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A group of people stood together on a grassy bank by a river in a town at dusk. One person is talking to the group. They are stood by an ancient wall.
 
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Research Digest: Environmental Heritage and Place

A group of children, smiling and laughing stand next to a person with long dark hair, wearing sunglasses singing into a microphone. They are outside, behind them is a green gazebo with a sign that reads DJ Booth
Mafwa Theatre. Family Flourish Day. Photo by Molly McGee
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Our essential reads: Evaluation Principles in practice

How to ... develop people-centred research collaborations
Fun Palaces. Photo Roswitha Chesher
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How to … develop people-centred research collaborations

Sharing learning: How funders can support impactful research collaborations
Fun Palaces – Creative Cafe @ The Bureau Centre for the Arts, Blackburn 2022. Photo: Scott David Jackson
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Sharing learning: How funders can support impactful research collaborations

Three people looking at a piece of outdoor public art. The artwork is made up of larger notebook pages. The page to the front of the image has the text: to leaf is
To Leaf is to Learn - public art by Juanjo Novella and Simon Armitage (Photo by Mark Webster)
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Research Digest: Culture and placemaking

Performer in yellow top and denim shorts at an outdoor performance at night. They are reaching out, passing something to an audience member.
Derby Festé 2023
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Research Digest: Lifelong Cultural Engagement

A performance group called "Without Walls" performs “Belly of the Whale”. They are stood on top of a seesaw-like sculpture in front of Wakefield Cathedral at Wakefield Council’s Seaside in the City.
Wakefield Council (Photo by Andy Hardwick))
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My essential reads: Artists’ livelihoods

A back view of a woman recording in a music studio. She is holding her microphones while standing in front of a microphone and a studio control room.
Cottonbro Studio
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How to … share research and evaluation findings through performance

An ensemble of violinists, guitarists, percussionists and guitarists perform on stage at Bridgewater Hall in front of a concert audience. They are backed by yellow and white lighting.
The Oracle at Bridgewater Hall. Photo by Gaelle Beri
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How to … create intimate and intense ‘classical music’ experiences

Image of three sculptures displayed on top of a green box. The background of colourful fabrics.
We Gather Exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery, 2021. Vessels sculpture by Francisca Onumah. Photo by Ben Deakin.
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How to … amplify diverse voices in research and evaluation

Two people walking together through Leeds University's Union building.
University of Leeds
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How to … conduct a walking interview

Part of a large circle of people, of all ages stood together holding hands.
Circle of Trout. Photo © Anthony Schrag
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Research digest: The role of the artist in society

A top down view of a woman painting a brown and red pattern on a plate at a crafts table.
Crafts Council Living Labs. Photo: Gene Kavanagh
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How to … approach anti-racist audience and community research

Diagram of the wheel of change framework showing an outer circle and inner circle. Outer circle is four connecting arrows in green, purple, red and blue, containing the words 'OUTPUTS' 'ACTIVITIES' 'INVESTMENTS' 'OUTCOMES'. Inner circle is orange, containing the words 'AMBITIONS AND IMPACTS
 
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Evaluation for change: A guide to planning a mixed-methods framework for evaluation

A group of adults sat together at a table doing an arts and crafts activity using green paper.
Skippko Arts Team. Photo by Nicki Taylor.
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My essential reads: The politics and possibilities of artists working with communities

Three people stand in an art gallery. The person closest to the camera is looking thoughtfully at a large abstract painting. Culture, health and wellbeing research vision paper - The Centre for Cultural Value
 
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Vision paper: Culture, health and wellbeing

People gathered around small boats on the edge of a dock.
‘Whose heritage matters? Working with community-based organisations at Dunga Beach cultural heritage site in Kisumu’. Photo by Beth Perry.
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My essential reads: The value of culture in urban sustainability

Close up image of Clare's Stitch Journal, squares of fabric with different stitched designs together
Stitch Journal. Clare Danek, 2020
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My essential reads: pleasure, play and connection in everyday creativity

Photo taken through a window of three people sat in a coffee shop talking together
University of Leeds. Photographer: Andy Lord
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How to … shape cultural policy through research

A person sat at a piano with a another person stood up next to them pointing at the music
 
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Sharing learning: Embedding reflective practice in a mentoring programme for musicians – rb&hArts

