Find out who we’ve selected to produce work as part of the Inspired by Bragg programme. Inspired by Bragg brings together minds and ideas from across the University of Leeds and beyond to celebrate Sir William Henry Bragg — a former professor at Leeds who was jointly awarded the Nobel…

Reflections on #BeyondMeasure Twitter chat by Mafwa Theatre. — On 17th July 2020 we ran the first of a series of “Twitter chats” as part of the Beyond Measure Arts and Health online programme of events. Our brief for the discussion was focused on ‘Ethics and Equity’ in this area, which we were more than happy to take on…

Cultural Institute announces three successful Leeds Museums and Galleries Cross Disciplinary Innovation Fund awardees. What is Leeds Museums and Galleries Cross Disciplinary Innovation Fund? The Cultural Institute and Leeds Museums and Galleries (LMG) have launched three rounds of the LMG Cross-disciplinary fund since 2018. The Fund supports University of Leeds…

Delia Stevens, percussionist and composer, will curate a triptych of concerts blending percussion and science research as part of the Inspired by Bragg programme. Collaboration beyond boundaries Inspired by Bragg brings together minds and ideas from across the University of Leeds and beyond to celebrate Sir William Henry Bragg —…

The Cultural Institute and Leeds Arts Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI) are delighted to announce a range of ambitious, interdisciplinary projects that have been successful in this year’s Interdisciplinary Research and Impact Fund for Culture (IRIFC). Launched in 2020 by the Cultural Institute and LAHRI, the IRIFC aims to support the…

Ten postgraduate students from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures have been collaborating together since early June. — Leeds Creative Labs: Masters Editions allows students to explore their own creative and academic practice and build connections with a partner from a different academic discipline. Each student has had the freedom to share ideas and develop their creativity- without any expectation of a final, polished product.

Karyan Au-Yeung, former Cultural Institute intern and current final-year Media & Communication student, shares her advice for cultural employers. — “There’s three tips that I have for cultural organisations who want to work students. The first one being listen to them, support them, and treat them as equally as you would with another colleague who isn’t a student or an intern. …

A Cultural Institute interview with ‘Art Doctor’ Alison McIntyre about their Beyond Measure? creative prescribing project for clinicians in Leeds — https://youtu.be/_p7dr6ArjF4 How would you describe the work with Beyond Measure? “We’ve been commissioned by the Beyond Measure programme to create something we’re calling a ‘creative prescribing’ project. We have a small cohort of healthcare professionals, including a student, a social prescriber, a GP, and wellbeing coordinator.

Written by Naomi Momoh, Biomedical Sciences student at the University of Leeds — “In July 2020, I was appointed as the Leeds, Arts Health and Wellbeing Network (LAHWN)’s first project assistant, through the Leeds Internship Scheme. …