Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, with input from Association of Directors of Public Health, Public Health England and the Royal Society for Public Health, have reported on their study on Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing. In a recent briefing document they confirm the
Writing twenty years ago, Neumann (1996) questioned the existence of a nexus between research and teaching roles. Reviewing the literature up until the late-1980s, she asserted that few academics find a nexus because of the privileging of research over teaching. From the 1990s, however, she found the research-teaching nexus to
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its report for 2015-16 on spending on cultural funding across all levels of government in Australia. The report, which measures 24 categories across arts and heritage, states that $5,841.2 million for cultural activities was spent in 2015-16 with 39% being contributed by the
In the last thirty to forty years there has been a concerted drive in the Australian academy, to justify creative arts training in forms that articulate with economic worth, vocational function and government policy. . . . While there have been great gains in recognising the value of creative work
Brisbane City Council has leased a ‘creative hub’ in South Brisbane to provide studios, workshops and meeting spaces for visual artists, musicians, actors, designers and dancers as a way to support creative entrepreneurship. Tenants will have to cover the costs of maintenance and cleaning but the Council will cover the
Emerging out of a multidisciplinary history, including an ongoing relationship with the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University has shaped and honed a contemporary focus through actively defining the usefulness of art for today’s society whether that be through
The 2017 plenary meeting of IETM, the International network for contemporary performing arts, met in Bucharest in April to consider the current position of artists in cultural policies. In 1980, UNESCO adopted a recommendation to protect the rights of artists to establish unions and professional associations and for these associations
I completed a double degree in Music and Law at Monash University, graduating from music in 2010 and from law in 2013 The opportunity to study under the guidance of Australia’s leading performing jazz artists and alongside talented peers was a dream come true.
The University of Canberra has been awarded nearly $180,000 in the 2017-18 indigenous languages and arts program grant round. The successful project, Story Ground, will work with indigenous community members in workshops, publications and performances to highlight how creative writing can support indigenous people of all ages. Full details of
Over the last ten years, I have engaged in a number of research projects exploring the impact of a higher education degree in the creative and performing arts for graduates seeking a career in the creative industries. In essence, I have discovered that a creative arts degree provides students
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