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The NCACE Blog platform fosters a vibrant community of writers exploring collaborations between higher education and the arts, showcasing diverse stories, experiences, and reflections on cross-sector partnership.

Making it Count: How could we be measuring the real value of our Cultural Knowledge Exchange work?

Suzie Leighton (NCACE / TCCE), Dr Astrid Breel (Bath Spa University) and Sian Brittain (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

On a sweltering day in June 2022, 50 knowledge exchange activators, curators, managers and researchers met to consider ways of measuring, valuing and reporting the impacts and outputs of cultural knowledge exchange. This informal, peer to peer discussion was held against the backdrop of recent reviews of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), the HE-BCI Survey, … Read more…

The Climate Crisis as an opportunity for hope, connection and creativity.

Dr Laura Kemp - Senior Manager, NCACE

The NCACE event Culture and Collaborations on Climate Emergency brought together a community of artists, poets, writers, academics, local authority officers, actors, community activists and cultural practitioners to highlight the role of collaborative initiatives with a focus on climate emergency, climate justice, net zero and community action. In the face of a panoply of seemingly … Read more…

‘Mary/Marianne’: An installation in development at Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre

Katharina Reinthaller and Sarah Sigal (writer, director, dramaturg and researcher)

When we saw the callout for the Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre Fellowship, we thought it could be an opportunity to attempt something entirely different from what we’ve made before. We both work largely in theatre, as writers, directors and dramaturgs, but have an interest in experimenting with work that includes performance, but could be … Read more…