The latest research round up

COVID-19 Impact

Events Research Programme: Phase I findings
DCMS, July 2021

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has released its report on the Event Research Programme (ERP) – a series of pilot events which took place in England.

Our Covid Response: The Arts Council’s response to the Covid-19 crisis for the arts in Ireland 2020/2021
The Arts Council Ireland, July 2021

This report describes the Arts Council’s ongoing response to the impact of Covid-19 on the arts. It contains new research on the pandemic’s impacts on cultural organisations, artists and audiences. It reflects on the cessation of artistic activity, and the extensive resulting damage to the lives and livelihoods of so many artists and arts communities. 

Place matters: Greater Manchester, culture and ‘levelling up’
Centre for Cultural Value, July 2021

This article examines how values-led partnerships between local government and the cultural sector in Greater Manchester have allowed for a place-based response to the impacts of the pandemic, and what this means for the 'levelling up' agenda.

Creativity in Crisis: Rebooting Australia’s Arts and Entertainment Sector After COVID
The Australia Institute, July 2021

New research from the Centre for Future Work, by Senior Economist Alison Pennington and Monash University’s Ben Eltham, reveals the ongoing, devastating impact of COVID-19 on Australia’s arts and entertainment sector and provides a series of recommendations to government that would reboot the creative sector after the crisis.

Visual Arts, Craft and Design

Selling Platforms for Art, Craft and Design in Scotland: A Report
Pace Projects for Creative Scotland, July 2021

The Selling Platforms Report for Visual Arts, Craft and Design in Scotland was commissioned by Creative Scotland in 2019 and gives an important insight into the experience of people working in the sector in a variety of roles, from the maker to the seller. The report reflects a pre-pandemic world but showed growth in the numbers of open studios and commercial galleries selling work, increased sales and customers for the sector - both locally and nationally – and more opportunities for selling internationally and online.

Creative Industries

Digital Inclusion and Exclusion in the Arts and Cultural Sector
Good Things Foundation for ACE, August 2021

A report on digital inclusion and exclusion in the arts and cultural sector. The report provides key findings and recommendations relating to promoting digital inclusion at an audience / participant, organisational, sector and community level.

The UK Creative Industries: unleashing the power and potential of creativity
Creative United, July 2021

This report by the Creative Industries Federation and Creative England explores the power and potential of the UK’s creative industries to regenerate places, rebuild the economy, drive innovation, and create jobs in the UK, as well as offering policy recommendations.

Mind the Understanding Gap: The Value of Creative Freelancers
Creative United, July 2021

This report that summarises research by Coventry University into the range and contribution of creative freelancers in the UK, based on the economic, cultural and social value they generate.

Screen

ScreenSkills Assessment 2021
ScreenSkills, June 2021 
The ScreenSkills Assessment 2021 gives a snapshot of skills issues affecting the UK screen industries during the period from January 2020 to January 2021 - a time of significant disruption caused by Covid-19.

High-end television in the UK 2020 workforce research
ScreenSkills, Spring 2021 
One of the key objectives of this report was to identify the key skills and grade shortages and associated issues from the HETV industry.

First half year (2021) – UK box office + film and HETV production
BFI Research and Statistics, July 2021 
Includes 3 reports as part of the official statistics released by the BFI for Jan-Jun 2021: UK Box office with UK market share and theatrical performance of UK films; Film and high-end television production in the UK; British film, HETV, animated television and children’s television certification.

Watching Films in the UK: How often, how many and how?
BFI Research and Statistics, May 2021 
The BFI’s 2019-2020 tracking study offers a detailed picture of screen engagement throughout the UK nations and English regions – including how we watch films, where we’re watching and how often we watch them – before and during the pandemic.

The Impact of Creative Europe in Scotland
SQW with Creative Europe Desk UK, March 2021 
This report supplements the publication The Impact of Creative Europe in the UK to highlight the impacts of the MEDIA subprogramme in Scotland.

Media Nations 2021 report
Ofcom, August 2021 
Ofcom’s fourth annual Media National report, reviewing key trends in the media sector, including broadcast TV, radio and online video and audio streaming. With separate report for Scotland.

Made outside London programme title register 2020
Ofcom, August 2021 
This annual report provides a list of the programmes produced by the PSBs outside of the M25, and criteria against which each programme qualifies as Made Outside London.

Research Round Up September 2021