Archive for: July, 2025

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Event: Creative Documentary for Researchers on Thursdays in August 2025 7-9.30pm – Online

For people of marginalised genders (women, trans, and non-binary participants)   In this intensive workshop, participants will join a small, international cohort of up to 10 filmmakers, artists, and academics to apply a creative lens to their research to make their own short film. Through a variety of collaborative filmmaking exercises over the course of a month, participants will develop their own 1 – 10 minute short documentary or experimental film by finding the human, emotional, and unique story within their research, as well as becoming part of the wider IMPRINT Documentary Collective community.   Creative Documentary for Researchers Thursdays 7-9:30 PM BST, Online 7, 14, 21, 28 August https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-documentary-filmmaking-workshop-for-researchers-august-edition-registration-1412170001489?aff=oddtdtcreator   During the workshop, each participant will create their own short film on their research by moving through the main stages of creative documentary filmmaking: Introduction to Creative Documentary (7 August 2025) at 7-9:30 PM UK Time Approaches to Directing and […]

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Event Outcome Grant Capture: Pathways to Bidding – Learning with/from others – Julie Doyle | 17 June 2025 10-11.45 am at Grand Parade, G4

Pathways to Bidding Event Outcomes – Top Tips for Bidding and Support Needs Many thanks to all of those who attended the Pathways to Bidding: Learning with/from Others Event on 17 June 2025. We heard from a range of SAM staff about their grant experiences and successes, across diverse funders such as National Trust, AHRC and Arts Council, and ranging from funding of a £1,000 up to £350,000. Huge thanks to Sue Breakell, Emma Collins, Lance Dann, Paul Sermon and Mark Wells  for sharing their work with us. Below are some top tips for preparing and writing a bid that were generously shared by the presenters, as well as a list of support needs identified by the group of staff who attended the event. These support needs will be used to help create more tailored grant support sessions for SAM staff in the academic year 2025-26, in my role as […]

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Event Outcome: REG Communication and Creative Ecologies meet up – What’s in a Pebble | 8 July 2025 10.30 – 14.30 at Grand Parade, 204

This workshop, led by Jules Findley and Julie Doyle, successfully brought people together from different academic disciplines and professional practices and  provoked new ideas, insights and thoughts for research and collaboratiion. To be continued. What’s in a Pebble? Exploring creative research practice and making connections Participants walked  down to the beach where each picked up a pebble and brought it back  (as a loan from the beach) to observe, reflect and discuss as a potential object for research. Initially each person examined their selected pebble, describing it either in drawn or pictorial form, or written narrative or poem, Then the group  collectively shared reflections exploring how the object and the responses to it could spark research ideas. Particapant’s  renderings of the pebbles  

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Event: REG Communication and Creative Ecologies meet up – What’s in a Pebble | 8 July 2025 10.30 – 14.30 at Grand Parade, 204

What’s in a Pebble? Exploring creative research practice and making connections REG Communication and Creative Ecologies meet up July 8 10.30 – 14.30 Rm GP204 Join us for a walk down to the beach where we will each pick up a pebble and bring it back with us for observation, reflection and discussion as a potential object for research. We will meet up in GP rm 204 initially for introduction, then walk down together to the beach to choose a pebble and return to rm204. Initially you will be examining your pebble individually, describing it either in drawn or pictorial form, or written narrative or poem, whatever is comfortable for your analysis. Over a vegan working lunch, we will then collectively share our reflections exploring how the object and your response to it could spark research ideas. The event is intended to bring people together and to provoke new ideas/thoughts […]

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Events and news: Centre for Arts and Wellbeing. See latest

Latest: upcoming event, where community and industry partners will be able to talk directly with researchers such as yourselves regarding the opportunities for collaborative research in AI. Date: Tuesday 15th July Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Location: Grand Parade M2 See full details on the blog, as well as a link to book Centre for Arts and Wellbeing