Organisations and institutions
Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC)
CRESC's mission is to understand how socio-cultural processes relate to our awareness and experience of technological innovation, economic instability and social inequality. It work on contemporary social and cultural change in finance, the media, cities, engineering, participation and inequality. Our work is empirical, theoretical, interdisciplinary, methodological, and historical.
Category: Academic Institution Parent Organisation: University of ManchesterEvaluations as related organisation (2)
The Academy: a report on outcomes for participants
An evaluation of the two-year experimental phase of Dance United’s Academy project, this report showed that the Academy’s dance-led education programme delivered measurable increases in their capacity to learn and imparted a range of so-called ‘soft’ skills, which can, in turn, be linked to very favourable ‘hard’ outcomes in criminal ... read on →
The Arts in Criminal Justice: a Study of Research Feasibility
A feasibility study examining the practical, logistical and methodological issues involved in carrying out effective research on the impact of arts interventions in criminal justice settings. Rather than producing evidence of project outcomes, this study addresses the issue of what constitutes good quality research and evidence in this context and, ... read on →
