Coventry’s two universities are a crucial component of its bid for UK City of Culture 2021. Geoff Willcocks explains how the…

AHRC research has found that universities can help improve productivity in the creative economy by enabling knowledge exchange wit…

Ten of Northern Ireland’s eleven councils can apply for up to £150k if they commit to the same amount in additional ex…

How do you teach young people about collective power? A recent arts project involving three schools in Tottenham aimed to do just…

Northern Ireland cannot escape its past, but its cultural leaders can work together to help it reach a new future, says Kevin Murp…

£15m will be awarded to 12 pilot places in England with schemes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the pipeline.&nb…

The UK’s geography of creativity is growing, but music and performing arts are “blind spots” in policy-makers&rs…

Almost 50 new approaches to finance, collaboration and fundraising have been put forward in the Birmingham Cultural Investment Enq…

England’s public forests will continue to host artworks following a renewed commitment by the two government bodies.

Kerry Wilson discusses the complexities and rewards of cross-sector collaborative working and networked cultural leadership in an…

A national project will put a street arts and circus touring network at the heart of plans to revitalise the economies of England&…

A 100-metre high public artwork isn’t always the answer. Peter McCaughey reflects on why he took a more dispersed approach t…

A “trailblazing” agreement between Arts Council England and a higher education body hopes to get more students involve…

A membership body is being set up to develop the work of university arts centres in response to conclusions from the Warwick Commi…

Plans for a Leeds-based centre for excellence in dance and a “world-leading hub for dance” in East London are aiming t…

After a secondment at NASA, Hannah Bird urges the cultural sector to follow its example in areas like experimentation, collaborati…

Seed funding has been allocated to ten partnerships as part of a two-year pilot project nurturing collaboration between academics…

A new Culture Forum for the North of England aims to tap the benefits of collaborative research and development projects.

How can arts organisations present their offer more effectively to public service commissioners? Five pilot consortia have been wo…

The challenge to nurture and support cultural and music education outside London is on. Ian Thomas assesses a model that brings to…

After a failed bid to the Creative Europe programme and the end of a previous strand of European funding, network organisers are c…

Every year, 40,000 people are drawn to Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre for an event that is neither a play nor a musical. Booke…

When audiences for her contemporary circus tours stagnated, Rachel Clare of Crying Out Loud realised a fresh approach was needed….

The local rugby league club proved to be the secret to getting a town with low arts engagement interested in a cultural programme,…