Two people drawing together at a table. You can see their hands, holding pens. On the table there is a large sheet of paper with writing, a pencil case and a cup of coffee
Skippko Arts Team. Photo by Nicki Taylor
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Research digest: Everyday creativity

Group of 4 dancers on pavement next to railings by a river
Image: The Lowry
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How to … fail well

Dream, 2021, rehearsal photo. An Audience of the Future project. The Royal Shakespeare Company in collaboration with Manchester International Festival, Marshmallow Laser Feast and Philharmonia Orchestra.
RSC DREAM, February 2021, photo Stuart Martin
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Covid-19 and the global cultural and creative sector. Two years of constant learning – new foundations for a new world

Image of stage lighting shining on to a red theatre stage curtain
Photo by Wesley Pribadi on Unsplash
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Workforce: A slow recovery from Covid for performing arts

Older woman in hat dancing
Dance to Health, Norwich. Photo by Camilla Greenwell
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Research digest: Older people’s physical health

Research digest: Older people - culture, community, connection
Yorkshire Dance. Dance On. Photo by Sara Teresa
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Research digest: Older people – culture, community, connection

A crowd of people in an urban setting watch two actors perform. One is dressed as an astronaut and is holding the other on their shoulders. The second actor is reaching up to the sky.
Wakefield Council's Festival of the Moon. Photo Andrew Benge
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How to… write a learning case study

Reflecting Value Season Two Episode five. Physically distanced, socially connected. Hosted by Lewis Hethrington National Theatre of Scotland
 
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Reflecting Value S2 Ep5: Physically distanced, socially connected

Reflecting Value - Season Two. Episode four - Learning through crisis. Hosted by Anna Woolf with guests Bablu Miah and Daniel Regan
 
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Reflecting Value S2 Ep4: Learning through crisis

Reflecting Value. Season Two. Episode 3 - Gaming as Culture. With guests Marie Foulston, Michael Heron and Stephanie Ijoma
 
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Reflecting Value S2 Ep3: Gaming as Culture

Reflecting Value. Season Two. Episode Two - Who Holds The Power. With guests Avany Cymru, Sylvan Baker and Helen Graham
 
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Reflecting Value S2 Ep2: Who holds the power?

Reflecting Value Season Two. Episode one. The digital revolution. With guests Rebecca Black, Harry Weeks and Chao Tayiana Maina
 
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Reflecting Value S2 Ep1: The digital (r)evolution?

Culture in Crisis: impacts of Covid-19 on the UK cultural sector and where we go from here
The Lowry in Lockdown. Photo: Nathan Chandler
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Culture in Crisis: impacts of Covid-19 on the UK cultural sector and where we go from here

White wall with the outline of a facemask and text beneath it that reads "COVID-19"
hoto by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash
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Covid, furlough and creative businesses  

A bleak midwinter? A deep dive from our Covid-19 participation monitor
Photo: Felix Polgar, Unsplash
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A bleak midwinter? A deep dive from our Covid-19 participation monitor

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Webinar: From implications to action: What now?

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Webinar: The impact on audiences part 2: Virtual experiences

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Webinar: The future of cultural labour

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Webinar: Covid-19: Exacerbating existing inequalities?

Webinar: Creative places & new localism
 
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Webinar: Creative places & new localism

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Conference: The impact on audiences part 1: Changing behaviours

A screenshot from the webinar showing the four speakers
 
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Webinar: Change, sustainability & relevance: New business models

A screenshot from the webinar showing all four speakers.
 
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Webinar: Where next for the cultural sector?

Photo of an actor standing on a platform in front of water. A projection of a person in the background.
Slung Low, Flood Part 4. Image: Malcolm Johnson
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Sharing learning: Reframing success and failure in artistic practice – Slung Low

Image of three young people in a museum setting doing craft activities, smiling
Fusion Programme, Swansea 2019. Photo: Amina Abu-Shahba
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Research digest: Young people’s mental health

Group dancing on a stage with rainbow-coloured material. Person in foreground holding material above their head.
Dance to Health Norwich. Photo: Becky Demmen
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How to… co-create an evaluation

Two people together looking at a set of contemporary paintings in an art gallery. The artworks are hung on white walls.
 
