A report examined the problem of how to value culture, giving an overview of techniques from environmental and health economics, arts and humanities research, and recent studies on subjective well-being.
Source: Dave O'Brien, Measuring the Value of Culture, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Date: 2010-Dec
A report examined the potential effects of culture-based interventions on economic and social development in Europe, especially at a local and regional level. Although Structural Fund projects in this area had exceeded expectations, the potential contribution of the cultural and creative sector to the modern economy was still largely underestimated, especially at national and European levels.
Source: Study on the Contribution of Culture to Local and Regional Development: Evidence from the Structural Funds – Final Report, Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Dec
A think-tank report examined why social mobility was so low in the creative industries, and how policymakers and the industry could improve it. Particular focus was placed on the role of unpaid internships.
Source: Ryan Shorthouse (ed.), Disconnected: Social mobility and the creative industries, Social Market Foundation
Links: Report | Guardian report
Date: 2010-Dec
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published a business plan for the period 2011-2015.
Source: Business Plan 2011-2015, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Links: Plan | DCMS press release
Date: 2010-Nov
A report summarized the findings of two studies of participation in cultural and sporting activities. Education (both schooling and adult education) had a key role to play in promoting cultural participation in its broadest sense, and this was an area in which education policy and cultural policy needed to operate hand-in-hand.
Source: Andrew Miles and Alice Sullivan, Understanding the Relationship Between Taste and Value in Culture and Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Nov
A think-tank report set out a new rationale for government intervention in the realm of culture. Cultural policy needed to focus on the equitable distribution of individuals' cultural capabilities – something that would require thinking anew about what form the structures for intervention should take, and how they were run.
Source: Samuel Jones, Culture Shock, Demos
Date: 2010-Oct
The coalition government announced (in its 2010 Spending Review) that current spending on culture, media, and sport would be cut by 24 per cent by 2014-15, and capital spending by 32 per cent. The BBC licence fee would be frozen for 6 years, and the BBC would be required to pay for the World Service, the Welsh language broadcaster S4C, and most of the cost of improving the broadband network.
Source: Spending Review 2010, Cm 7942, HM Treasury/TSO
Links: Report | Summary | Hansard | HMT press releases | DCMS press release | Arts Council press release | British Library press release | CILIP press release | Heritage Link press release | Museums Association press release (1) | Museums Association press release (2) | Youth Sport Trust press release | BBC report | Guardian report
Date: 2010-Oct
A paper examined the role that the arts and culture could play in driving local economic growth and bringing people and communities together.
Source: Bigger Thinking for Smaller Cities: How arts and culture can tackle economic, social and democratic engagement challenges in smaller cities, Regional Cities East
Links: Report | Arts Council press release
Date: 2010-Oct
A report said that the government should acknowledge the creative, digital, and information technology industries as a strategic priority.
Source: The Fuse: Igniting high growth for creative, digital and information technology industries in the UK, Council for Industry and Higher Education
Links: Report | CIHE press release | BBC report | Times Higher Education report
Date: 2010-Sep
A paper examined the presentation of mixed-race identity in the sphere of arts and culture.
Source: Chamion Caballero, Mixedness and the Arts, Runnymede Trust
Links: Report | Runnymede Trust press release
Date: 2010-Sep
An article examined emerging policymaking and research in relation to rural creative industries.
Source: David Bell and Mark Jayne, 'The creative countryside: policy and practice in the UK rural cultural economy', Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 26 Issue 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2010-Aug
An article used data from the 'Taking Part' survey of England to analyze the relationship between cultural socialization, educational attainment, and intergenerational social mobility.
Source: Simone Scherger and Mike Savage, 'Cultural transmission, educational attainment and social mobility', Sociological Review, Volume 58 Issue 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2010-Aug
The new coalition government published a draft 'structural reform plan' for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The plan set out how the department would implement the coalition government's key policy aims.
Source: Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Draft Structural Reform Plan, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Links: Plan | Heritage Alliance press release
Date: 2010-Jul
An article examined whether policy-makers under the Scottish National Party government in Scotland thought that social inclusion still had a role within cultural services. Policy-makers' understandings of culture and social inclusion were 'vague, general and complex': the cultural agenda was seen as less of a priority within the new SNP administration.
Source: Vikki McCall, 'Cultural services and social policy: exploring policy makers' perceptions of culture and social inclusion', Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Volume 18 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2010-Jul
The new coalition government proposed cuts in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's arm's-length bodies. The UK Film Council would be abolished, along with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. UK Sport and Sport England would be merged.
Source: Written Ministerial Statement 26 July 2010, columns 59-61WS, House of Commons Hansard/TSO
Links: Hansard | DCMS press release | Museums Association press release | NIACE press release | Sport England press release
Date: 2010-Jul
A new book examined the cultural practices of the middle classes.
Source: Simon Stewart, Culture and the Middle Classes, Ashgate Publications
Links: Summary
Date: 2010-Apr
A manifesto called for greater investment in the culture sector, arguing that it would help to build social and economic recovery after the recession.
Source: Cultural Capital: A manifesto for the future, Arts Council England (and 16 other organizations)
Links: Manifesto | News report | Guardian report
Date: 2010-Mar
The opposition Conservative Party published plans designed to provide 'coherent and sustained' support for the arts.
Source: The Future of the Arts with a Conservative Government, Conservative Party
Links: Plan | Conservative Party press release | Guardian report
Date: 2010-Feb
A report called for legislation to regulate work experience, internships, and placements in the arts and creative industries. Many arts organizations and businesses were reliant upon unpaid workers, both on work experience and on longer-term placements: but it was not in the interest of diversity, equality, or creativity for internships to remain as the 'preserve of the well-off'.
Source: Emerging Workers: A fair future for entering the creative industries, Arts Group
Links: Report | Arts Group press release | Guardian report
Date: 2010-Feb