The economic output from the cultural sector is now just under £30bn, having grown by 7.3% in one year.

When invited to carry out a creative evaluation of the first three years of Creative People and Places, Sarah Butler decided that…

The first piece of research from the AHRC-backed Policy and Evidence Centre says that creative attributes are a better predictor o…

James Doeser dissects the convictions underpinning Meyrick et al’s contempt for proliferating attempts to measure and quanti…

The institution will champion non-drug treatments and create a body of knowledge to support healthcare workers.

A new survey finds that 43% of women with caring responsibilities would increase their working hours if “adequate” chi…

The arts are important because they matter to us, and any attempts to further justify them lead to an impoverished and less human…

More than nine in ten adults either attended a cultural event or place, or participated in a cultural activity in 2017.

Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council will also support a new Policy and Evidence Centre, aiming to improve decisi…

Arts organisations are under growing pressure to demonstrate social impact. Emma Taylor-Collins explains how they can gain robust,…

By taking a robust approach to understanding the social class make-up of the workforce, the cultural sector can address entrenched…

“The largest set of aggregated data on cultural engagement anywhere in the world” is being made available for academic…

Three outer city venues around Leeds were found to have generated committed core audiences in areas perceived as barren.

Americans online talked more about Adele than Brexit, even in the month after the UK voted to leave the European Union.

Counting What Counts Ltd has won the £2.3m contract to deliver the quality measurement system that England’s larger ar…

The data will be used by Arts Council England to inform a £24m investment in new areas through its Creative People and Place…

A research project examining Leicester’s 24 arts festivals uncovered interesting insights into audience behaviour and prefer…

Many artists find it difficult to sustain their practice early on in their careers. Nicola Sim shares the findings of her research…

Senior arts researchers have hit back at a report implying knowledge gaps in key policy areas, saying it highlights the Department…

Do we know more about the worth of the arts than we did 30 years ago or have we been going in circles? Researcher Patrycja Kaszyns…

If we could fully understand the impact of arts and culture on wider society, would this change arts strategies and policies? Jona…

New research reveals a growing engagement with sustainability and other environmental issues in the arts sector – beyond the…

Arts education professionals and politicians met this week as a first step to tackling the structural problems causing the arts to…

New research by Julie’s Bicycle finds arts organisations are saving money and boosting their reputations by adopting environ…