Arts and Culture | Community University Partnership Programme Blog

Inclusive film screening… A Different Lens, 21st March, 40 Duke St, Brighton

Orchestral/ ensemble music making and its real impact on us with Andy Sherwood, 7th Feb 12.30 – 1.30pm, M2 boardroom Grand parade campus

Andrew Sherwood has performed in many parts of the world as conductor and violinist. Born and educated in Africa, he then studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music in London. He has been, since 1991, a Professor of Violin at TrinityLaban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London (formerly Trinity College of…

Poetic Auto-ethnographies: Exploring the Potential of Collaborative Arts-based Research with Dr Helen Johnson – 13th April 2017

Date: Thursday 13 April, 1.30 – 5pm Location: Room 204, City centre campus, Grand Parade, University of Brighton Helen’s workshop is free and aimed at poets, academics and community groups interested in exploring ways in which we can work together. The timetable on the day will include: Sharing the results of a collaborative research project…

Un/told – An Un/Conference about Digital Storytelling – Call for participants

Un/told – An Un/Conference about Digital Storytelling University of East London, University Square Stratford, Salway Road, London, E15 1NF 11th and 12th July 2017 Background Untold – An Un-conference about Digital Storytelling will bring together academics and practitioners for two-days to creatively explore and interrogate issues arising in digital storytelling practice and theory. It is…

Professor Sir David Watson Award for Community University Partnerships now open for applications

On behalf of the Founding Committee I am delighted to let you know that this award is now open for applications, see https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/davidwatsonaward/applying-for-the-award/ . The applications process was launched at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement conference at the end of November, and there is a blog on their website at https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/blog/professor-sir-david-watson-… written by…

Audio and presentation from Cupp seminar: A Rose by Any Other Name? Using Poetry as a Tool for Collaborative Research

Helen Johnson hosted a Cupp seminar exploring the development of a new method, in which social scientists, artists and community partners work together as research partners. The intention was to produce art-as-research, which is engaging, accessible, meaningful, and rooted in the interests of the communities it represents. Helen began developing this method in Montreal this…

Music, singing and wellbeing: what works?

https://whatworkswellbeing.org/music-singing/ See this link for reports from the What works – wellbeing research group that reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions based on music and singing for wellbeing. These reports might be useful evidence for voluntary projects who utilise music or singing.

The Grow Project – great animation that shows the benefits of outdoor mental health support

The Grow Project was a unique collaboration between the University of Brighton and Grow. Grow is dedicated to providing outdoor mental health support. Grow’s eight week ‘Seasons’ are based at Saddlescombe farm, a National Trust site in Sussex. Grow is designed to support people with experience of mental distress to experience the wellbeing benefits of…

Blog #8 Knowledge Exchange Trip: UFBA, Salvador

My last meeting in Brazil was at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador, a bustling city port known for its Afro-Brazilian culture and tropical coastline, which encompasses a complex historical and cultural mix as the old colonial capital and hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Karla Brunet from the Institute of Humanities, Arts…