Arts, Culture and Heritage
Introduction
The Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors includes our museums and galleries, as well as the video games, music and film and TV industries. These diverse, and growing, sectors are a key contributor to the UK’s economy, as well as being a core part of millions of people’s cultural lives.
Previous Creative PEC research has looked at issues such as how to measure the economic value of cultural and heritage sites, the challenges faced by the live music sector, and the state of public investment in the arts.
UK Arts, Culture and Heritage Audiences and Workforce
Launched May 2024
This third State of the Nations report uses census data to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of audiences and workforce. The insights shed light on where progress has been made on inclusion, and where significant inequalities and barriers still exist that require policy interventions.
State of the Nations Reports
Our State of the Nations reports provide a quantitative overview of developments in four key areas for Creative Industries research and policy. Reports in this series are published on a regular basis and include analysis of topical issues of interest to policymakers and industry.
Growth Finance in the Creative Industries
A Creative PEC State of the Nations report Launching on Wednesday 16 October 2024 Find out more info…
Creative Further Education in the four UK nations
Our fourth State of the Nations report looks at student participation in creative further education …
Arts, Culture and Heritage: Audiences and Workforce
A Creative PEC State of the Nations Report Arts, culture and heritage play a vital role in the UK, e…
UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy
A Creative PEC State of the Nations report
Publications and Posts
Beyond growth: promoting inclusive development of creative clusters in the UK
The UK creative industries have been an economic powerhouse for over two decades, contributing £125 …
Improving young people’s access and progression in work in film, TV and games
Young people can face significant barriers to achieving their full potential in UK society. Disparit…
The Good Work Review
The Good Work Review is the first examination of job quality across the entire creative industries. …
Enhancing creative education
Creative education, which covers a wide array of subjects, from art and design, to media, dance and …
For love or money
Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the cr…
The creative digital skills revolution
A common finding in studies on the future of work is that employers will increasingly dema…
The migrant and skills needs of creative businesses in the UK
This report details the results of a survey of employers commissioned by the Creative Industries Cou…
Creativity and the future of skills
At a time when all jobs, whether in a coffee shop or a bank, can seemingly be described as creative,…
Access to Finance: launch of new research project
New research is being undertaken by Creative UK in partnership with the Creative Industries Policy a…
New research points to a looming creative economy skills shortage across the UK
New report shows ‘severe’ decline in creative further education participation Embargoed 17 July 00.0…
Press Release: New research, including – once in a decade data – provides comprehensive overview of audiences and workforce across arts, culture and heritage.
Embargoed 00.01 Wednesday 15 May 2024 (BST) For the first time, census data has been used to provide…
Press Release: UK’s creative industries are an export success story
New report shows creative strength despite Brexit and Covid Embargoed 00.01 Wednesday 20 March 2024,…
Introducing the Creative PEC’s Research Fellows Network
By Professor Hasan Bakhshi, Director Creative PEC and Professor Giorgio Fazio, Director of Research …
‘One Creative North’ plans finalised at summit ahead of Convention of the North
30 organisations meet to set out a bold new vision for the north of England’s creative industries To…
Press Release: Investing in ‘creative clusters’ is key to economic growth– and helping to level up the UK economy
A new report published today, provides fresh insight on where policy intervention could be best targ…
Press release: With coordinated action North of England based creative industries could add £10bn to the UK economy
Today, the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and the Creative Industries Polic…
Press Release: ‘Creative Corridors’ can be the key to the UK’s creative industries’ ambitions
Today (Saturday 16 September), three major institutions announce a joint agreement to work together …
Press release: Relationship between creative industries and gentrification overstated says new study
August 2023 – It’s a commonly held view that the arts drive gentrification. Many city leaders …
Press Release: Could the UK be a creative haven for writers? With support from policymakers, yes, says new report
17 August 2023 – The latest Authors’ Earnings Survey, from researchers at the CREATe Research …
Press release: Landmark Creative Industries report says: prioritise creative education, end unequal access to the arts and focus on the regenerative power of the creative sector
27 April 2023 – Today, the Creative PEC launches a landmark report – The State…
The economic value of cinema venues to their communities
In a tough economic climate for cinemas and where there is limited public funding, it is important t…
A new deal for arts funding in England?
When thinking about why we publicly fund the arts, we can point to their multifaceted benefits. Not …
Can you own a pixel?
This blog is based on the discussion paper Crypto Art and Questions of Value, a guide for anyon…
Art, climate science and policy
Can art play a role in the intersection of climate science and policy? I have been researching …
A little greyer and a bit more rectangular?
Using online museum collections to study the design of everyday objects A little greyer? We tracked …
Arts and culture: The need for a ‘live’ support system
The arts and cultural sector breathed a collective sigh of relief on Sunday evening (5th July) as th…
A live music map for Birmingham in times of COVID-19
Recent research from UK Music has highlighted the economic contribution that music tourism has …
Counting craft
So I never thought I’d become a SIC and SOC code nerd. Neither an economist, nor a statistician, I’m…
Home is where the art is
Why the government, funders and creative industries should come together to support cultural consump…
The impact of COVID-19 on arts and cultural charities
With many arts and cultural charities having to restrict activities as a result of COVID-19, it is m…
The continuing significance of the centenary
What does the nature of a centenary commemoration tell us about collective memory and current social…
Capturing the value of immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites
Interest in immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites has increased in recent y…
