[ecrea] Conference: Creative Futures? UEL 2nd June

Creative Futures? Exploring the Creative&  Media Arts in the University and
Beyond

A One-Day Conference at the University of East London

Thursday June 2nd, 9.30am – 5pm, Docklands Campus

Creative arts and media have been one of higher education’s biggest success
stories over the last decade. Student numbers have increased, the range of
programmes on offer has expanded, while employment in the sector has grown at
a faster rate than in the wider economy.

Higher education courses engage with the ‘creative industries’ in diverse
ways, yet funding and other challenges give particular urgency to questions
about the purposes, strategies and values of education going forward. The
removal of public subsidy for teaching beyond science, technology,
engineering and medicine (STEM) subjects and the dramatic planned rise in
tuition fees have led to renewed stress upon the direct economic utility of
courses and calls for greater alignment with the industries they are called
upon to serve.

The ‘creative industries’ have now come to occupy a central place across
national policies, the economy, and higher education agendas, yet in the
context of such significant shifts, infrastructurally and ideologically,
there is urgent need for intellectual reflection and analysis. What various
perspectives on the creative industries are being promoted in policy agendas?
What implications do these have for University provision and activities? What
are the challenges for combining critical enquiry, professional utility,
vocationalism, and social value?

As we prepare for radical change in the funding environment, this conference
brings together academics, students, policy makers and practitioners to
critically consider the future for media and creative arts education.

Keynote speakers include Professor Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths), Marc Isaacs
(BAFTA winning filmmaker&  UEL graduate; All White in Barking, Travellers),
John Newbigin (Chairman of Creative England; to be confirmed), Helen Burrows
(Demos, and former ministerial adviser on Culture, Creative Industries and
Communications), David Powell (DPA).

This is a free event. To reserve a place please contact Stephen Maddison,
Field Leader for Cultural Studies&  Creative Industries, UEL,
(s.maddison /at/ uel.ac.uk).

After the Creative Futures conference there will be two Degree Showcases at
UEL’s Docklands Campus. The Creative Futures Degree Showcase, starting at 5pm
in the Multimedia Production Centre, will celebrate Creative Arts practice in
Film, Photography, Computer Games Design, Interactive&  Multimedia,
Advertising, Media Studies, Journalism, Music, and Creative Writing. The
Architecture and Visual Arts Showcase 2011 will present the Visual Arts
Degree Show.





Dr Stephen Maddison FHEA
Principal Lecturer in Cultural Studies
Field Leader, Cultural Studies and Creative Industries
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of East London
4-6 University Way
London E16 2RD
tel. 020 8223 3000 (switchboard) 020 8223 6240 (direct line)
http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/staff/stephen-maddison/index.htm
http://www.opengender.org.uk/





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