The British Academy Endorsement for Global Talent (Peer Review)

For a Global Talent (Peer Review) Endorsement application, applicants must work in an approved research discipline. This blog is the first of three which will look at who the endorsement application must be made to and which particular research disciplines are available to the applicant.

The applicant's field will determine which body the application must be made to:

1. British Academy - for humanities and social science

2. Royal Society - for science and medicine

3. Royal Academy of Engineering – (yes you guessed it) for engineering

The British Academy Endorsement

All applicants must work in an approved research discipline. If the Home Office approved list does not have a research discipline which covers the applicant’s specialist field then they will not be able to make the application. However, given the list is quite extensive, it is likely at least one of the approved research disciplines would be applicable:

​African, Asian and the Middle East Studies	​Anthropology and Geography
​African language and literature Ancient Middle Eastern/Central Asian languages and literature Ancient oriental languages Chinese language and literature Japanese language and literature Modern Middle Eastern languages and literature Other Asian languages and literature	​Anthropology Cultural studies - anthropology Economic geography Historical geography Human geography
Archaeology	Classical Antiquity
​Classical archaeology Medieval and post-medieval archaeology Prehistory	Ancient Greek language and literature Ancient History Classical studies Latin language and literature
Culture, Media and Performance Studies	Early Modern History to c1850
Areas of the digital humanities Cultural geography Cultural sociology Cultural studies Film studies Media studies New media and digital culture studies Performance studies Photographic studies Sound studies Visual culture studies	Early modern history History of science and ideas - to c1850 Social history - to c1850
Early Modern Languages and Literature: From 1500 - 1830	​Economics and Economic History
Celtic languages and literature from 1500 - 1830 English language and literature from 1500 - 1830 European languages and literature from 1500-1830 Other languages and literature from 1500-1830 Slavonic and East European languages and literature from 1500-1830	Agricultural economics Business and management studies Economic history Econometrics Economics
Education	History of Art and Music
Children and childhood Curriculum, teachers and teaching Economics, employment, poverty, wealth, social mobility and education Education and international development Educational systems, demography, statistics, policy and governance Gender, ethnicity, class and identity Human development, cognition and learning Language, linguistics, language processing, literacy and bilingualism Learning difficulties and developmental disorders Media and communication Parenting, families and youth culture School organisation and effectiveness The growth of mass education	Architecture Ethnomusicology History of art History of music
Law	Linguistics and Philology
European law Jurisprudence Law Socio-legal studies Theory of law	Cognitive science Linguistics Philology Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics
Management and Business Studies	Medieval Studies: History and Literature: From 400-1500
Business studies Management studies	Celtic languages and literature from 400-1500 English language and literature from 400 - 1500 European languages and literature from 400-1500 Medieval history Other languages and literature from 400 – 1500 Slavonic and East European languages and literature from 400 - 1500
Modern History from c1850	Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media: From 1830 to present day
History of science and ideas - from 1850 Modern history Social history - from 1850	Celtic languages and literature from 1830 to present day Communications and media studies Comparative literature from 1830 to present day Cultural studies Drama, theatre and film studies English language and literature from 1830 to present day European languages and literature from 1830 to present day Slavonic and East European languages and literature from 1830 to present day Library and information sciences Other languages and literature from 1830 to present day
Philosophy	Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
Economic philosophy Ethics Logics Metaphysics Political philosophy	Comparative politics Development studies Government International relations Parliamentary studies Political economy Political theory
Psychology	Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
Behavioural science - social science Cognitive science - social science Educational psychology Psychology - social science Social psychology	Cultural studies - social science Demography Education Social policy and administration Sociology
Theology and Religious Studies
​Biblical Studies Comparative religion Religious studies Theology

If you are considering making a Global Talent Peer Review endorsement application to The British Academy, one of our experienced immigration advisors will be able to guide you through the process.