Research centre for arts and wellbeing

The Arts for the Blues research project is led by Professor Vicky Karkou, Director of the newly established Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, at Edge Hill University. The purpose of the centre is to engage with impactful interdisciplinary research on the contribution of the arts towards the wellbeing of people across the life span, their communities and environments that is participatory, ethical and of direct value.

The Centre has developed from the Arts and Wellbeing Research Group that has been active as an informal research group for over four years and have engaged in several interdisciplinary research activities in the form of research projects, publications, events and master classes. A launch event for the centre will be taking place Summer 2020, more details to come soon.

Edge Hill University is based on an attractive, award-winning 160-acre campus in Lancashire, close to Liverpool and Manchester. The institution has been providing higher education since 1885, with a mission to create opportunity from knowledge.

The institution’s significant success in achieving its mission is recognised by a range of awards and high rankings for teaching, student experience, accommodation and more. Edge Hill is ranked as Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the government’s evaluation of excellence in teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes. The University is also one of the select few to have held the coveted UK University of the Year title, awarded by Times Higher Education (2014/15)

Click here to visit the Centre’s website and see other projects that explore the contribution of the arts and arts therapies to health and wellbeing https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/rcaw/


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