New Posts in Cultural Industries & Cultural Policy and Digital Economy & Culture
Applications are invited for two 3-year postdoctoral fellowships based in the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR) at the University of Glasgow.
Completion of Teaching at the Ibero-American Institute
On May 3, as holder of the 2011-12 Chair in Communication at the University of Salamanca, Philip Schlesinger completed teaching a Masters course on critical perspectives on the creative economy at the Ibero-American Institute.
Twenty-first century literacy debated
On 21 March, CCPR hosted an end-of-project seminar on 'Twenty-first century literacy', which focused on the impact of communications technologies on schooling and the implications for reform of the curriculum.
AHRC research grant awarded to CCPR to work on UK film policy
CCPR has been awarded a grant of £317,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Measuring Media Plurality
Gillian Doyle participated in a seminar intended to inform work on re-designing UK media ownership policy at Ofcom on March 1st.
New Research of the Television Entrepreneurs
Raymond Boyle and Lisa W. Kelly have written a new book that examines how business and entrepreneurship are represented on television.
The Glasgow Lectures in Culture 2011-12
CCPR's director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, is co-directing this new lecture series by leading cultural figures. The lectures are intended to create a new space for discussion.
The future of the digitised press talk
Philip Schlesinger gave the concluding talk at the conference on 'The future of the digitised press' held at the Conservatoire national des arts et metiers in Paris on 13 December.
Gillian Doyle chairs OECD Workshop
Gillian Doyle Chaired a Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation at the OECD in Paris in December where experts discussed how recent developments in the economics can inform the construction of the OECD STRI in network industries and in sectors characterised by two-sided platforms.
CCPR research portrayed on YouTube
Interviews following CCPR's seminar on 'Music and Dance – beyond copyright text?' are now featured on the AHRC's Beyond Text site on YouTube.
Local TV and the Scottish Digital Network
See Philip Schlesinger's analysis on the LSE's media policy project's blog.