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CMPS Annual Lecture & Cultural Policy Network Launch - 10th June

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:07 GMT

CMPS is delighted to welcome Professor Tom Crick, Chief Scientific Advisor to DCMS to give this year's Annual Lecture - Why Culture Needs Science: Evidence, Expertise and the Public Value of DCMS. The event will also mark the launch of the University's inter-disciplinary Cultural Policy Network, hosted in SCAPVC.

The lecture will be on 10th June from 4pm-6pm in FAB0.03.

New Book Featuring Centre Researchers: Creative and Cultural Work in Europe

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:21:00 GMT

What is it like to work in the cultural and creative sectors in Europe today? And what does it take to make such careers more sustainable? These are the questions explored in the book Creative and Cultural Work in Europe, edited by Bård Kleppe (Telemark Research Institute, Norway) Jaka Primorac (Institute for Development and International Relations, Croatia), Miikka Pyykkönen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), and the Centre's David Wright - and with chapters from Heidi Ashton and Chris Bilton.

Creative Bridges Doctoral Training Programme - Now Open for Applications

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:45:14 GMT

Applications are now open for Creative Bridges, a major new AHRC-funded doctoral training programme from the University of Leeds and the University of Warwick designed to expand and diversify the next generation of researchers in the screen industries.

Universities of Warwick and Leeds secure prestigious national award for screen industries PhD programme

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:53:00 GMT

The University of Warwick and the University of Leeds have together secured one of only 10 prestigious Doctoral Focal Awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The Award will fund 20 PhD scholarships focused on the creative economy, with a specific emphasis on sustainability and diversity in the screen industries.

Led at Warwick by Dr David Wright, Director of Graduate Studies in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies with Dr Sanjay Sharma (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies) and overall by Professor Joanne Garde-Hansen, Head of the School of Media and Communication with Professor Anamik Saha (Professor of Race and Media) at Leeds, the Creative Bridges partnership will run from 2026 until 2033. It will train a new generation of interdisciplinary researcher-practitioners to work alongside – and within – the film, television, games and immersive media sectors.

CMPS Annual Lecture: Professor Helen Wood on Duties of Care in UK Reality TV

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:19:00 GMT

We're delighted to be welcoming Professor Helen Wood from Aston University to deliver this year's CMPS Annual Lecture: 'Between the duty of care and an ethics of care: compliance, work and experiences of care in UK reality television.'

The lecture will be from 4.30pm on Tuesday 24th June. Professor Helen Wheatley from Film and Television Studies will act as respondent, and the event will be followed by a reception. You're very welcome to join us. Please register here

CCMPS researcher Heidi Ashton invited to be part of the global research fellows network at the creative industries Policy Evidence Centre (PEC)

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:06:02 GMT

The creative industries Policy Evidence Centre (PEC) have created a global network of research fellows. The network consists of "leading experts from diverse backgrounds, areas of specialism and parts of the globe. They facilitate knowledge exchange at Creative PEC through seminars, blogs and discussion papers and smaller thematic research networks." Dr Heidi Ashton from the Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies was invited to join this prestigious group and is looking forward to working and learning with and from them: bringing that learning back to the centre and integrating it into her work with colleagues and students.

CMPS Research in The Guardian: Heidi Ashton on social security and creative workers

Fri, 26 May 2023 09:09:28 GMT

Dr. Heidi Ashton's research for the performing arts union, Equity, into how freelance workers are impacted by the UK benefits system is featured in The Guardian, 26th May 2023.

Fashion as Creative Economy: The CMPS Annual Lecture 8th June.

Tue, 09 May 2023 17:34:00 GMT

The Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies is pleased to invite you to its Annual Lecture Event, featuring Angela McRobbie, Dan Strutt and Carolina Bandinelli in conversation about their book, Fashion as Creative Economy (Polity, 2022). Thursday 8th June, 4.30pm in FAB0.08, followed by a drinks reception. Please e-mail SCAPVCenquiries@warwick.ac.uk if you plan to attend.

New Book: The Changing Museum by Clive Gray

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:23:00 GMT

Clive Gray's latest book - The Changing Museum: A History of New Walk Museum has now been published as part of Routledge's Research in Museum Studies series.

Artists After Covid podcast

Wed, 18 May 2022 16:10:00 GMT

We are pleased to announced the latest in our podcasts exploring the impacts of Covid on the cultural sector. 'Artists After Covid' is a live recording of an event at Birmingham Rep on 28th March exploring what steps we can take to build back a fairer and more sustainable work environment for creative freelancers.