AHRC Creative Economy HubsThe Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has committed £16M (80% Full economic Costs (FeC) during the period 2011/12 – 2015/16 to support four Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy.
Knowledge Exchange Hubs, working as consortia, will connect excellent research in the arts and humanities with a range of creative and cultural organisations to generate new and exciting knowledge exchange opportunities, foster entrepreneurial talent and stimulate innovation and contribute to the development of the UK’s Creative Economy. These are: The Creative Exchange Lancaster University. Director: Prof Rachel Cooper Design in Action University of Dundee. Director: Prof Georgina Follett Creative Works London Queen Mary University of London.Director: Prof Evelyn Welch Research and Enterprise in the Arts and Creative Technologies (REACT) University of the West of England Bristol. Director: Prof. Jonathan Dovey |
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Useful LinksRSA Creative Regions Network
www.creative-regions.eu Research project Complexity & the Creative Economy www.complexity-creative-economy.net |
Twitter profiles
Here you can find twitter links to organisations that have either participated in 'Beyond the Campus', or that are broadly working in the context of Higher Education and the Creative Economy.
Creative Higher Education: twitter list. |
Initiatives and resources
Cultural Policy Initiatives
British Council Creative Economy: Resource List
A list of external links related to the creative economy in the UK, such as Higher Education departments, Network, Skills and Advice services, Cultural and Creative Enterprises, Intermediary Agencies and Consultancy companies working in the sector.
Higher education and the creative industries: UK-Asian perspectives
This event was organised by the British Council in October 2012. Key messages and presentations are available on the website: britishcouncil.org/ged/singapore
CURE - Creative Urban renewal in NW-Europe
An creative city initiative linking expertise from European universities, city councils and professional urban planners with the aim of developing innovative creative cluster models for redundant urban spaces.
UMAC - University Museums & Collections International Committee for University Museums and Collections
is a forum for all those working in, or associated with, academic museums, galleries and collections (including herbaria and botanical gardens). UMAC is concerned with the role of collections within higher education institutions and the communities they serve. It provides its members with a forum to identify partnership opportunities concerning the resources in the collections, to share knowledge and experience, and to enhance access to the collections. The aim is to protect the heritage in the care of universities. UMAC communicates with its members and when required, advises ICOM and other professional bodies on matters within its jurisdiction.
Arts and Business Development
Creative Challenge
Based at University of the Creative Arts, Creative Challenge brings together industry, academia and students, in an exciting personal and professional skills development programme.
Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
Based at Goldsmiths, University of London, ICCE delivers enterprise, cultural management and policy education to the creative and cultural sectors, and supports research in to new approaches to business, financial models and management in the Creative Economy.
SEE
Jobs and Career development initiative at University of the Arts London.
Share Academy
Share Academy is a partnership between University College London, University of the Arts London and the London Museums Group, and is funded by Arts Council England. The Share Academy project aims to build sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships between the higher education sector and specialist museums in London.
Artist-led Education
Artquest
Based at the University of the Arts London, Artquest shares resources, networks and opportunities across creative HE and the creative industries.
Q-Art
Q-Art is run by a team of students and graduates with the aim of breaking down barriers to art education and contemporary art; and to support people into, through and beyond art education.
Zeitgeist Arts Projects
Zeitgeist Arts Projects was founded in 2012 to support ambitious artists with practical ways to sustain their practice. At the heart of the Zeitgeist philosophy are the questions: How do we survive as an artist? How do we develop and sustain a practice over the long term? ZAP offers professional practice talks to help graduating artists navigate the difficult transition between education and making a career as an artist.
British Council Creative Economy: Resource List
A list of external links related to the creative economy in the UK, such as Higher Education departments, Network, Skills and Advice services, Cultural and Creative Enterprises, Intermediary Agencies and Consultancy companies working in the sector.
Higher education and the creative industries: UK-Asian perspectives
This event was organised by the British Council in October 2012. Key messages and presentations are available on the website: britishcouncil.org/ged/singapore
CURE - Creative Urban renewal in NW-Europe
An creative city initiative linking expertise from European universities, city councils and professional urban planners with the aim of developing innovative creative cluster models for redundant urban spaces.
UMAC - University Museums & Collections International Committee for University Museums and Collections
is a forum for all those working in, or associated with, academic museums, galleries and collections (including herbaria and botanical gardens). UMAC is concerned with the role of collections within higher education institutions and the communities they serve. It provides its members with a forum to identify partnership opportunities concerning the resources in the collections, to share knowledge and experience, and to enhance access to the collections. The aim is to protect the heritage in the care of universities. UMAC communicates with its members and when required, advises ICOM and other professional bodies on matters within its jurisdiction.
Arts and Business Development
Creative Challenge
Based at University of the Creative Arts, Creative Challenge brings together industry, academia and students, in an exciting personal and professional skills development programme.
Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
Based at Goldsmiths, University of London, ICCE delivers enterprise, cultural management and policy education to the creative and cultural sectors, and supports research in to new approaches to business, financial models and management in the Creative Economy.
SEE
Jobs and Career development initiative at University of the Arts London.
Share Academy
Share Academy is a partnership between University College London, University of the Arts London and the London Museums Group, and is funded by Arts Council England. The Share Academy project aims to build sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships between the higher education sector and specialist museums in London.
Artist-led Education
Artquest
Based at the University of the Arts London, Artquest shares resources, networks and opportunities across creative HE and the creative industries.
Q-Art
Q-Art is run by a team of students and graduates with the aim of breaking down barriers to art education and contemporary art; and to support people into, through and beyond art education.
Zeitgeist Arts Projects
Zeitgeist Arts Projects was founded in 2012 to support ambitious artists with practical ways to sustain their practice. At the heart of the Zeitgeist philosophy are the questions: How do we survive as an artist? How do we develop and sustain a practice over the long term? ZAP offers professional practice talks to help graduating artists navigate the difficult transition between education and making a career as an artist.