Cultural Institute
The Cultural Institute has three main aims: increase pioneering research collaborations with creative sector partners, widen cultural engagement and participation and build the skills of our students.
We thrive on ideas from the creative and cultural sector and nurture partnership between arts professionals, researchers and students from all disciplines.
We are strengthening our position as a global centre of research and teaching excellence in culture, building sustainable partnerships in a city, region and nation rich in artistic innovation and cultural aspiration.
What we do
Research
Pioneering research with our partners
Cultural engagement
Widening cultural engagement and participation
Working with students
Building opportunities and skills
Our partnerships
Creative collaboration
News
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Smeaton300: Civil engineer’s legacy inspires creative programme
Learn how we're celebrating the 300th anniversary of civil engineer John Smeaton’s birth with events led by arts organisation Foxglove and the School of Civil Engineering.
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WOW Park Project – Space to Bloom
How can we grow a sense of care and connection in Woodhouse Moor Park? Find out how we're exploring ways to make it feel safer and more welcoming.
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Artwork and lighting proposed for park to make it feel safer for women
Creative lighting and public art are to be designed by community groups for Woodhouse Moor in Leeds to try to make the space more welcoming for women.
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LEEDS 2023 partnership creates a universe of opportunities
Find out how the University of Leeds’ collaboration with LEEDS 2023 has established valuable participatory approaches in research, student education and outreach work.
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Funding awarded by Arts Council England to PLAY creative education scheme
£788,000 award will fund a series of ambitious children’s and young people’s projects, as part of the LEEDS 2023 cultural celebrations.
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Graduate art prize winner announced
BA Fine Art student Astrid Butt has been awarded the 2022 Friends of University Art and Music Graduate prize.