Simon McKerrell
@simon-mckerrell.bsky.social
music, media, creative economy, rural, woodworking, banjo, bagpipes, HE.
Research here: www.simonmckerrell.com
Album here: https://simonmckerrell.bandcamp.com/follow_me
Research here: www.simonmckerrell.com
Album here: https://simonmckerrell.bandcamp.com/follow_me
Lots of potential here for collaborative research--the place-based element is particularly encouraging alongside the international dimensions to the new Creative Industries strategy: UKRI R&D strategy for the creative and cultural economy www.ukri.org/publications...
UKRI R&D strategy for the creative and cultural economy
Our research and development (R&D) strategy for the creative and cultural economy will ensure that growth in the creative industries sector is driven, accelerated and sustained by research,…
www.ukri.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Lots of potential here for collaborative research--the place-based element is particularly encouraging alongside the international dimensions to the new Creative Industries strategy: UKRI R&D strategy for the creative and cultural economy www.ukri.org/publications...
Regions set to benefit from new creative industries funding www.gov.uk/government/n...
Regions set to benefit from new creative industries funding
Minister Murray encourages regions to bid for funding in next wave of the Creative Clusters programme, which has boosted Liverpool’s music innovation sector
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Regions set to benefit from new creative industries funding www.gov.uk/government/n...
Culture Matters Here: Cultivating creative place-based innovation in non-urban communities – In-Situ insituculture.eu/culture-matt...
Culture Matters Here: Cultivating creative place-based innovation in non-urban communities – In-Situ
The IN SITU Final Conference, “Culture Matters Here. Cultivating Creative Place-based Innovation in Non-urban Communities,” will take place in Valmiera, Latvia, from 11-13 May 2026. Organised within…
insituculture.eu
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Culture Matters Here: Cultivating creative place-based innovation in non-urban communities – In-Situ insituculture.eu/culture-matt...
Universities as infrastructures of support: making the Solent Film Office happen - HEPI www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/11/u...
Universities as infrastructures of support: making the Solent Film Office happen - HEPI
UK universities are under mounting financial pressure. Join HEPI and King’s College London Policy Institute today at 1pm for a webinar on how universities balance relatively stable but underfunded…
www.hepi.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Universities as infrastructures of support: making the Solent Film Office happen - HEPI www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/11/u...
Rural futures symposium sparks collaborations – Business School News businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/29/r...
Rural futures symposium sparks collaborations – Business School News
A hybrid symposium at the University of St Andrews Business School on 28 October brought together academics, emerging researchers and practitioners to examine how place shapes creativity, education…
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October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Rural futures symposium sparks collaborations – Business School News businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/29/r...
CFP: Music and Media in colonization and empire, Paris, 16-17 April 2026 musicol.ucsd.edu/wp6b/
MusiCol
The Sound of Empire
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October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
CFP: Music and Media in colonization and empire, Paris, 16-17 April 2026 musicol.ucsd.edu/wp6b/
Treasure trove of compositions by Ayrshire trad music 'legend' donated www.ayradvertiser.com/news/2556272...
Treasure trove of compositions by Ayrshire trad music 'legend' donated
A remarkable compilation of compositions by a renowned Ayrshire musician and composer is being gifted to people all over the world.
www.ayradvertiser.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Treasure trove of compositions by Ayrshire trad music 'legend' donated www.ayradvertiser.com/news/2556272...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision | British Library events.bl.uk/events/docto...
Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision | British Library
Our Doctoral Open Days are designed for current and prospective PhD students interested in working with our collections during their studies, but are open
events.bl.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision | British Library events.bl.uk/events/docto...
Officer for journalist safety now in every UK police force to promote media freedom www.gov.uk/government/n...
Officer for journalist safety now in every UK police force to promote media freedom
Journalists now have a dedicated point of contact in every police force in the UK to get support when faced with abuse and threats of violence
www.gov.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Officer for journalist safety now in every UK police force to promote media freedom www.gov.uk/government/n...
The new (old) Higher Music simonmckerrell.com/2025/09/26/t...
The new (old) Higher Music
(Image source: Music Lesson (1975) [available CC licence: Without any fanfare, the Scottish Qualifications Authority have just published the updated documentation and guidance for Higher music in S…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The new (old) Higher Music simonmckerrell.com/2025/09/26/t...
European Rural Parliament 2025 - Rural Community Solutions to Global Challenges - Scottish Rural Network www.ruralnetwork.scot/blogs/europe...
European Rural Parliament 2025 - Rural Community Solutions to Global Challenges - Scottish Rural Network
This October 20-23, over 400 rural delegates from across Europe will gather in the…
www.ruralnetwork.scot
September 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
European Rural Parliament 2025 - Rural Community Solutions to Global Challenges - Scottish Rural Network www.ruralnetwork.scot/blogs/europe...
Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs Conference 2025 www.efdss.org/whats-on/61-...
Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs Conference 2025
A two-day conference bringing together researchers working on ‘traditional’ and ‘popular’ tunes as transmitted and transformed in all manner of musical styles and genres, performance contexts, levels…
www.efdss.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs Conference 2025 www.efdss.org/whats-on/61-...
HAPPY EUROPEAN FOLK DAY!
See the map - see what's happening here:
www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
This is the third annual European Folk Day
- always on the autumn Equinox of 23 September. Events Archive - European Folk Day - September the 23rd www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
See the map - see what's happening here:
www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
This is the third annual European Folk Day
- always on the autumn Equinox of 23 September. Events Archive - European Folk Day - September the 23rd www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
Events Archive - European Folk Day - September the 23rd
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www.europeanfolkday.eu
September 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
HAPPY EUROPEAN FOLK DAY!
See the map - see what's happening here:
www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
This is the third annual European Folk Day
- always on the autumn Equinox of 23 September. Events Archive - European Folk Day - September the 23rd www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
See the map - see what's happening here:
www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
This is the third annual European Folk Day
- always on the autumn Equinox of 23 September. Events Archive - European Folk Day - September the 23rd www.europeanfolkday.eu/events/
Reposted by Simon McKerrell
A moment of reckoning for UK higher education and research.
Weakening business investment, growing skills needs and university crisis demand system-wide action, says Rosalind Gill.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Weakening business investment, growing skills needs and university crisis demand system-wide action, says Rosalind Gill.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
A moment of reckoning for UK higher education and research - Research Professional News
Weakening business investment, growing skills needs and university crisis demand system-wide action, says Rosalind Gill
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A moment of reckoning for UK higher education and research.
Weakening business investment, growing skills needs and university crisis demand system-wide action, says Rosalind Gill.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Weakening business investment, growing skills needs and university crisis demand system-wide action, says Rosalind Gill.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
New book alert (finally! after much procrastination): McKerrell, S. (2026) Beyond the state: music making in the rural creative economy, Scottish Universities Press. www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
Forthcoming books — Scottish Universities Press
Nyree Finlay
www.sup.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
New book alert (finally! after much procrastination): McKerrell, S. (2026) Beyond the state: music making in the rural creative economy, Scottish Universities Press. www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
V interesting article here suggesting Housing costs could be core to more sustainable incomes for artists/performers: #WeAreViable, aren’t we? Music careers, state support, and the political feasibility of a Basic Income for the Arts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
V interesting article here suggesting Housing costs could be core to more sustainable incomes for artists/performers: #WeAreViable, aren’t we? Music careers, state support, and the political feasibility of a Basic Income for the Arts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas www.ft.com/content/f77b...
The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas
Across the continent, remote villages are fading amid declining births and residents departing for greater opportunity in urban centres
www.ft.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas www.ft.com/content/f77b...
EU people turn to internet for cultural purposes ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
EU people turn to internet for cultural purposes
In 2024, people in the EU widely used the internet for cultural purposes. The most common activity was watching TV or videos online, reported by 79% of internet users. This was followed by reading…
ec.europa.eu
July 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
EU people turn to internet for cultural purposes ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
Creative Industries Sector Plan www.gov.uk/government/p...
Creative Industries Sector Plan
This Plan will ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for investment in creativity and innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035.
www.gov.uk
June 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Creative Industries Sector Plan www.gov.uk/government/p...
"...demand-side contribution towers over the supply side by roughly ten to one." artsanalytics.org/provocations/
Provocations: The Case for Demand-Driven Arts Policy
By Joanna Woronkowicz and Doug Noonan Why does the arts sector, in policy and practice, keep looking at itself from the stage rather than from the seats? Since Baumol and Bowen diagnosed the “cost…
artsanalytics.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"...demand-side contribution towers over the supply side by roughly ten to one." artsanalytics.org/provocations/
Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub - Music Business Worldwide www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uae-grants-m...
Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub - Music Business Worldwide
Development described as “a pivotal moment” for the UAE and Music Nation…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub - Music Business Worldwide www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uae-grants-m...
Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub - Music Business Worldwide www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uae-grants-m...
Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub - Music Business Worldwide
Development described as “a pivotal moment” for the UAE and Music Nation…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub - Music Business Worldwide www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uae-grants-m...
PLEASE SHARE: Important survey here on micro-enterprises in Creative sector to gather key data: Creative Business Panel Wave 1 Scripting horizons.confirmit.eu/wix/p2099146...
[OPEN LINK] C111002849 Creative Business Panel Wave 1 Scripting
horizons.confirmit.eu
June 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
PLEASE SHARE: Important survey here on micro-enterprises in Creative sector to gather key data: Creative Business Panel Wave 1 Scripting horizons.confirmit.eu/wix/p2099146...
Taylor Swift buys back her master recordings
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Taylor Swift buys back the rights to her master recordings
The singer announces that she owns the masters to her first six albums, for the first time ever.
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May 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Taylor Swift buys back her master recordings
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