Shared ground: Artists, academics and the rise of the independent researcher
Increasingly, artists and academics inhabit overlapping terrains. Supporting their precarity demands new infrastructure, argue NCA…
Editorial Partner: NCACE
Arts Professional is working with the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE) to present a series of articles and case studies to shine a light on knowledge exchange and cultural partnerships between Higher Education and the arts and cultural sector.
NCACE is part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London and funded by Research England. Its key purpose is to champion and support capacity for Knowledge Exchange and cultural partnerships between Higher Education and the arts and cultural sector with a particular focus on evidencing and showcasing the social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts of such activities.
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Arts and research: Shaping climate action
How are universities and the arts working together on challenging environmental issues connected with climate change? And what ini…
Conversations on the challenges of governance
What are the potential benefits of closer collaboration between the arts sector and universities on matters of leadership and gove…
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…
Reshaping public discourse around migration
As the landscape of research collaboration evolves, NCACE’s Suzie Leighton examines how research can fuel creative activism – wi…
Artful economies: How business schools can help arts organisations
Arts and cultural organisations are wrestling daily with their business models to ensure sustainability. Suzie Leighton thinks the…
Arts, universities and local government: Collaborating for culture-fuelled growth
Cross-sector partnerships – regardless of scale – are complex. As Evelyn Wilson writes, they need time, financial reso…
Building better collaborative futures
To support the development of ideas and cross-sector partnerships, there is a need for flexible, low stakes funding. Suzie Leighto…
Reigniting my frazzled brain: the fight against impact fatigue
For a busy, freelance arts professional, carving out the time to attend yet another event can be difficult and sometimes not worth…
Avoiding the pitfalls of partnership
Sometimes it seems like successful artist/academic partnerships all come down to agreement over who’s paying for the tea and…
Ways of working with universities revealed
One of the largest surveys ever undertaken between the arts and academia produced some new perspectives on how collaborations can…
Arts and higher education: a successful partnership in action
Creating and sharing new knowledge – through teaching, learning, impact and public engagement – lies at the heart of r…
Co-designing a sustainable future for arts and higher education collaboration
While collaboration between the cultural sector and universities has never been more fruitful, Suzie Leighton and Kayla Rose know…
Arts and academic collaborations in placemaking
We are witnessing a significant increase in diverse and highly ambitious partnerships between universities and the cultural s…
A step change in cultural partnerships with Higher Education
The moment for information and peer support to develop partnerships has never been more timely. Evelyn Wilson has established a ne…
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