# Research

**Source**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/faculties-and-schools/ehl/research
**Parent**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/faculties-and-schools

## About our research

Education, Humanities and Languages (EHL) is a thriving hub for new ways of seeing and knowing the world. Working within the framework of a successful and ambitious modern university, our researchers combine traditional academic excellence with innovative practice-based scholarship. By bringing together our related disciplines, our shared goal is to explore:

- how complex thought is expressed
- how people communicate and have communicated through time
- how theoretical and practical questions can be addressed through attentiveness to others.

Our approaches are as diverse as our specialisms, but we share a conviction that the humanities are for everyone, regardless of their background, and that the best way of understanding the present is to be mindfully alert to the past.\

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## Guiding principles

EHL’s guiding principles are curiosity and openness to others. Our staff are writers and thinkers at the cutting-edge of disciplinary developments whose fresh approach to scholarship is in keeping with Oxford Brookes University's real-world priorities. We are leading the way in literary, historical, archival and theoretical approaches. We also have internationally recognised expertise in practice-based disciplines, including education and theatre studies, where our academic research gains immediate traction in the world.

## Research impact

Impact is a core part of our mission. Our work prioritises hard-to-reach local communities, bringing the benefits of our research to Oxfordshire – including many constituencies who would not otherwise have access to these advantages – and then scaling up our activities in national and international contexts.

## Research degrees

| Course title |
| --- |
| [Education (PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |
| [History](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/history)[(PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |
| [History of Art](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/history-of-art)[(PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |
| [Philosophy](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/philosophy)[(PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |
| [Communication, Media and Culture](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/communication-media-and-culture)[(PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |
| [English](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/english)[(PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |
| [Japanese](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/japanese)[(PhD, MA by Research)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/research/education) |

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