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Evaluation Principles

Safety concerns and a festive season in risk? Findings from the fourth wave of the Covid-19 participation monitor
Photo: The Lowry in Lockdown, Nathan Chandler
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Safety concerns and a festive season in risk? Findings from the fourth wave of the Covid-19 participation monitor

Image shows the inside of a white cupboard space. Inside on the right hand side is a seated person in dark clothes wearing a gas mark. They are bent over as it's a confined space. At the front of the image is an aerosol can. To the left hand side is a small pot plant.
Theater in Quarantine - Mask Study 1, created by Jon Levin, Katie Rose McLaughlin and Joshua William Gelb; April 1, 2020 Pictured: Joshua William Gelb
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Covid-19 and the global cultural and creative sector

Multiple open books showing text pages
Photo: Unsplash
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How to… find existing research

Sketches of infographics
Photo: Unsplash
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How to… create infographics with impact

Group singing
Photo: Hayley Rivera, Unsplash
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My essential reads: the value of group singing

Visitor to British Library taking photo of exhibit with mobile phone
Visitors to exhibitions at British Library St Pancras, Photo: David Jensen
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Digital hybridity: a deep dive from our Covid-19 participation monitor

Visitor in mask looking at manuscript in the British Library
Socially distanced visitors at the Hebrew Manuscripts exhibition at the British Library St Pancras, Photo: David Jensen
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Wellbeing through Covid: a deep dive from our Covid-19 Participation Monitor

Children watching outdoor performance through railings
Back to Ours – Back to Bransholme. Photo: Jerome Whittingham @Photomoments
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Sharing learning: Fostering good working relationships with audiences and collaborators – Back To Ours

Place matters: Greater Manchester, culture and 'levelling up'
Photo: Box on the Docks at MediaCity UK, Salford
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Place matters: Greater Manchester, culture and ‘levelling up’

Beyond likes and retweets: capturing engagement with arts and culture on social media during the pandemic
Photo: Unsplash
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Beyond likes and retweets: capturing engagement with arts and culture on social media during the pandemic

Impact of Covid-19 on the screen sector workforce in Wales: freelancers
Photo: Kal Visuals, Unsplash
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Impact of Covid-19 on the screen sector workforce in Wales: freelancers

Drawing of a spiders web and spider
'Anansi' by Ifinrod www.culturesofwestafrica.com/kwaku-anansi-pot-wisdom/
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My essential reads: storytelling, language and resistance

Performers in site specific theatre
Grid Iron, Crude: An Exploration of Oil 2016. Photo: Eoin Carey
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Sharing learning: The challenges with staging site-specific theatre – Grid Iron Theatre Company

Wellbeing and willingness to return: findings from the third wave of the Covid-19 participation monitor
 
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Wellbeing and willingness to return: findings from the third wave of the Covid-19 participation monitor

Webinar: Recovery & renewal: Creative approaches to the Covid crisis
 
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Webinar: Recovery & renewal: Creative approaches to the Covid crisis

Library balcony with shelves of books curving away into the background
Photo: Susan Q Yin, Unsplash
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Fatima’s next job won’t be in cyber: Creative workers and education during the pandemic

Sharing learning: Working in partnership with funders to foster learning - Yorkshire Dance
In Mature Company, Seacroft Grange. Photo: Aaron Howell
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Sharing learning: Working in partnership with funders to foster learning – Yorkshire Dance

Dance performance
Birds of Paradise, Purposeless Movements 2019. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic
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Sharing learning: Developing personal access statements – Birds of Paradise Theatre Company

Inequality through Covid: findings from the second wave of the Covid-19 participation monitor
Photo: The Lowry
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Inequality through Covid: findings from the second wave of the Covid-19 participation monitor

Reflecting Value Ep 1: Bringing two worlds together
 
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Reflecting Value Ep 1: Bringing two worlds together

Reflecting Value Ep 2: Making room for one another
 
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Reflecting Value Ep 2: Making room for one another

Reflecting Value Ep 3: Whose safe spaces?
 
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Reflecting Value Ep 3: Whose safe spaces?

Reflecting Value Ep 4: From where we stand
 
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Reflecting Value Ep 4: From where we stand

Willingness to attend: findings from the Covid-19 participation monitor
Photo: The Lowry
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Willingness to attend: findings from the Covid-19 participation monitor

The Lowry building interior during closure in lockdown
The Lowry in Lockdown. Photo: Nathan Chandler
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Working with and supporting cultural organisations: local cultural policies and Newton’s Law of Cultural Funding

Webinar: Covid-19: "The great unequaliser?"
Image: Clockwise from top left; Anne Torreggiani, Lara Ratnaraja, Dr Roaa Ali, Ben Walmsley
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Webinar: Covid-19: “The great unequaliser?”

