Creative Economy News and Research

Issues surrounding the nature of participatory media culture, the relationship between cultural production and economic innovation, and the future role of public cultural institutions can be developed from within a creative industries framework

• Creative Economy

This volume describes the hundreds of methods and tools for innovation being used across the world, as a first step to developing a knowledge base.

• Social Policy

Localism presents a dilemma. Government has traditionally found it difficult to support genuine local solutions while achieving national impact and scale. This UK report offers a solution

• Social Policy

creative3 will empower individuals and organisations alike to harness the power of three – creativity, investment and enterprise – to build a successful creative business, through practical learnings and applications.

Focused on showcasing the combined power of these three key elements, the new generation event will place particular emphasis on the areas of film and television, new media, design, and music.

• Indigenous

A forum presented in support of Most Mira (Peace Bridge) Youth Festival, a UK-based charity aiding reconciliation in Northern Bosnia through work with young people

• Justice

E-portfolios by nature contain a significant amount of personal information about learners, some of which may be quite sensitive and, if not managed well, can compromise learner privacy.

• Education

Community broadcasting engages a range of people who may be left behind in the digital economy, writes Deborah Welch in the National Times

• Creative Economy

Estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the September quarter, 2009 are presented in this publication.

• Education

This concise brochure offers an overview of the various studies on journal business models.

• Education

Access to technology remains uneven across schools, student competency levels differ and teacher expertise varies considerably.

• Education

The digital dividend is the Australian Government's opportunity to ensure that the benefits to individuals and the community outweigh the costs associated with the switchover to digital television.

• Social Policy

• Politics

Governments regularly hold consultations with their public. Craig Thomler wants value given for value received.

• Politics

This report develops a taxonomy of negative economic impacts associated with digital exclusion in the US.

• Economics

The NZ Government's review of Creative New Zealand’s governance structure aims to improve efficiency and make the best investment of resources for the benefit of New Zealand artists and arts organisations.

• Creative Economy

What role can government play in assisting Australian creative talent to catch some of dynamism of emerging markets for culture asks Stuart Cunningham in The Punch.

• Social Policy

This report provides practical and realistic recommendations to ensure literature in Scotland is able to thrive and is supported in the most appropriate way.

• Creative Economy

Following on from the conversation last week on 'open government' this program hosts the head of the newly created Office of the Information Commissioner.

• Politics

The theme of this year’s conference is “Workplace policy in 2010 and into the future”.

• Social Policy

Microsoft recently added a new layer of complexity to the ongoing debate regarding the filtering and censorship practices of U.S. search engines in Arab countries.

• Creative Economy