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College News
5 August 2004
University brainpower is set to boost London's arts industry
Royal Holloway, University of London is one of six universities to jointly establish an important knowledge transfer agency for London's arts and cultural industries.
The London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise (LCACE) is the result of a £1.45 million award from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF): its aim being to open academic doors to businesses and create access to a mass of knowledge and expertise.
In recent years, the collaboration between universities and industry has increasingly been recognised as an important stimulant for economic growth. The six LCACE partners - Royal Holloway, University of London; Birkbeck College: Kings College, London; Courtauld Institute of Art; City University; Goldsmith College, University of London; Queen Mary, University of London - have built an impressive list of alliances including, Shakespeare's Globe, Royal Opera House, BBC, National Theatre, TATE, British Library, V & A and English Heritage. By working in collaboration, LCACE intends to combine their academic strengths to provide a leading edge resource that is aligned to the real needs of the arts and cultural sector of the capital.
LCACE's aims and objectives have been welcomed by London's leading arts and cultural organisations, as a much needed resource that will build upon the existing provisions and provide new training opportunities, to develop successful and sustainable businesses. LCACE activities will focus on student enterprise training, continuing professional development, cultural networking, business development and industry-focused research and consultancy. Target domains will include visual, audio-visual and performance arts, publishing, heritage and tourism.
Steven Wilson, Royal Holloway's Director of Research and Enterprise says: " Royal Holloway has a wealth of research expertise in the arts, with all departments receiving top scores of 5*, 5 and 4 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. The College's Research & Enterprise department, charged with improving links with - and income from - industry, looks forward to developing these areas further. We will be appointing a dedicated Business Development Manager (Arts & Humanities) to work on the LCACE project. I also believe the formation of LCACE will lead to an increase in collaborative projects between the university partners".
ENDS
Notes for Editors
Research ratings
Royal Holloway is ranked in the top 10 elite by the 2001 Research Assessment
Exercise (RAE). Arts departments received ratings of 5*, for Music,
French and German; 5, for Drama and Theatre, Media Arts, English and
Classics, and 4, for Italian and Hispanic Studies.
Research & Enterprise,
Royal Holloway, University of London
One of the Surrey Enterprise Hub partners, Royal Holloway works to encourage
and promote research and enterprise activities through collaboration
with regional businesses. The Research & Enterprise department promotes
College research expertise by assisting academics to establish contract
research and consultancy opportunities as well as setting up training
courses for external organisations.
Pictures
We hold a number of generic arts images in our archives. If you would
like to take advantage of this, please contact the press office.
Further information contact:
Royal Holloway, University of London, Press Office:
Christine Long
Press & PR Officer
01784 443967, christine.long@rhul.ac.uk
Vicky Cousins
Assistant Press & Comms Officer
01784 414480, victoria.cousins@rhul.ac.uk
