CHASE DTP

What CHASE DTP does

CHASE (Consortium for the Humanities & the Arts South-East England) is an AHRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership bringing together 8 leading UK universities — Universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, and Sussex, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, Birkbeck, and SOAS — to provide collaborative doctoral training in arts and humanities across South-East England. The consortium is structured as a partnership among independently registered English universities rather than as a separate legal entity, with its central administrative function appearing to sit at SOAS University of London (headquarters) and 6 listed employees.

Its core offering is a unified doctoral training programme rather than a commercial product suite. Functional components include AHRC-funded studentships, the CHASE Virtual Learning Environment (chasevle.org.uk), Core Training events, a placement scheme hosting researchers with cultural and heritage organisations (Science Museum, National Archives, Royal Academy of Arts, British Museum, Horniman Museum), the Knowledge Exchange Hub (chasekeh.co.uk), Collaborative Doctoral Awards, a Cohort Development Fund (awards up to £3,000 for network activity and £2,500 for staff training proposals), the peer-reviewed Brief Encounters Journal, the annual Encounters conference, and an alumni network. Twenty-plus interdisciplinary research networks span topics including Digital Studies, Medieval and Early Modern studies, and Climate Justice.

The revenue model is grant-funded rather than commercial: CHASE receives funding from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to distribute doctoral studentships and training across its member institutions. No commercial pricing, fee-for-service, or revenue line is disclosed; doctoral researchers are funded (not paying) recipients. Customer segments are doctoral researchers in arts/humanities (primary) and academic staff/supervisors at member institutions (secondary), with downstream placement hosts and Knowledge Exchange Hub partners as tertiary collaborators. Marketing and outreach operate through a Squarespace-hosted website (chase.ac.uk), the CHASE Bulletin email newsletter, a blog, an annual Encounters conference, and LinkedIn/Bluesky social channels.

Name

CHASE DTP

Legal name

CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership

Website

https://chase.ac.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CHASE is an AHRC-funded consortium of 8 UK universities providing doctoral training, studentships, placements, and research networks for postgraduate researchers in arts and humanities across South-East England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Funding: CHASE receives government funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to provide doctoral studentships, training, and placement funding for postgraduate researchers across member institutions in the humanities and arts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CHASE DTP is an AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership that delivers funded PhD studentships, research training, placements with external cultural/heritage organisations, and interdisciplinary research networking across 8 UK universities in South-East England. Core service outputs include doctoral studentships, the CHASE Placement Scheme, core training workshops, Collaborative Doctoral Awards, the Brief Encounters open-access journal, and the annual Encounters conference, all serving postgraduate researchers in arts and humanities disciplines.

Product overview

CHASE is an AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership offering a unified doctoral training programme rather than a modular software product. It combines multiple interconnected services including studentship funding, placement opportunities, training events, a Virtual Learning Environment, research networks, the Brief Encounters journal, the Encounters conference, and an alumni network. These components work together to provide comprehensive doctoral researcher support across 8 partner institutions in the humanities and arts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHASE Doctoral Studentships AHRC-funded doctoral studentships providing financial support and supervision for postgraduate researchers across CHASE member institutions in humanities and arts disciplines.
• CHASE Placement Scheme Research placement programme enabling CHASE doctoral researchers to undertake placements with partner organisations in the cultural, heritage, and third sectors.
• CHASE Core Training Core training events and workshops for doctoral researchers in research methods, digital humanities, public engagement, language training, and career development.
• Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) Collaborative doctoral awards enabling partnerships between CHASE member institutions and external organisations for jointly supervised doctoral research projects.
• CHASE Research Networks Interdisciplinary research networks organised around research topics, activism, and researcher wellbeing, including the Digital Studies Collective, Medieval and Early Modern Network, and Climate Justice Network.
• Cohort Development Fund Funding scheme supporting network activities, training proposals, and researcher development initiatives across the CHASE consortium.
• Brief Encounters Journal Open-access peer-reviewed academic journal publishing interdisciplinary research in humanities and arts by CHASE doctoral researchers.
• Encounters Conference Annual CHASE conference providing interdisciplinary research networking and collaboration opportunities for doctoral researchers across the consortium.
• CHASE Alumni Network Network providing ongoing support, communications, and connections for CHASE-funded alumni across the consortium's member institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Placement opportunities with major UK cultural institutions including the Science Museum, National Archives, Royal Academy of Arts, British Museum, and others
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Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of East AngliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• University of EssexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• University of KentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• University of SussexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• The Courtauld Institute of ArtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• Goldsmiths, University of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• Birkbeck, University of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• SOAS, University of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of eight founding member institutions of CHASE consortium, providing doctoral training in arts and humanities as part of the AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership.
• The Brilliant ClubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation offering tutoring opportunities for CHASE alumni. The Brilliant Club's Scholar's Programme provides paid tutoring positions for doctoral researchers.
• English HeritageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation sharing job listings and career opportunities with CHASE community through the career resources programme.
• Fulham PalaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation sharing job listings and opportunities with CHASE alumni through the career resources programme.
• Horniman Museum and GardensminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlacement host for CHASE doctoral researchers, offering community action research project coordinator positions as part of the Knowledge Exchange Hub.
• National ArchivesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlacement host for CHASE doctoral researchers, offering research assistant positions in the Written Heritage Science Labs.
• Science Museum GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlacement host offering curatorial research assistant positions for CHASE doctoral researchers, including support for upcoming exhibitions.
• Royal Academy of ArtsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlacement host for CHASE doctoral researchers in the Curatorial Department, supporting exhibition research and development.
• TECHNE DTPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnother AHRC doctoral training partnership that shares career resources with CHASE, including webinars and online career development materials.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): The umbrella UK research funding body of which AHRC is a constituent council. UKRI allocates the overall budget envelope that funds CHASE and all other AHRC DTPs, setting the strategic direction for doctoral training in arts and humanities.
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC): The UKRI research council that funds CHASE and its peer DTPs. As CHASE's primary funder and policy sponsor, AHRC sets the funding framework, studentship terms, and consortium competition rules that govern CHASE's operating model.

Direct peers

• London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP): AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership based in London universities. Directly comparable as an arts and humanities AHRC DTP offering studentships, training, and placement opportunities to doctoral researchers in the same funding envelope as CHASE.
• White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH): AHRC-funded consortium DTP covering arts and humanities across Yorkshire universities. Operates the same AHRC doctoral training model as CHASE with studentships, training events, and placements, competing for the same UKRI funding pool.
• TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership: Another AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership covering arts and humanities across a consortium of UK universities. TECHNE shares career resources and webinars with CHASE and competes with it for AHRC funding allocations and studentship cohorts.

Regional players

• Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership: AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership in arts and humanities involving the University of Oxford and other partners. Operates the same AHRC DTP framework as CHASE with comparable offerings.
• South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP): AHRC-funded arts and humanities DTP consortium for universities in southern, western England and Wales. Functionally equivalent model to CHASE — studentships, training, placements — with geographic non-overlap.
• Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership: AHRC doctoral training partnership for arts and humanities across Midlands universities. Same studentship/training/placements model as CHASE but covering a different UK region.
• Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership: AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership covering arts and humanities across Northern English universities (including Durham, Newcastle, and others). Same AHRC DTP structure as CHASE but regionally focused.
• Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH): AHRC doctoral training partnership covering Scottish universities for arts and humanities research. Operates an identical consortium/studentship model to CHASE but serves a different UK geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/ahrcchasedtp

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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