Network is currently collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal on a consultancy project funded by the British Council (India) in partnership with the Department of Tourism of the Government of West Bengal. The project runs from September 2019 to January 2020, and its aims are: To establish the economic worth of […]
The Director and the Deputy-Director of Network recently visited Bangkok to undertake work in Partnership with the British Council on the development of a self-assessment framework for Creative Hubs in Thailand. Their aim was to support the desire of Hubs systematically to assess their own strengths, weaknesses, impacts, and opportunities and to do so within […]
Dr Tarek Virani was invited to give a keynote, which specifically looked at the role creative hubs play in creative economy, on 11 March 2019 in Malaysia. Please check the link to read the post from the British Council at: https://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/blog/19/05/21/hubs-good-southeast-asia-creative-hubs-forum/ Photo courtesy of the British Council
| Venue: | City, University of London Northampton Square Room A130, College Building |
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| Date: | 04-06-2019 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
Dr. Tarek Virani will be joining with Dr. Su Fern Hoe (Singapore Management University) and Dr. Jenny Mbaye (City, University of London) for a discussion session on creative clusters/hubs. The session will shed light on the emergence of creative placemaking as an urban cultural policy and the ensuing implications for local arts practice. Please do […]
SME partnerFrou Frou Days Research TeamDr Nima Heirati (mentor), Cara-Jayne Smithson and Charles John David Kennedy-Markham (UG students) Project DescriptionFrou Frou Days (FFD) offers bespoke decor services for private celebrations (i.e. birthday, anniversary, and wedding) as well as corporate parties and charity events. FFD s is all about spreading the joy of parties to make […]
See the final project video on vimeo here.
We have been taking part in an project, Digital Platforms for Craft in the UK and China, funded by AHRC. If you are working in craft sector or related areas, may we invite you to take part in a survey our team is currently running? The survey is available at: https://qmul.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/digital-platforms-for-craft-qmul We appreciate your time […]
Thanks for lovely people who turned up last Tuesday at Stour Space with us. We had a great afternoon with a bunch of insights on creative economy. Special thanks must also send to our speakers, the British Council and the delegation from Malaysia. The symposium covered three panels. The first one was on a new […]
This might be of interest to you who joined us on creative intervention on health care in March. Love vs Trauma, a day-long symposium of talks and performances by world-class neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychologists, public health professionals, therapists, creative artists and brave storytellers, all shining a light on childhood trauma. Book you seats here at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-vs-trauma-the-frontiers-of-healing-childhood-trauma-a-symposium-tickets-59754586577
| Venue: | Stour Space (postcode: E3 2PA) |
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| Date: | 14-05-2019 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
This symposium will include three panels that will investigate this ongoing situation. The first will look at the Creative Enterprise Zone initiative, the second will look to international cases from South East Asia, and the third will look at planning law and its effect on creative hubs in the UK and elsewhere. This event also […]
We are supporting an AHRC project, Digital Platforms for Craft in the UK and China, led by Dr Nick Bryan-Kinns, Prof. Hao Tan, Dr Zhengyu Tan and Dr Yuanyuan Liu. In this project, Network supports to identify craft hubs in the UK and suggests 6 hubs for case studies, including 2 for workshops. For further […]
On 20th of March, we welocmed and hosted a delegation from Egypt and Indonesia while they were on a study visit to the UK. Professor Colin Grant, the Vice-Principal (International) of QMUL, officially welcomed the delegation and the British Council who organised the study visit. We shared with the delegation works and projects Network has […]