Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
The DDCA together with DASSH (Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) made a submission to the National Cultural Policy review of Revive. Our submission recognised the important architecture of the existing 5 pillars that work to support First Nations First; A Place for Every Story; Centrality of
Recent national media coverage has highlighted significant and ongoing declines in Arts education and training across schools and universities. Fewer students are able to access Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts, and this has serious consequences for young people, for education, and for Australia’s cultural future. The National
Read The Guardian’s coverage on Sandra Gattenhof and John Nicholas Saunders’ research into The Polycrisis for Arts and Creative Education in Australia: Australia in danger of becoming an ‘artless country’ as enrolments in creative courses collapse, reported by Caitlin Cassidy . “Australia risks becoming an “artless country” if it does
The DDCA has a story in Future Campus this week on our recent work New Designs on Research Evaluation: “At a time when generative AI, geo-political disruption and climate trauma are growing at scale, what solutions can creativity offer? And how can the role of the creative practice researcher be
At the invitation of Neal Peres de Costa (Sydney Conservatorium) and Vanessa Tomlinson (Queensland Conservatorium) representatives of the DDCA attended the Artistic Research Summit at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music last month. The event focused particularly on the discipline of music though contextualised within the broader landscape of creative practice
The DDCA has submitted a formal response to the ARC’s recent call for feedback on the proposed ‘research insights capability’ approach. This response represents the views and experiences of the DDCA Board, in particular considering the position of creative practice research in Australia. In addition to our response to the
“The Board has considered and reflected deeply on all relevant issues to find a path forward. The Board is now of the view that proceeding with the Artistic Team, Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino represents the preferred outcome.” Read the full report and Creative Australia’s response @ Creative Australia. MUMA
The funding conversation for creative practice researchers is, at present, tied to the general funding of the arts and artists. The Arts Hub reports on the way ‘artists and small arts organisations across Australia are forging new financial paths to stay afloat… a transformation in how art is produced, shared
The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA) invites you to this 2025 National Online Forum to collaboratively design a new National Evaluation Framework for creative practice research. This 90-minute Forum builds on the work achieved at last year’s event (see Creative Matters Edition 7, 2024) where we
Jenny Sinclair writing for Research Professional News… “Researchers call for longer project and fellowship grants” “The academy’s Early and Mid-Career Researcher Forum made its own submission, saying it has concerns about “whether the proposed scheme will provide sustainable career pathways”. The forum said the plan fails to distinguish between new