Audience data got us thinking about grocery shopping
Do we have a problem with engaging audiences? Or do we just think we do? Áine McCarron from the Northern Ireland research and eva…
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Making culture count: Why better data matters
Data is vital to demonstrate culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. Stephen Dobs…
In the AI age, we need data we can trust
Stephen Miller, chief technology officer at The Audience Agency, is a firm believer in Data4Good. Here he explains why AI offers a…
Mapping cultural infrastructure: A quickstart guide
Jason Jones-Hall of Five10Twelve navigates a path through a data-led approach to mapping local cultural provision.
Visits to Aberdeen museums soar, despite gallery dip
Aberdeen’s city archives, museums and galleries welcomed 11763 more admissions between June 2024 and May this year than the same p…
Indicators of cultural vitality: Hope not harm
How can practitioners and policymakers measure the cultural vitality of their communities? A new project from the Centre for Cultu…
The elephant in the corridor
When it comes to culture and the creative industries, any new government strategy provokes new questions. The latest Creative Indu…
Arts leaders call for recruitment transparency amid downturn in vacancies
Arts organisations must ensure job vacancies are communicated widely and accessibly amid a notable drop in advertised positions, l…
Arts Pay 2025: Largest survey of cultural sector earnings and conditions launches
Arts Professional has launched its latest Pulse survey to examine policy and practice in the cultural sector. Previous Pulse surve…
In data we trust?
The last year or two have seen the launch of several new data dashboards in the sector, but do you trust them and what are the pit…
ACE to introduce ‘light touch’ reporting for NPOs
Arts Council England will introduce “flexible” and “light-touch” reporting requirements for members of its National Portfolio, as…
Government wants to grow the creative industries: Carpe diem
Within months of coming to power last July, the Labour government put the creative industries at the heart of its growth plans. Ha…
Culture committee chair calls out government over conflicting AI and copyright stance
The chair of the Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee has called for clarity regarding government’s justification for its…
BBC Radio 3 celebrates strongest start to the year in more than a decade
BBC Radio 3 has made its strongest start to the year in over a decade, with record numbers of listeners tuning in to the BBC’s c…
ACE hands £800,000 contract to ‘radical transformation’ consultants
Arts Council England (ACE) has awarded an £833,000 contract for “service design and digital transformation support” to a London-b…
Cultural infrastructure should be recognised as ‘essential’, British Academy says
Policymakers urgently need to recognise social and cultural spaces as essential infrastructure for economic growth and social incl…
Artist-supported amendment to AI bill defeated in Commons vote
An amendment to proposed government legislation designed to give greater protection for creative work has been defeated by MPs.The…
City of Culture creates extra £1bn investment in local economies of winners
The UK City of Culture (UK CoC) initiative has resulted in more than £1bn of additional investment in the local economies of winn…
DCMS opens consultation into charity reporting thresholds
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has opened a consultation into whether thresholds for the reporting of financia…
Families ‘spending less’ during arts and heritage visits
The behaviour of families visiting heritage and arts organisations is shifting in response to economic pressures, research has fou…
EXCLUSIVE: ACE apologises following ‘concerning data breach’
Arts Council England (ACE) has apologised to cultural organisations after ticket sales figures uploaded to the controversial Illum…
Visitor attraction numbers draw closer to pre-pandemic levels
Visitor numbers to the UK’s leading attractions reached 157.2 million in 2024, according to figures published by the Association…
Major DCMS-backed initiative to boost sector profitability to launch
A ‘groundbreaking’ three-year initiative to enhance the profitability and sustainability of organisations across arts, culture and…
Proportion of ethnically diverse chief executives at ACE-funded cultural organisations doubles
The proportion of ethnically diverse chief executives at Arts Council England (ACE) funded organisations doubled during the five y…
