When TCCE (formerly LCACE) was established a decade ago, whilst there were some strong and very exciting partnerships between the Arts, Cultural and Creative industries and Higher Education, such work was arguably more the exception than the rule. Now, however, it is the case that collaborations between these sectors are developing apace and that such work is increasingly becoming the ‘new normal’.

Culture, Creativity and the Academy: Exploring the New Normal, presented in partnership with Guildhall School of Music & Drama, set out to examine to what extent this actually is the case and if so what does ‘the new normal’ look like, what are its characteristics, who’s doing it, how does it come about and why is it important, particularly now.

Culture, Creativity and the Academy: Exploring the New Normal was attended by those working in academia, the cultural and creative industries, policy-makers and those interested in the role of research and innovation more widely.

Introductions: Evelyn Wilson
Keynote: John Newbigin OBE (Chair, Creative England)

PANEL ONE Successful Partnerships: Established And Emerging Models
Chair: Professor Barry Ife (Principal, Guildhall School of Music & Drama)
•  Sorrel Hershberg (Director, The Sorrell Foundation)
• Jodie Eastwood (Knowledge Quarter Project Manager, The British Library)
• Professor Bill Sherman (Head of Research, V&A)
• Professor Gavin Henderson CBE (Principal, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama)

PANEL TWO Working Together for the Wider Good
Chair: Rosy Greenlees (Executive Director, Crafts Council)
• Caroline Jenkinson (Head of Arts and Tourism, London Borough of Camden)
• Dr Catherine McNamara (Reader and Pro-Dean (Students), Royal Central School of Speech & Drama)
• Dr Daniel Glaser (Director, Science Gallery London, King’s College London)
• Layton Reid (Associate Dean, Ravensbourne)

PANEL THREE Moving Forward: A blueprint for the future
Chair: Deborah Bull (Director, Culture at King’s College London)
• Dr Eleonora Belfiore (Director of Studies, Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value, University of Warwick)
• Professor Anthony Bowne (Principal, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance)
• Andrew Burke (Chief Executive, London Sinfonietta)
• David Sweeney (Director, Research, Education and Knowledge Exchange, HEFCE)