Cultural and Media Policy Studies News and Events

The 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy (ICCPR) Research will take place at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland on August 24 - 27 2010. The conference is organised in association with the International Journal of Cultural Policy, which is edited by Oliver Bennett, Professor of Cultural Policy Studies at the Centre. Oliver is also a founder member of the ICCPR Scientific Committee.

The Centre is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr David Wright as an Assistant Professor, commencing in September 2009. David joins us from Warwick's Sociology Department - prior to that he spent five years of post-doctoral research with the ESRC's Centre for Research into Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) at the Open University. He gained his PhD, based around a study of work in the book industry, from the University of Nottingham in 2004.

The MA course in Creative and Media Enterprises is designed to enable students to turn creative ideas into a successful business and develop the necessary skills and knowledge to work within the creative sector. With £15,000 of venture capital money in the bank, former student, Ed Chappel, is well on the way to doing both as he sets up the UK's first Musical Comedy Awards.