Professor Dave O’Brien, Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries at University of Manchester, Dr Mark Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at University of Sheffield and Dr Ruoxi Wang, Research… Read More »Why higher education matters to the arts, culture and heritage sectors
As the APPG for Creative Diversity launches their annual report, ‘Making the Creative Majority’, Alice Kent looks at the findings and discusses some of the Creative PEC’s research on diversity in the… Read More »Creative diversity in higher education
Universities are important for driving growth in their local creative industries. At the same time, the creative industries is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy, and in… Read More »The role of the university in enhancing creative clusters
As the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is faced with important policy decisions about where and how to direct future interventions and funding. One area where this… Read More »How to design a creative higher education system that supports economic needs
Assessing the value of higher education has become a divisive issue, in particular, the use of graduate earnings as a measure of “value for money”. Creative arts-based subjects systematically end… Read More »International creative students: their significance for UK universities, regions and the creative industries
Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries In recent years, several studies have attempted to quantify the economic value of higher… Read More »For love or money
Insights for policymakers The creative industries have experienced a glorious decade punctuated by a challenging year. Over the last 10 years, the sector has grown at a rate more than… Read More »Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries
Applications closed on Monday 30th September 2019 The Management Board of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) is pleased to issue this call for proposals to the research… Read More »Call for research proposals
Insights from our Industry Champions As part of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC’s) research agenda around the value of creative education, we consulted our Industry Champions on their experience… Read More »The value of creative higher and further education