The impact of Covid-19 on jobs in the cultural sector - part 3
Photo: Imperial War Museums
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The impact of Covid-19 on jobs in the cultural sector – part 3

2 students talking to a patient
Healthcare students, University of Leeds
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Research digest: Training and development of healthcare students

My essential reads: cultural value and evaluation
Fun Palaces 2019. Photo: Roswitha Chesher
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My essential reads: cultural value and evaluation

Digital engagement: findings from the Covid-19 participation monitor
Photo: Rodion Kutsaev, Unsplash
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Digital engagement: findings from the Covid-19 participation monitor

Empty theatre seats
Photo: Felix Mooneeram
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The impact of Covid-19 on jobs in the cultural sector – part 2

How to... develop a research question
Photo: Emily Morter, Unsplash
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How to… develop a research question

Webinar: What is the value of online cultural engagement?
 
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Webinar: What is the value of online cultural engagement?

Webinar: What does cultural participation look like with and post-Covid?
 
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Webinar: What does cultural participation look like with and post-Covid?

Webinar: Who and what is evaluation for? And when is it useful?
 
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Webinar: Who and what is evaluation for? And when is it useful?

Webinar: How can we use research and evidence to influence policy change?
 
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Webinar: How can we use research and evidence to influence policy change?

Webinar: Culture on referral: sharing our findings
 
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Webinar: Culture on referral: sharing our findings

Screenshot from webinar
 
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Webinar: Whose cultural values?

Impacts of Covid-19: a snapshot from the cultural sector
Vogue Ball, Contact Theatre. Photo: Drew Forsyth
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Impacts of Covid-19: a snapshot from the cultural sector

Covid-19 Cultural Participation Monitor: December 2020
Photo: Vera Davidova, Unsplash
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Covid-19 Cultural Participation Monitor: December 2020

Empty theatre seats
Photo: Felix Mooneeram
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The impact of Covid-19 on jobs in the cultural sector – part 1

Older woman in hat dancing
Dance to Health, Norwich. Photo: Camilla Greenwell
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Sharing learning: Approaches to evaluating arts-in-health programmes – Aesop

Woman doing craft activities with wild flowers
Workshops with Burnfoot Community Gardeners and Moving Image Makers Collective. Photo: Karel Doing
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Sharing learning: Developing a more tailored approach to audience engagement – Alchemy Film & Arts

Man on stage dancing and learning backwards
Vogue Ball. Contact Theatre. Photo: Drew Forsyth
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Policy review: social security for cultural practitioners

Family sitting together with masks watching an activity. Man filming it on his phone.
Events at Left Bank Leeds. Photo: Sally Molineaux
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Policy review: cultural policy responses to Covid-19 in the UK

Lit up castle with crowds
Mabinogi at Harlech Castle, Photo: Ben Davies
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Sharing learning: Managing multiple agendas and ownership in large-scale projects – Cauldrons and Furnaces

Members of an audience standing and looking forward
University of Leeds
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My essential reads: understanding audiences

Two women dancing look at each other hands raised
Dance On, Yorkshire Dance. Photo: Sara Teresa
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How to…broker a successful academic partnership

Two women in a park drawing on a map on a table
What Makes Gipton? A project by artist Andy Abbott commissioned by the East Leeds Project. Photo: Jules Lister
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How to… co-commission research

Older people and young girl facing camera with hands crossed over their chests
To the Beat of a Different Drum, co-produced by RJC Dance and Yorkshire Dance. Photography: David Lindsay
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My essential reads: co-creating value though audience engagement

Child looks at older woman, both doing crafts
Fun Palaces 2019. Photo: Roswitha Chesher
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My essential reads: cultural democracy

Dancers on a stage performing
British Council. Oona Doherty, Hard to Be Soft. Photo: Luca Truffarelli
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Webinar: international cultural policy responses to Covid-19

Small boy singing down microphone
Event at LeftBank Leeds. Photo: Sally Molineaux
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My essential reads: value(s) in cultural participation

Older female audience member in wheelchair dancing to music
Sinfonia Viva, Brentwood. Orchestras Live. Photo: Paul Starr, Essex County Council
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Research digest: Culture on referral