at UWE Bristol. A broad range of substantive areas of enquiry is sponsored by a wide range of funding bodies.