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Two Arts and Humanities Research Fellowships awarded

Charlotte Marriott

Charlotte Marriott, November 4, 2022 — Culture

Head of International Cultural Protection, DCMS

In May 2022 two new research projects were awarded Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding to explore key DCMS policy areas. This will fund two academics, through a short term funded research opportunity called a fellowship. The research fellowships have been established as part of DCMS’ Chief Scientific Advisor Office’s aim to build stronger…
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5G at the Bristol Harbour Festival

Antony Corfield

Antony Corfield, September 24, 2019 — Digital

WECA, Programme Manager (Sector Development)

  About 5G technology 5G is not only about faster and seamless connectivity. One of the unique capabilities of 5G is the ability to tailor the network to cater for the different needs of the end user and process large amounts of data. This is crucial, particularly at a large, public event, where one network…
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#UKCityofCulture2021: This is Coventry!

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, December 19, 2017 — Culture

Fundraising Officer, Coventry City of Culture Trust

‘Coventry’s ready’, ‘we are ready’, ‘the time is right’ … everyone we spoke to expressed the same positive sentiments.  A two and a half year journey working with the community, arts organisations, individuals and businesses across the city and region, which all hung in the balance as we stood poised for the final announcement. As…
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Reflecting on Coventry’s crown as the UK #CityofCulture2021

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Chair of the City of Culture Independent Advisory Panel

Outside Coventry Cathedral with Heritage Minister John Glen and Coventry's Laura McMillan
There have already been a lot of words spoken, written and recorded about why Coventry and not Swansea or Stoke or Paisley or Sunderland, and on the night of the announcement there was neither the time, nor probably the expectation to give a line by line report against the criteria in the Government’s guidance notes.…
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#CultureisDigital: A Digital Look into English Heritage

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, November 7, 2017 — Culture

Google Cultural Institute at Google

If I were to ask you to give examples of English culture, it would be pretty easy wouldn’t it? Perhaps you’d talk about food: our penchant for fish and chips, beans on toast, or yorkshire puddings. Or maybe our infrastructure: the venerable NHS or the London Underground. You might even talk about our behavioural quirks:…
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Celebrating the economic contribution of arts and culture

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, — Culture

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism

On Saturday the Centre for Economics and Business Research published it’s report into economic contribution of arts and culture, and I’m very encouraged by the results. During my first months as Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, I have visited a range of arts organisations across the country. I continue to be hugely impressed by…
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Take Pride

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, July 8, 2017 — Uncategorized

Permanent Secretary, DCMS

Pride 2017
You may have noticed the rainbow flags flying high above 100 Parliament Street, one on each side of the building. I hope so. There have been too many tragic reasons for our flags to fly at half-mast in recent months. We should welcome any chance to celebrate. There are two occasions when we fly the…
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#CultureIsDigital

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, April 3, 2017 — Culture

Minister of State for Digital and Culture

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So today I am launching our new Culture is Digital project with a conversation between Government and both tech and the cultural world about how we push this natural synergy further.
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DCMS Wolfson: Bolton Museum ‘First Impressions’

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, January 17, 2017 — Culture

Head of Service, Bolton Library and Museum Services

Bolton Museum and Library
Bolton’s collection of ancient Egyptian material is significant and arguably one of the most important in a British local authority museum and totals around 12,000 objects from over 65 sites in Egypt. We are at an exciting and crucial point in our service’s development as we are about to embark on a capital project, funded…
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