My current projects include:
- working on the Learning Lives project with the University of Oslo
- researching the work and roles of 'Creative Agents' for
Creative Partnerships
- writing a comparative study of validation in the cultural industries in the non-formal learning sector for STEP (LEONARDO) project
- jointly editing
two books for Routledge about Creative Learning and acting as the general editor of a series of handbooks for teachers
- jointly editing a book on learning lives for Cambridge University Press
Recent projects include:
- developing the New Spaces initiative at
University of South Australia - both setting up non-formal learning opportunities in Adelaide and developing wider academic and policy theorisations of this field
- working on
The Last Mile ( an
EQUAL project) with
WAC Performing Arts and Media College. This involved: developing a provocation about Creative Apprenticeships; researching 'creative biographies'; mapping and describing the portfolio employment of artists from minority communities; researching business support in the creative and cultural industires aimed at ethnic minority community members; working with
CCS (sector skills council) to map and devise alternative forms of creative apprenticeship; developing a network of
independent training providers in London working in Film and Video
- advising the
British Film Institute on its education strategy
- working with
BOP, evaluating
Culture Online
My current academic research includes:
-developing a research project about the history of community arts
