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Our next Creative Matters edition on RISK will include a special section of your responses to the following questions: 1. How does the increasing bureaucratisation and brand-safeguarding against risk in the neo-liberalised university curtail creative and intellectual experimentation, and what strategies might creative practitioners in academia employ to resist this

Marnie Badham in The Conversation “Our four-year study reveals workers are abandoning the visual art sector, largely because of unstable employment, below-average salaries and a lack of support. We present findings from the largest academic surveys of artists and arts workers to-date – the first conducted in 2022 (more than

Location: Birmingham Salary: £46,735 to £55,755 Grade 8 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Closes: 27th April 2025 As part of strategic growth and investment in the area of digital media and communications, the School seeks to recruit an Assistant Professor in Creative Practice from 1st September 2025. The post

The ARC held an online consultation today on the Second Policy Review Discussion Paper on the National Competitive Grants Program for discipline Peak Bodies and Learned Academies. The DDCA was pleased to attend and represent the interests of its creative arts members. The ARC is clear in their desire to

The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA), Australia’s peak body for tertiary creative arts education and research, congratulates the Australian Research Council for the responsive changes proposed to the National Competitive Grants Program (Discussion Paper, February 2025). The implications of the changes for researchers in the

The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA), Australia’s peak body for tertiary creative arts education and research, urges Creative Australia to reconsider its decision to rescind the presentation of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino’s work in the 2026 Venice Biennale Australian pavilion. This decision to override

Colleagues from a number of Australian Universities are proposing a fully-fledged national research association for those researching in the field of cultural policy in Australia. There is a need to reassemble research from across the disciplines of media and cultural studies, arts management, cultural and creative industries, digital humanities, artificial

“The Australian Research Council (ARC) has released the Discussion Paper: A New Plan for ARC-Funded Research. The Minister for Education asked the ARC to work with the Department of Education to undertake a Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program. The Discussion Paper has been developed following extensive public

“The ARC is always looking to expand the talent and resources of the Assessor Community. As an assessor, you will have the chance to familiarise yourself with new cutting edge research, in confidence, within your field of expertise. General Assessor recruitment is completed through an annual call for College of

Award winning virtual exhibition by Dr Joshua Zeunert (Scientia Associate Professor at UNSW) with Abstract8 that explores the beauty and diversity of Australia’s food producing landscapes and the environmental impacts of what we eat. Joshua is also a DDCA Award winner. See the Exhibition

In the practice of making change: revolutionary dynamics in creative practice research at the convergence of critical, creative, theoretical, and academic spaces Postgraduate peer-reviewed edition of Creative Matters Guest-edited by Nicol Cabe, Chloe Cannell, Kendrea Rhodes and Juliette Sauvage In the university context creative practice research combines artistic practices and

Guest edited by David Cross and Cameron Bishop Perhaps it is appropriate that the etymology of risk is caught between two competing meanings. The Italian word risco loosely translates to cliff which implies that negotiating said cliff is not for the feint hearted. There is another school of thought however that risk