Chapter 9 Staying and making it in regional creative cities - visual arts graduates and infrastructures for professional development

• Main Author: Gilmore, Abigail (auth)
• Other Authors: Gledhill, David (auth), Rajković, Ivan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Business & management; Research & development management; Economics; Development economics & emerging economies; Built Environment; Innovation; Knowledge; Planning; Regional Development; Regional Science; Regional Studies; Resilience; Richard Florida; RSA; RSA Conference; Sally Hardy; Smart Cities; Spatial Econometrics; Spatial Economics; Technology; Technopoles; Territory; Territory, Politics, Governance; The City; Urban Planning; Urban Studies; Urban Systems
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since the DCMS Creative Industries Mapping Document highlighted the key role played by creative activities in the UK economy and society, the creative industries agenda has expanded across Europe and internationally. They have the support of local authorities, regional development agencies, research councils, arts and cultural agencies and other sector organisations. Within this framework, higher education institutions have also engaged in the creative agenda, but have struggled to define their role in this growing sphere of activities. Higher Education and the Creative Economy critically engages with the complex interconnections between higher education, geography, cultural policy and the creative economy. This book is organised into four sections which articulate the range of dynamics that can emerge between higher education and the creative economy: partnership and collaboration across Higher Education institutions and the creative and cultural industries; the development of creative human capital; connections between arts schools and local art scenes; and links with broader policy directions and work. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138918733_oachapter9.pdf