Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
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
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 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
The National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) is a network of peak national professional arts and arts education associations who represent arts educators across Australia. NAAE’s advocacy activity has included the Creative Arts and Arts Education: A National Tertiary Snapshot (2018–2025): a list of Creative Arts and Arts Education courses,
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
“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