The second NCACE Ideas Pool will be an opportunity for Arts and Culture sector organisations and artists to meet potential collaborators from the higher education sector and workshop around the four NCACE key themes which are Place-making and Levelling Up, Environment and Climate Emergency, Health and Wellbeing, and Technology for Social Good with our regional partners.

You will hear from some cultural knowledge exchange projects and research collaborations, as well as funders including AHRC and UKRI regarding their priorities and opportunities for support work of this nature.

Bath Spa University will be leading a workshop session on Climate Emergency, Northumbria University on Place, Birmingham City University will be workshopping technology for social good, and Manchester Metropolitan University will be leading a session on health and wellbeing.

NCACE will be offering a small amount of match funding support (circa £1000 per project) to 4 or 5 organisations to develop potential collaborations or joint projects arising from connections made at the Ideas Pool. Further information will be given in the event.

Workshop leaders include:

Prof. Bambo Soyinka, Bath Spa University and Paper Nations
Dr Simon Strange, Bath Spa University
Dr Poppy Wilde, Birmingham City University and Sonya Russell-Saunders, Midlands Arts Centre
Dr Mark Bailey, Northumbria University
Dr Heather Robson, Northumbria University

Other speakers will include:

Mike Collins, Arts and Humanities Research Council
Jen Grove, UK Research and Innovation

Places on the Ideas Pool are free but booking is required. Once you have booked your place, you will be contacted prior to the event to select the workshop session you wish to attend and give some brief information on yourself and your collaboration interests.

Click here to register your place.