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New National Network For UK University Art Centres

The new University Centres for the Arts network (UCAN) brings together UK university based single artform centres, galleries and theatres to form a network of 22 venues across the UK. The new network will provide“scope for artistic collaboration, supporting artists and opportunities to tour between venues’ and share information on ‘talent development, employability and the value of lifelong learning’ as well as encourage cross disciplinary collaboration.

Source: The Times Higher Education; 28 May 2016. 

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Multi-award-winning writer and indigenous activist Dr Anita Heiss has been appointed as Professor of Communication at the University of Queensland, in a joint appointment between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit and the School of Communication and Arts. Professor Heiss is a prolific writer of non-fiction, historical fiction, children’s literature and poetry with a […]

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