Utterly shameful www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Congratulations Alice!

Yes indeed! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Brand safety” aka “good old-fashioned discrimination” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Horrific www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Website refresh alert! Check out our updated website to find out how Policy Leeds can help you. Policy professionals and researchers can find out what we do, how we can work with you, current partners and projects, and resources such as blogs, briefs and case studies. www.leeds.ac.uk/policy-leeds

As well as being a trailblazer for women in sport, promoting teamwork, inclusivity and support, Steph is a leading advocate for those with motor neurone disease (MND) after her husband was diagnosed with MND in 2018. Read more about our honorary graduands 👇 www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

Great to attend the launch of the pioneering Transform festival last night and hear all about their dazzling October programme from Creative Director @amyletman.bsky.social

Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...

Pretty much sums up this tawdry debate www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Looking good! Can testify wholeheartedly how brilliant Culture Commons are as policy partners

Deeply depressing

Fantastic to see our students’ work exhibited at one of our local Leeds city venues - go along and see this fresh new talent on display!

Creative Industries Sector Plan launched today as part of the industrial strategy assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68586c...

As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social‬ & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...

This is a really interesting read on how policy works

Fancy working with me? Want to do messy, community-led research with communities in Clackmannanshire? Then do I have the job for you! www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...

Really ironic after years of under investment in core cities outside London

Please submit papers and join us to discuss class and TV on 19th September in Leeds!

Tell you all you need to know www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Thank you to @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social for recording the Pandemic Culture book launch symposium. @benwalmsley.bsky.social was joined by fellow co-editors @abigilmore.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social to reflect upon the book’s themes and research findings. youtu.be/_2o0pKDpuSw?...

Delighted to have our chapter on bullying in the arts published in this brilliant collection

Senior TV producers take shelf-stacking jobs as UK industry remains in crisis www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

Good advice from William Hague on Laura Kuenssberg that the government will have to invest more in higher education if it wants a strong economy

Register for the ICOM UK conference on Regenerative Museums and Sustainable Futures, in Liverpool 1-2 May uk.icom.museum/registration...

Fantastic outcome for our wonderful cultural partners - couldn’t be happier for them and us to see this pioneering development on our campus

Sophisticated analysis here arguing for the long read of what appear to be abrupt turning points in history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some powerful arguments & messages from the National Theatre launch of its report on business model innovation in the performing arts - including the truism that the cultural sector has the most power when it speaks to policymakers with one voice

‘Left to rot’: Glasgow’s crumbling heritage comes into focus for 850th anniversary

“A nation’s understanding of itself is built on intangible things […]. But it is also held in its artworks and artefacts […]. Artworks have long formed part of the spoils of war, but art is always more than simply a question of beautiful, desirable objects. Culture and politics are interleaved.”

Dangerous times for the UK’s arts sector www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/ons-dat...

Huge relief north of the border

This year marks five years of the Centre for Cultural Value, and our recently published five-year review reflects upon the work and the impact of the Centre over its first five years. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/five-year-re...

The Centre will be leading a new scoping project to develop a blueprint for a national cultural data observatory. @benwalmsley.bsky.social and @patricktowell.bsky.social tell us more about why solving the problem of fragmented data matters to everyone. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/transforming...

Do you work in the cultural sector & have something to say about burnout? I’m researching burnout & what can be done to prevent it under the supervision of @benwalmsley.bsky.social Please complete this anonymous survey if you’d like to share your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/culturalse...

Centre for Cultural Value (@valuingculture) Arts and culture are integral to shaping the places we live. t.co/Pf7BpNyPtL #arts #culture #culturalValue

A recent commission I made was Friction, an artistic response to a research digest by the Centre for Cultural Value that looks at 'The role of the artist in society' (yes, it's a biggie!). The digest and my short film are available here: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-role-of-...

For those just joining Bluesky and interested in Higher Education, I have created a list of educators I follow which may be helpful to look at to expand your own network. bsky.app/profile/did:... #highered #LTHEchat #altc