Welcome to the NCACE May Bulletin.
Check out our latest blogs: From Intention to Decision: What the 5Rs Revealed in Practice by Aisha Richards (Shades of Noir) and Spaces that mean things to us; The embodiment of co-production in creative health projects by Jodie Rowe (Artist).
From Intention to Decision: What the 5Rs Revealed in Practice
There is a familiar rhythm to conversations about equity across higher education and the cultural sector. We speak about values. We speak about commitments. We speak about inclusion, collaboration, and care. What we examine less often is how those commitments are enacted, how they translate into decisions, and what happens when they do not. This session The 5Rs: A framework towards social justice in practice, hosted by NCACE as part of its annual festival, stayed with that gap.
Spaces that mean things to us; The embodiment of co-production in creative health projects
I had the immense privilege of sharing my experience of working on a Lived Experience Creative Research project at the NCACE Festival of Cultural Knowledge Exchange. I worked alongside Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), the charity Hospital Rooms and Norwich University of the Arts (NUA). We discussed the code of conduct that had been created, drawing parallels with Co-production and lived experience engagement principles used by organisations like NSFT, NUA and the University of East Anglia (UEA).
We are keen to hear about your collaborative projects or related works and invite you to contribute to our blog. You can read our current blog posts on our website and can access the NCACE Blog Guidelines here. For further information contact Noshin Sultan on noshin.sultan@sas.ac.uk.
Highlights from the Evidence Repository
With over 300 free resources related to knowledge exchange and collaborations between academia and the arts and cultural sectors, there is something for a range of different readers.
Collaboration and Innovation Grant
Closing date: Tuesday 25 May 2026
UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept (AHRC)
Closing date: Open - no closing date
