PhD scholarship at the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, Warwick University (UK).

July 23rd, 2010

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below details of a PhD scholarship currently available at the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, Warwick University (UK). I would be grateful if you could circulate this widely among your networks. For any queries, please feel free to contact me.

Best wishes,
Eleonora

**3 YEAR DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP (2011-2014)**
CENTRE CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

The Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick will offer one doctoral scholarship, commencing in October 2011. The scholarship will be open to both Home/EU and Overseas candidates.

The value of the scholarship will be equivalent to the total course fee payable by a Home/EU student or half the total course fee payable by an overseas student. The scholarship will be annually renewable for a three-year period, subject to the candidate’s satisfactory progress.

Priority will be given to candidates putting forward proposals for research in the general area of ‘implicit’ cultural policies, although proposals for research in any of the Centre’s fields of interest will be considered.

In brief, whilst ‘explicit’ cultural policy refers to policies explicitly labelled cultural, such as those pursued by ministries of culture around the world, ‘implicit’ cultural policy refers to those often more powerful forms of cultural action that are intended to shape cultures, but which are not expressly described as such.

In focusing on agencies that have thus aimed to modify the behaviour of populations, a study of ‘implicit’ cultural policies tends to foreground questions that might in other contexts be explored in terms of ideology or ‘governmentality’. For a further introduction to this, candidates are referred to a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy that addresses this theme (vol 15, no 2, 2009).

In order to be considered for this scholarship, candidates will need to have received an unconditional offer for entry on to the CCPS MPhil/PhD programme by January 31st 2011. For details of the application procedure and further conditions of the scholarship, please click here

Dr Eleonora Belfiore
Associate Professor
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
Millburn House
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7HS
UK
Tel: +44 (0)2476 528425

Arcadea is looking for a Director

July 23rd, 2010

(Salary Scale NJC PO Points 35-38: £29236-£31,754, subject to review)

Arcadea is the lead cultural development organisation promoting Deaf and Disability Equality in Art and Culture in the North East of England, and supporting Deaf and Disability Arts. After six years leading the organisation, Vici Wreford-Sinnott has now moved on to set up her own creative company. Arcadea is seeking a dynamic individual with vision and a proven track record in arts management to take the organisation into its next phase of development. The organisation has a strategic plan in place incorporating working at a range of levels, from both artistic and development perspectives.

The successful applicant will:

• have at least three years experience working in a senior management role
• up to date knowledge of Disability Arts and Disability Equality in the Arts
• be fully conversant with Equality legislation and various models of disability;
• possess high levels of personal organisation
• be an advocate and have strong negotiation skills
• have solid organisational management experience

The post will be based at ARCADEA’S Newcastle City Centre Office base. The post is offered as a full time post and is open to job share.

Personal experience of disability is essential.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 10^th August 2010 with interviews being held on 2^nd September 2010.

The application pack, containing a full job description and person specification, is available as:

Standard Application Pack

Large Print Application Pack

Text Only Application Pack

Please contact us at shane_arcadea@yahoo.co.uk

Tel 0191 222 0708 / Mobile & Text 07932304241 to request an application pack  stating clearly what format you require when requesting a pack. For an informal chat you can speak to Arcadea’s Chair, Karen Sheader on 079 6053 2554 or at karen.sheader@googlemail.com