Why the economy needs arts and humanities with Dr Ladan Cockshut

12/14/22 • 44 min

What's the Point?

Business researcher Dr Ladan Cockshut joins Bryony Armstrong to talk about:

What the Creative, Digital and IT (CDIT) sector is and how much it’s growing
The huge array of industries that need creative skills
How Arts and Humanities academics interact with practitioners in the CDIT sector
How creativity can lead to income
Creating changes and measurable economic growth with creativity
Why it’s short sighted to say that an Arts and Humanities education doesn’t support labour market needs

Episode references:

The Office for Students announcement about funding cuts: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/press-and-media/ofs-confirms-funding-reforms/
Kiln Cafe in Newcastle: https://www.kiln.cafe/
The report on changes in the north east economy: https://dro.dur.ac.uk/30075/

Find Bryony @BF_Armstrong
Find Ladan @LadanCockshut
Get in contact with Ladan: [email protected]
Artwork: Riduwan Molla https://www.canva.com/p/riduwanmolla/
Music: Madaan Mansij https://www.pond5.com/artist/mansij_tubescreamer
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Business researcher Dr Ladan Cockshut joins Bryony Armstrong to talk about:

What the Creative, Digital and IT (CDIT) sector is and how much it’s growing
The huge array of industries that need creative skills
How Arts and Humanities academics interact with practitioners in the CDIT sector
How creativity can lead to income
Creating changes and measurable economic growth with creativity
Why it’s short sighted to say that an Arts and Humanities education doesn’t support labour market needs

Episode references:

The Office for Students announcement about funding cuts: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-and-events/press-and-media/ofs-confirms-funding-reforms/
Kiln Cafe in Newcastle: https://www.kiln.cafe/
The report on changes in the north east economy: https://dro.dur.ac.uk/30075/

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Helping people through heritage with Norma Gregory

Social historian Norma Gregory joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:

Useful skills and knowledge from an arts and humanities education
Making recorded history representative of the past
The importance of accessibility in historical research
Improving mental health and wellbeing through heritage
Bringing people together and building communities through heritage
Creating jobs in heritage work
Why art, humanities and creativity are essential for life
Why you can’t memorise your way through an arts or humanities degree

Please sign these petitions:
https://www.change.org/p/no-job-cuts-at-birkbeck-university-of-london
https://www.change.org/p/no-job-cuts-in-english-at-birkbeck-university-of-london
Find out more about the Black Miners Museum: https://blackcoalminers.com/
Find Bryony @BF_Armstrong
Find Norma @normagregoryNNC
Artwork: Riduwan Molla https://www.canva.com/p/riduwanmolla/
Music: Madaan Mansij https://www.pond5.com/artist/mansij_tubescreamer
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Arts and humanities shouldn't be reserved for a privileged few with Neil Griffiths

Arts Emergency co-founder Neil Griffiths joins Bryony Armstrong to talk about:

How studying arts and humanities helps you to pursue work in culture, politics and activism
Why all minoritised people need the option to study arts and humanities
The power of seeing yourself represented in culture
Breaking down the privilege associated with pursuing arts and humanities
How reading literature can spark world-changing ideas
The need for diversity in creative and cultural industries and politics
Why it doesn’t make economic sense to push STEM over arts and humanities
The insidious nature of anti-arts and humanities government policies

Donate to Arts Emergency here.
If you work in the creative and cultural sectors, love arts and humanities, and want to break down barriers to entry, check out the mentor information here.
Rishi Sunak's speech announcing the intention to get children to study maths until 18 can be found here.
Find Bryony @BF_Armstrong
Find Neil @_griff
Artwork: Riduwan Molla https://www.canva.com/p/riduwanmolla/
Music: Madaan Mansij https://www.pond5.com/artist/mansij_tubescreamer
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

What's the Point? - Why the economy needs arts and humanities with Dr Ladan Cockshut

Transcript

Bryony Armstrong00:00:04.950

Hello, and welcome to What's the Point, the podcast where we discuss the need for arts and humanities today. I'm your host, Bryony Armstrong. We're living in a time when the arts and humanities are under threat, and I know this firsthand, having studied both English and maths at university, and now doing a PhD in English. Each week, I'll be joined by a guest talk about what arts and humanities do for the world. If you've ever wondered, wha