Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen analysed the UK 2019 election in the Danish 24 news channel TV2 News

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:33:00 GMT

Throughout December Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen has analysed the UK election 2019 in the Danish 24 news channel TV2 News/ TV2 Nyhederne.

European values: economics or identity?

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:44:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger spoke on ‘The European creative economy and the politics of cultural values’ at the Final Conference of the ValEUR Project on ‘How “European values” unite and divide’.

CCPR PhD Successes

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:46:00 BST

Congratulations to both Dr Normahfuzah Ahmad and Dr Abdulnasser Alabri who both recently successfully passed their vivas here at the Centre.

Scotland’s media: new blog

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:41:44 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s reflections on the state of the media in Scotland have been published by the Centre on Constitutional Change.

CCPR hosts creative industries policy workshop

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:45:25 BST

A creative industries policy workshop was held on 23 September at The Lighthouse in Glasgow. The workshop was set up to feed a range of views from Scotland into the creative industries research project at Queen Mary University London, which is comparing policy in the UK and Brazil. Twenty speakers contributed.

New publication on cultural prescription and expertise

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:59:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s reflections on cultural expertise in contemporary politics and his own role in undertaking expert work have just been published in French in the journal Territoires Contemporains.

CCPR and FTV contribute to special issue of Media Education Journal

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:23:00 BST

A special issue of Media Education Journal 65 (2) with contributions from CCPR and Film and Television at University of Glasgow was published in June 2019.

Dublin and Glasgow: Creative Cities Summit

Mon, 13 May 2019 12:34:00 BST

The Dublin-Glasgow Creative Cities Summit took place at the British Embassy in Dublin on 10 May. Organised by UofG Pro-Vice-Principal Professor Murray Pittock, this meeting brought together leading officials, cultural sector professionals and academics to explore new collaborations between the two cities.

Dr Inge Sørensen interprets Brexit and its impact on the British Union in Danish Media

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:29:00 BST

During the UK’s Brexit negotiations in April 2019, Dr Inge Sørensen wrote an analysis of the political ramifications for the nations and regions for Politiken (the Danish equivalent of the Independent)

Television and Talent, Public Lecture at Lund University, Sweden

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:14:00 GMT

Raymond was invited to give a Public Lecture on the Talent Industry and Television at the University of Lund on Wednesday 13 March. He also spoke on a panel at the Media Mixing Conference held at the University on Thursday 14 March.

Creative Economy Workshop in Glasgow

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:42:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle spoke about the television industry and diversity and inclusion issues at the CUSP Creative Economy: Critical Perspectives workshop held at the Lighthouse in Glasgow on Friday 1 March.

PhD graduate Clare Edwards takes on new role

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:44:00 GMT

Clare Edwards began working as Cultural Regeneration Officer at Renfrewshire Council in Autumn 2018, as part of a new Cultural Regeneration Team building on the legacy of Paisley’s UK City of Culture bid. Clare’s role involves providing cultural policy expertise, identifying new opportunities, delivering existing commitments and developing relationships connected to the Paisley Partnership. Clare passed her PhD viva at CCPR in October 2018.

Democracy and the digital society in question

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:18:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger represented the Royal Society of Edinburgh at the international forum on ‘Democracy in a digital society’ held at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities on 24 January 2019. Co-organised by the All European Academies and the Re-imagine Europa task force, this event indicated the deep unease presently assailing European Union institutions and key elites as they are confronted by unpredictable and deep-rooted political changes.

CCPR out in force at MeCCSA2019

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:29:00 GMT

CCPR academics covered the waterfront at the Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association’s 2019 annual conference on 9-11 January 2019. The topic was ‘Continuity and change: media, communications and politics’ was held at the University of Stirling, with over 200 delegates attending from 19 different countries.

The regulation of internet platforms

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:27:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger was respondent to the panel on internet platform regulation at the symposium on 'European Intellectual Property and its Limits'.

Screen Scotland Television Talent Briefing

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:47:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle was invited to Screen Scotland to discuss his new book The Talent Industry. A briefing session with members of Screen Scotland regarding issues of talent development and the television industry took place on Monday 10 December at Creative Scotland in Edinburgh.

Cultural diplomacy 2.0

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:59:00 GMT

Professor Philip Schlesinger spoke about new intermediaries and platform regulation at the European University Institute’s executive training seminar on how cultural diplomacy is presently being reshaped in the digital age. The event was held on 28-30 November 2018 in Florence.

CCPR contributes to PEC

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:42:00 GMT

Working in conjunction with CREATe at the University of Glasgow, CCPR is a part of the consortium led by NESTA which was recently appointed to run a new AHRC-funded UK Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC).

Media Management class visits BBC

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle recently took the MSc in Media Management class, as part of their Media Economics course, on a site visit to BBC Scotland’s digital headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow.

Podcast discusses new research into the relationship between Television and Talent Development

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:35:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle took part in a podcast to discuss his new book, The Talent Industry: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and New Digital Pathways (published in September) that looked at how the television industry, in the multi-platform age is identifying, nurturing and developing on and off screen talent.

Understanding Media Economics (2nd Edition) - Chinese Version

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:41:00 GMT

A Chinese translated version of Gillian Doyle's book Understanding Media Economics (2nd Edition) has been published as part of a prestigious series of international works on media by Tsinghua University Press.

Reflections on Renato Ortiz’s ‘Modern Brazilian Tradition’

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:23:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s essay on Brazilian anthropologist and sociologist Renato Ortiz’s ‘Modern Brazilian Tradition’, thirty years on, has just been published and can be downloaded here: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/ciencias_sociais/article/view/csu.2018.54.2.04/60746409

Talk on ‘Sport, Media and Issues of Governance’ at Paris Event

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:33:00 BST

Raymond Boyle was an invited speaker on the 5th edition of the Executive Masters in Sports Governance programme (MESGO) held in Paris last week which is supported by UEFA. He spoke on ‘Media, sport and issues of governance’ at the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) stadium on Thursday 27 September. More details at www.mesgo.org/

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships programme.

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:45:00 BST

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships programme.

Scottish Government’s Culture Strategy

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:01:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger chaired the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s working party on the Scottish Government’s Culture Strategy. The RSE’s response can be accessed here: www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AP18_16.pdf

New Book Published: THE TALENT INDUSTRY: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and new Digital Pathways

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:07:00 BST

A new book by Raymond Boyle exploring how the digital multiplatform delivery of television is affecting the role performed by cultural intermediaries responsible for talent identification and development has been published.

PROFESSOR PHILIP SCHLESINGER HONOURED IN SPAIN

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:43:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, has been made the first-ever foreign Honorary Member (Socio de Honor) of the Spanish Association for Communication Research (Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación).