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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Paisley Book Festival Inaugural Event
The first ever Paisley Book Festival celebrated a hugely successful inaugural year. From 20th to 29th February 2020, the festival - which celebrated Radical Stories and Rebel Voices and marked the 200th anniversary of the Paisley Radicals - packed out venues across...
Green Tease Paisley; No Longer Business As Usual
Last week I attended Paisley’s first Green Tease event hosted by Creative Carbon Scotland. Sometimes it's easy to lose momentum when it comes to environmental issues, especially when you feel like you are the only person who cares. It’s so important to have events...
Techno-Aesthetics and Post-Industrial Memory: Seminar
*PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED* Professor Katarzyna Kosmala and Professor Graham Jeffery are organising a seminar at UWS Ayr Campus; Dr Waldemar Affelt (Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the School of Business and Creative Industries) is presenting a...
#ArtandSoul; Improving Community Wellbeing & Prosperity through Culture
On a blustery Friday afternoon, hardy and rain-spotted folk from in and around Paisley gathered at the Beechwood Community Centre in Shortroods to take part in the first of the workshops planned as part of our UKRI funded place-based partnership project:Improving...
Call for Abstracts: Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology Conference
Call for Abstracts IUAES 2020 Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology Conference 07-11 October 2020, Sibenik, Croatia Deadline: 23 March 2020 We are seeking abstracts from speakers from a range of disciplines to present 15 minute papers for...
Creative Learning – Fundamental not Ornamental
'Articulate is a niche and specialist charity that has equality, diversity and inclusion at its core and co-designs services that benefit Scotland’s most vulnerable young people, especially those who are care experienced, at risk, seeking asylum or living in poverty...
Paisley School of Arts | Est. 1838 : A Living Archive Project
Background In 1808, a group of local community figures came together to establish the Paisley Philosophical Institution. This collective vision recognized that there was a growing desire in Paisley, and the wider area, to support and provide cultural and educational...
Prof. David McGillivray contributes to public meeting on the commodification of Edinburgh’s public spaces
On Wednesday 22nd January, 2020, more than 700 people attended a public meeting titled “City for Sale: The Commodification of Edinburgh's Public Spaces” in Central Hall, Edinburgh. Organised by the Cockburn Association, this event was the outcome of controversy...
Conference Presentation in Lausanne…
In early January, CCSE’s Deputy Director, Professor David McGillivray, was invited to the Olympic capital, Lausanne, to present his work as part of an Event, Cities and Urbanism conference hosted by the University of Lausanne. The conference was held alongside the...
Exciting News from Colombia!
CCSE’s Colombian PhD student and associate researcher, Greis Cifuentes has - at the age of 31 – been chosen as the new Development Director for the Fundación Nacional Batuta (FNB) in Colombia. Batuta has a presence in all 32 of the country’s administrative...
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.