The Oxford Brookes Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network

 

The Independent Cinema Office (ICO) is holding the Young Audiences Screening Days 2022 online on Wednesday 8 June and in-person at Depot, Lewes on Friday 10 June. This event will give exhibitors who are looking to inspire and attract young audiences the chance to watch upcoming films for 16 to 30 year-olds and take part in curated sessions designed to support their young audience development work. 

The National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange provides an informal opportunity to find our about their activities. On 25 May 2-3pm, the online session What We Are Doing And How To Get Involved: arts and cultural sector perspectives on knowledge exchange gives an overview of recent NCACE research into arts and cultural sector perspectives on collaborating with higher education institutions, case studies on the benefits and challenges of cultural knowledge exchange and find out what’s coming up from NCACE and how to get involved. 

Opportunities   Innovate UK Smart Grants UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable research and development (R&D) innovation. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation. AHRC Grant Embed digital skills in arts and humanities research  Arts and Humanities Research Council funds design and pilot skills training programmes for the use of digital tools and methods in arts and humanities research.  Create Growth Programme Preliminary Competition Guidance released on eligibility and the application process for the Create Growth Programme, which will support innovative creative businesses in England outside London. Pre-announcement: collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research  Arts and Humanities Research Council announces round five of funding to strengthen cooperation between UK and German researchers in arts and humanities.

Members' activities ***Last chance to participate*** Survey: Mapping Mentoring in the Creative Industries   Mentoring is a crucial element of employment practice in the creative industries, nurturing new talent and ensuring that freelancers and businesses survive and thrive. This cross-disciplinary research project brings together creative industries researchers from Oxford Brookes University with the support and guidance of Creative UK. Existing mentoring activity across the UK will be recorded, classified and mapped out to provide a clear visual representation of what is already being done across the country, as well as highlighting areas for further development. Mentoring scheme managers from across all creative sectors in the UK are invited to participate in a short survey until 16 May 2022. The survey should only take 15 mins to complete here. For further information contact creativeindsmentoringmap@brookes.ac.uk.

 
This is the second event in our series on tackling the pervasive problem of digital hate. The panel discussion will debate how speaking publicly about social justice exposes us to cultures of digital hate, and what intersectional feminist activism can do to tackle such cultures. Given that the risks of visibility are unevenly distributed in ways that exacerbate harm to already marginalised groups, we explore whether visibility exposes academics to the kinds of online misogyny, racism, ableism and transphobia that characterise cultures of online hate. It will consider how digital hate circulates as an attempt to silence particular voices in public and academic debate and the problems of online visibility given the blurring of the personal and professional.

Speakers include:
Dr Jen Slater, Reader in Queer Disability Studies and Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Charlotte Jones, Research Fellow with interests in gender, sexuality, disability and health, University of Exeter
Dr Brooklyne Gipson, Assistant Professor, Communication, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaig
Gabriela de Oliveira, Head of Policy, Research and Campaigns at Glitch

Hosted by Dr Hannah Yelin, Oxford Brookes University and Dr Laura Clancy, Lancaster University. This event is part of the Sociological Review Seminar Series and has been funded by the Sociological Review Foundation.

Tuesday, 24th December 2022 at 1 to 2 pm, more information and registration here.

Caribbean Carnival Arts Conference