Cultural and creative industries are the key point of support for a new pattern of economic growth based on creativity and innovation, which has an enormous potential to respond to the challenges of the current policy of the European Union (EU). The European Commission attaches special strategic importance to these industries due to their dynamic […]
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You don’t know yet but as a student of Arts & Humanities you have some of the most relevant skills an entrepreneur should posses!
02
May
May
How often you heard the story of successful entrepreneurs having MBAs or coming from computer science faculties and degree? How very little you heard of entrepreneurs coming from arts & humanities faculties? While it’s true that business skills or programming skills are very useful, they are also skills which can be learned or outsourced where […]
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Apr
Apr
We are happy to share the second briefing paper of Cultural Learning Alliance – Employability and enterprise – on “Why the arts make us more employable, and why the creative industries are our international economic life-raft”. An interesting paper on the value of cultural and creative industries in UK and the role of education in […]
17
Apr
Apr
Today we want to present you an experiment done in Italy by Fusion Art Center from Padova. The search for a university thesis becomes the theoretical structure of a specific artistic operation that emancipates from the exhibition device becoming an expressive metaphor of the contemporary, becoming graft of new projects, accompanied in the development phases, […]
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Apr
Apr
We are happy to share the final publication of the NXT project “Careers in the arts: visions for the future”. The project is financed by Creative Europe and supervised by ELIA – European League of Institutes of the Arts. The publication provides experts and artists view on how to make a living from the arts […]
Stories, Testimonies, UWTSD Stories
Interview with Sara Holden, Managing Artist of Sculpture by the Sea.
03
Apr
Apr
As part of our programme of showcasing examples of entrepreneurial students and graduates from Arts and Humanities subjects, we are please to share an interview with Sara Holden, Managing Artist of Sculpture by the Sea. What does entrepreneurship mean to you? Entrepreneurship means setting up the business of my dreams and gaining financial independence using […]
Case study, Stories, UWTSD Stories
Graphic design student combines passion for martial Arts and design
28
Mar
Mar
Second-year graphic design student, combines passion for martial Arts and design, to launch bespoke fightwear apparel business Daniel Huxtable (20), a third dan black belt who has three world titles to his name, established Fightwear Store UK in early 2016, alongside his design studies at University of Wales Trinity St David and his role as […]
05
Feb
Feb
Arts & Humanities Entrepreneurship Hubs is a new Knowledge Alliance Erasmus+ project, financed by European Commission, in order to bring entrepreneurial competences in Faculties of Arts and Humanities all over Europe, creating new spaces, creative hubs, for competences development, cross-fertilization with other business sectors and increased employability opportunities for students and graduates from the sector. […]