Culture Campus is a Liverpool branded, international centre and environment for learning, research, development and participation and expression in contemporary visual, media and popular culture.

It is a partnership bringing together the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Hope University, FACT (The Foundation for Art & Creative Technology), Tate Liverpool, the Bluecoat and Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.

• Make worthwhile connections - By signing up to Culture Campus as an individual you can search for and view companies matching your work aspirations and offer opportunities to enhance your employability; e.g placements. If you are a company or arts/media/creative organisation,  you can view individuals offering  services or hoping to gain experience in your work area.
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Liverpool Culture Campus has now been in operation for two years, during which time the cultural landscape in the city has changed rapidly and profoundly. In particular, the major arts organisations have made great progress in acting collaboratively to develop audiences and influence the wider environment.

The early successes of Liverpool Culture Campus were led by a partnership between specifically Visual Arts organisations and two of the Universities, resulting in particular in the founding of new courses, a magazine, internships, and the website. The only significant organisation with a similar ambition in the UK is LCACE (the 8 London higher education institutions) and we have been able to learn lessons from their parallel development over the last two years.

The Board of Culture Campus continues to have great confidence in the Company's vision of encouraging graduate retention through providing support for post graduates and incubator creatives, and wishes to build on its success by expanding the reach of its ambition and the scale of its activity.

With this in mind, it has taken steps to position the Company as an interface between
LARC (Liverpool Arts and Regeneration Consortium, representing the 8 largest arts organisations of the City) and Liverpool City of Learning (a partnership between the three universities in the city – University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Hope University.

From the perspective of LARC organisations, it will be able to offer a pathway for postgraduate development that is equivalent to "Find your Talent" and "Creative Apprenticeships" for these other key groups. From the perspective of the universities,
it offers a specialist support network for arts graduates, promoting excellence and the highest level of professional development drawing on the distinct and unique cultural expertise in the city.


CULTURE CAMPUS BOARD MEMBERS
Lewis Biggs, (Chair), Director, Liverpool Biennial
Prof John Belchem, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool
Prof Bill Chambers, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Liverpool Hope University
Christoph Grunenberg, Director, Tate Liverpool
Matthew Johnson, Chairman, Mando Group
Libby Raper, CEO, Culture Northwest
Prof Roger Webster, Dean of Media, Arts and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University

Opportunities

• UNeECC General Assembly and Conference, Liverpool, 16-17 October, 2008 The University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNECC) has the pleasure to announce you the UNeECC General Assembly and Conference held on 16-17 October, 2008 in Liverpool, this year’s European Capital of Culture. The title of the Conference is ‘Whose Culture?’. Please find registration details and the Programme of the Conference at the UNeECC website: www.uneecc.org The deadline of registration is 15 September, 2008. The Conference will be jointly hosted by Liverpool Hope University, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. This unique collaboration clearly demonstrates how universities can and must contribute to the success of a European Capital of Culture programme. The central theme of our conference is: Whose culture(s)? University students and faculty, as well as cultural professionals active in past, present and future European Capitals of Culture will present papers in three different conference tracks: 1. European Capitals of Culture - whose culture? : high vs. popular culture; cultural identity; centre vs. periphery; European culture vs. European (local?) cultures. 2. European Capitals of Culture and their impact on culture(s): socio-cultural impact of ECCs; ECCs as catalysts of cultural awareness; ECCs - fleeting events or milestones?; ECC-bids, cultural competition and attraction. 3. Events and culture (non-academic track): Presentations about ECC-events and cultural attractions of given ECCs. The Liverpool conference will touch upon key issues emerging from the way culture is perceived and dealt with by the different stakeholders in European Capitals of Culture, e.g. cultural policy makers, the general public, local authorities, citizens, visitors and tourists, academics, artists etc. Given the academic objectives of the conference, presentations will focus on new insights into the functioning of European and international culture and the relevance of these insights for cultural policy makers. Information and Registration Online registration is requested on the UNeECC website: www.uneecc.org The deadline of registration is 15 September 2008. Further information on the Conference is available on the UNeECC website at www.uneecc.org
• Talented Liverpool Fashionista/Designers Wanted To Make People Look Good In A Bin Bag! A National Voice is looking for glamorous, creative designers who can, frankly,make our models look good in a bin-bag. In October 2008.anationalvoice.org Charity Number:1120149 ‘The Refuse Collection’ bin bag fashion show is part of our national Campaign: “This Is Not A Suitcase”, created by young people from Care to end the poor practice of putting young people’s possessions in bin bags when they move in Care “In October ’08 A National Voice will hold its 6th ‘catwalk protest’ in Liverpool: European City of Culture ”
  The outfits have been modelled by Celebrities, Charity Chief Exec’s, MP’s, Foster Carers - all of whom have shared the catwalk alongside young people from Care to encourage all 150 Local Authority’s across England to sign our ‘No Bin Bag Charter’
  Previous fashion shows have been supported by many major children’s charities including Barnardo’s & The Prince’s Trust.
  The shows have consistently attracted positive media coverage including: The Guardian, The Observer, The Big Issue, MTV, BBC TV and OK Magazine.
  Fifty Social Service Children’s Departments in England have yet to sign our ‘No Bin Bag Charter’ & we aim to have all signed up this year. We are a charity looking for fabulous, glamorous, creative designers who can, frankly, make people look good in a bin bag! This year’s ‘Refuse Collection’ will feature young people & designers - exclusively from Liverpool; coming together to celebrate this special year and to help to show that young people are at the creative heart of a thriving city like Liverpool. THE REFUSE COLLECTION AT TATE BRITAIN “A FASHION SHOW WITH A DIFFERENCE” “It’s a simple idea but it’s about respect” Samantha Morton Interested?? If you are a designer or a hair/make up stylist – contact us for more info: info@anationalvoice.org 0161 237 5577
• Liverpool Irish Festival Volunteer Opportunity Your chance to become involved in a major city arts Festival during Capital of Culture year: Assisting the Director in creating links and arranging meetings with arts organisations in the city. Help in the creation and management of a database Working to administrate and deliver specific projects and marketing programmes. Contributing ideas to the final programme of events During the Festival: Set up of events Distribution and collection of monitoring data Box Office management Selling of merchandise Stewarding audience/performers Representing the festival Perks: Necessary expenses, free tickets to Festival events A reference from the Festival and notable CV material