The Centre for Culture, Sport and Events (CCSE) has developed from a collaborative partnership between the University of the West of Scotland and Renfrewshire Council. CCSE will provide a space to undertake collaborative research and development work that has relevance for the Renfrewshire area, nationally and internationally.
The Centre has been set up to conduct research, development, consultancy and knowledge exchange aligned to four key themes:
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Edinburgh, A View from the Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe not taking place for the first time in its 73 year history was a huge professional and personal blow to the thousands of individuals and organisations who make up the festival. The Fringe Society, the charity that underpins the...
Commemorative Events and the COVID-19 Pandemic
FESTSPACE Co-Investigator, Dr Bernadette Quinn, recently published this article on the FESTSPACE webpage; it reappears here by kind permission. Being able to use public space is something we routinely take for granted. However, in recent months governments have...
CCSI 2020: 7th biennial International Symposium on Cross-Sector Social Interactions
After our own recent experience of hosting a virtual conference, CCSE Director - Prof Gayle McPherson - spoke this week at the 7th biennial International Symposium on Cross -Sector Social Interactions. As the restrictions on co-presence and travel remain in place for...
From Community Empowerment to Community Power – what COVID-19 is teaching us about the relationship between citizens, communities and the state
CCSE Steering Group Member, Pippa Coutts, recently published the following post as part of Carnegie UK Trust's series sharing reflections and questions across different aspects of wellbeing duing the COVID19 crisis. This post first appeared on the Carnigie UK Trust...
Festivals, events & COVID19: Navigating a global pandemic – a glimpse to the future
As part of its remit, the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events (CCSE) is committed to hosting conferences, symposia and seminars which promote knowledge generation and exchange, providing a platform for scrutiny, discussion and debate of the issues that frame and...
James Town & Slavery – Short Film
Dr Stephen Collins' short film 'James Town and Slavery' is an official selection for the Changing The Story Online International FIlm Festival. The film is a result of a research project which investigates the links between modern and historic slavery in James Town,...
The Future Paisley Podcast
Instagram Live, Zoom quiz nights, podcasts, at home workouts. In the last few months these forms of connections have skyrocketed into the public consciousness with everyone and their granny (literality) logging on to connect with the world. It makes sense, now more...
Festivals, Events & the COVID-19 Pandemic
CCSE Deputy Director Professor David McGillivray has recently published the following blog post as part of the FESTSPACE project he leads discussing the impact and implications of COVID-19 on the festivals, events and public spaces that project is investigating. This...
Virtual Conference- #CCSEFutures
Festivals, Events and COVID-19: Navigating a Global Pandemic May 27th 2020, 13:15- 16:15 Event Registration: Eventbrite https://youtu.be/-rgvVTmnjxo Background We are in the midst of a global pandemic unlike anything witnessed in our lifetimes. From March 2020, across...
Third Sector Chief Exec-ing during Covid-19
Seven weeks in… These are my reflections on working as a third sector / civil society Chief Executive during these bizarre, unsettled and challenging times. The last few weeks have been inspiring and stressful in equal measure. I wanted to try to capture and publish...
The Centre will build on the University’s local, national and international expertise in these areas, bringing a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to its research enquiries into policy and practice, advancing the production of new knowledge.
Research evidence produced through the Centre will contribute to academic excellence and influence policy makers and practitioners working in culture, sport and events and social policy and change.