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CCSE Associate delivers Muhammad Yunus Lecture

By Dr Elizabeth Gardiner

On 16 September, I had the privilege of giving the annual Muhammad Yunus Lecture at Glasgow Caledonian University. To be invited to speak in honour of a man who reimagined the relationship between poverty, enterprise, and dignity was deeply humbling. It was also an opportunity to share the interim findings of the WISE (Women in Social Enterprise) research — findings that suggest the models of leadership we urgently need already exist, even if our systems fail to recognise them.

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CCSE Visiting Scholar Dr Trudie Walters wraps up her Special Olympics project

For the past 3 months Dr Trudie Walters from Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki/Lincoln University in Aotearoa New Zealand has been a Visiting Scholar in the CCSE at UWS. She has been exploring the importance of Special Olympics involvement for intellectually disabled athletes, along with their wider network of family, coaches, club administrators and other volunteers, and support workers. In this blog post, she tells us a little about the project…

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CCSE collaborates with Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games organisers to develop legacy story of change

Last week, CCSE’s Professor Gayle McPherson, Dr Briony Sharp, Professor David McGillivray and Callum McCloskey collaborated with Alex Johnston and colleagues from the Glasgow 2026 Organising Company to deliver eight legacy workshops involving a diverse range of stakeholders with an interest in how the Commonwealth Games can be a catalyst for meaningful impact in 2026 and beyond.

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FestivalConnect project film released

As we approach the end of a very busy 2024 for CCSE, we’re delighted to release the project film for our FestivalsConnect project, funded by Spirit of 2012. This film relfects on the objectives of the project, what we did, what we found and what outputs and outcomes we’ve delivered. The film is one of several outputs from the project, adding to the Playbook for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Festivals and Events and the Evidence Review. These outputs are endorsed by sectoral partners, helping to ensure EDI is more effectively embedded in the planning and delivery of festivals and events, cultural and sporting.

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CCSE publishes Playbook to promote EDI in Festivals and Events

A new resource aiming to help promote equality, diversity and inclusion within festivals and events has been launched by CCSE researchers.

A Playbook for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – developed by the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at UWS – in partnership with Glasgow Life, funded by Spirit of 2012, and with contributions from Visit Scotland – aims to support those responsible for planning, organising and delivering festivals and events to embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) from the outset.

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Renfrewshire’s Tourism Today; Tourism Plan 2024 – 2027

It’s an exciting time for our region, with the opening of the refurbished Paisley Town Hall playing host to the Royal National Mòd last October, the upcoming re-opening of Paisley Museum, developments and longer term plans around RSPB Lochwinnoch and Castle Semple Visitor Centre and proposed hotel investment announced elsewhere in Renfrewshire.

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