Tag: Culture

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 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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A Whistle Stop Tour of Events Right at the Heart of the Cycle Messenger World Champs, Yokohama, JPN 🇯🇵

I have just finished a research project in Japan. While travelling around, I had the opportunity to attend the Cycle Messenger World Championships taking place in Yokohama and, to attempt to form an understanding of these events through the lens of a community-based tourism that re-enforces the right to the city for bicycle messengers.  

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Measuring Wellbeing: Gauging (Mental) Wellbeing Benefits of Arts & Cultural Participation

As part of CCSE’s ongoing collaboration with Renfrewshire Council, and relating to their wide ranging Future Paisley Programme, CCSE is committed to developing a suite of resources to assist Council colleagues with their ongoing work and, to contribute to Future’s Paisley‘s legacy.

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