What we offer

The Digital Humanities team is available to collaborate on research projects with digital elements, from offering one-off support to helping shape the academic goals on the level of CI or PI. Our involvement varies depending on the needs of the project, but previous projects have included photographing archival collections, partnering with research teams to encode and publish complex literary and historical texts, and creating online platforms to exhibit digitised materials.  

Please get in touch as early as possible while planning your project so we can discuss how we can provide the most effective support (recommended minimum of six weeks before internal submission).

The Digital Humanities team offers advice and support for funding applications for research projects with digital components. Support can range from assistance with writing a Data Management Plan (DMP), to a member of the DH team collaborating as a Co-Investigator on the project (see above).  

Please get in touch as early as possible in your bid planning process to discuss your project and how we can help (recommended minimum of six weeks before internal submission). 

For more general guidance, we also run workshops in funding application skills, such as writing Data Management Plans, as part of our termly training programme.

For projects looking to publicise and share research online, we can help to develop and host websites. We have various frameworks available that can be adapted to the needs of each project, from Wordpress websites and blogs which project teams can edit themselves, to more complex databases and bespoke sites for presenting collections of texts and images online.  

We are not always able to help with every website request due to the long-term commitments of hosting and maintenance, but we are very happy to discuss all requests. 

In some cases we can also migrate externally designed or hosted websites to University of Exeter servers. This is highly dependent on the website, so please contact us to discuss this possibility.

We run a regular programme of workshops for staff and students, covering data management and grant application as well as hands-on digitisation methods such as photography and photogrammetry. These usually take place during the autumn and spring terms, but one-off events may be available outside these times. See our training page for more information on what we offer, and our upcoming events calendar. 

We can provide basic training for people borrowing equipment or using the Lab facilities, and we may be able to offer tailored training sessions for specific projects. 

Students interested in gaining digitisation experience might benefit from our internship programme or volunteer scheme. 

Have a look at our Libguide for introductory information and reading about the methods we use. 

We offer a range of digitisation services, including document and manuscript photography, photogrammetry, 3D printing, RTI, and digitisation of older media formats such as VHS and reel-to-reel tapes. Read more about the kinds of digitisation we do in the Lab.  

Digitisation is usually carried out onsite in the Lab, although in some cases it may be possible for members of the team to travel to digitise materials that cannot be brought to campus. We consider each digitisation project individually, so please get in touch to discuss what we can do for you.

If you would like to do your own digitisation, see the Equipment and Facilities section below. 

Our digitisation services are available to enhance teaching by providing accessible digital versions of physical materials. In the past, this has included capturing high resolution photography of manuscripts, setting up skeleton websites for students to experiment with digital curation, and creating photogrammetry models of archaeological finds to make them more accessible. As our digitisation capacity is limited, we may not be able to help with every request, but please get in touch to discuss what we can provide.  

We can also provide skills training and digitisation experiences that can be incorporated into relevant teaching courses. These often include photography workshops and basic text encoding training, but we are happy to discuss other possibilities.

The Digital Humanities technical assistant role is a full-time, fixed term position available to recent graduates. The technical assistant plays an important role in digitisation projects and the day-to-day running of the lab, and the position is an excellent opportunity to develop digital skills. 

This role is usually advertised during the summer, keep an eye on our social media for recruitment information. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership scheme; see the GBP information page to find out more about how they work.