Devolution revolution: Catalysing confidence in devolved cultural policy making
The Creative Communities programme has launched new funding to support devolved cultural policy. Helen Apsey shares her thoughts o…
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The power of peer learning
Building on The Audience Agency’s recent collaborative action research, Anne Torreggiani takes a deeper look at the power of pee…
Study exploring funders’ relationships with Global Majority artists launches
A UK-wide survey that aims to better understand the relationship between arts funders and Global Majority artists has launched Car…
Engaging with art helps us think in abstract ways, new study says
Engaging with the beauty of art can help us think in more abstract ways, according to a new University of Cambridge study.Research…
Report finds benefits from leaders adopting transparency
Arts institutions that embrace organisational transparency are seeing tangible positive outcomes including new audiences, a report…
Irish ticketing legislation ‘fails to deliver for fans’
Ticketing legislation in Ireland has led to an increase in the use of dynamic pricing without bringing promised consumer benefits,…
Study highlights link between cultural engagement and workforce levels
English local authorities with higher numbers of people working in arts, culture and heritage have greater rates of engagement in…
Arts sector increasingly confident voicing criticism of funders, says report
People working in the arts are less fearful of financial reprisal for criticising their funders than they were five years ago, but…
Historic England investigates diversity of heritage volunteers
Historic England is running a survey to understand the diversity of volunteers across the UK heritage sector. The survey, which op…
Beyond barriers
Leading dance organisations have formed a working group to address the lack of representation and leadership opportunities for peo…
What do dance producers need to succeed?
Little is written about producing dance. Dance researchers Laura Griffiths and Stefanie Sachsenmaier examine why this crucial part…
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…
Young people facing pressure to ‘drink and take drugs’ in traditional music scene
The presence of alcohol and drugs in Scotland’s traditional music scene alongside power imbalances between established performers…
Navigating the spaces in between
Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores ho…
New research highlights economic and ‘spillover’ impact of subsidised arts
The wider arts and culture sector contributed £19.1 billion of Gross Value Added (GVA) to the economy in 2023, with £1.35 billio…
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…
Arts and culture websites ‘among worst for accessibility’
A new report has revealed museum, theatre and gallery websites rank among the worst performing in terms of meeting accessibility n…
An emerging space of possibility
Besides awarding degrees, how are our universities supporting young people? This is a question NCACE’s Evelyn Wilson has been in…
City of Culture runners-up create ‘positive’ legacies
Cities that were unsuccessful in their bids to become UK City of Culture (UKCoC) or European Capital of Culture (ECoC) say the app…
REF changes could leave arts researchers’ careers ‘in limbo’
Researchers in performing arts subjects could find their careers “in limbo or potentially ended” due to planned changes to how…
Next generation
In its long running programme of research, the British Council has been assessing trends and challenges in arts and cultural provi…
UK jazz ‘makes significant cultural and economic impact’
Jazz has a “significant” impact on the UK’s culture and economy, according to a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Ja…
Majority of freelancers getting less work post-pandemic
Freelancers in the creative and cultural industries have experienced a drop in work since the Covid pandemic, the findings of a ne…
Is culture still bad for you?
In 2020, ‘Culture is bad for you’ was published. As its second edition is about to be released, one of its authors, Dave O’B…
