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Screenwriting Research Network Conference + Sightlines Festival: University of South Australia, 17th – 20th September

Screenwriting Research Network Conference + Sightlines Festival: University of South Australia, 17th – 20th September

by Kim Munro

Taking the theme of ‘hyphen’, the combined Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) conference and the Sightlines: Filmmaking in the Academy festival aimed to highlight the many hyphenated identities that we occupy as creative researchers in the academy. 

26-09-2025

Creative Practice Colloquium: Putting the “me” in Academy (5-6 June, 2025)

By Rich Matthews and Jemma Saunders (University of Birmingham)

A central question was posed during the keynote sessions for the University of Birmingham’s 2025 Creative Practice Colloquium, which took place on 5-6 June 2025: ‘When did we start apologising for bringing ourselves into our research?’

16-07-2025

Event Report: The Future of Practice Research Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University on 9th June 2025.

This is a report on the Future of Practice Research Symposium, which took place at Manchester Metropolitan University on 9th June 2025. Welcoming around 70 delegates from across the UK, the event was designed to act as national summit on issues for practice research in arts and humanities, across the Higher Education research sector.

 

28-06-2025

IJCMR CFP Special Issue: Extending Virtual Production

(SI Editors: Gregory Bennett, Chen Chen and Dafydd Sills-Jones, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand, supported by the AUT Centre for Virtual Creative Design - VCD)

This special edition aims to demonstrate the spectrum of production and research activity enabled by and conducted within Virtual Production (VP) production facilities IN PRACTICE, through IJCMR’s unique blend of practice-led research, research-led practice, and practice-oriented research.

07-04-2025