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The School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) brings together three ÂÒÂ×Ðã faculties: ÂÒÂ×Ðã Social & Historical Sciences, ÂÒÂ×Ðã Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and IOE, ÂÒÂ×Ðã’s Faculty of Education and Society, linking teaching and research across arts, humanities, and social sciences with industry and community partners. We are fosteringÌýnew, interdisciplinary research partnerships and new forms of innovative engagement with industry and communities, with the aim of supporting the next generation of thinkers and practitioners to work in the creative and cultural sectors.Ìý

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With a series of innovative new spaces for teaching and research at ÂÒÂ×Ðã East, the School for the Creative and Cultural IndustriesÌýsupports a range of exciting new practice-based degrees in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

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Our new facilities in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park enables cutting-edge research, learning and public engagement focused on art, technology, culture, media, technology, history and heritage, forging links between academics, local communities, and creative and cultural practitioners.

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Our programmes support and develop the next generation of critically engaged practitioners and scholars to work in academia, across the cultural and creative sectors, and anywhere where creative and critical thinking are valued."Ìý

– Professor Haidy Geismar, Director of the School for Creative and Cultural Industries

Meet the SCCI team

Space to explore, learn and create

Our cutting-edge facilities at ÂÒÂ×Ðã’s newest campus, ÂÒÂ×Ðã East, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park includes media production studios, art conservation labs, public exhibition and teaching spaces for curating collections and learning from objects, specialist archival and recording technology to support oral history projects, and new forms of digital archiving,Ìýas well as a 160-seater surround-sound cinema with Digital Cinematic Projection. These spaces offer new forms of engagement with creative, industry and community partners.

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ÂÒÂ×Ðã East

ÂÒÂ×Ðã East isÌýan exciting new, interdisciplinaryÌýcampus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford in east London. OpenedÌýin Autumn 2022, the site provides ÂÒÂ×Ðã with the extra teaching, learning and research space needed to find solutions to the biggest challenges facing people and the planet. Ìý

Students on different courses study together in accessible, state-of-the-art facilities with shared labs and workshop spaces open to all. The spacesÌýencourageÌýcollaboration across different disciplines, with hands on teaching and learning, bringing diverse talents and minds together to make an impact in the world.

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Degree programmes, short courses and events

The School for Creative and Cultural Industries connectsÌýundergraduate and postgraduate degrees and short courses from its faculties, facilitates interdisciplinary research, and curates community events focused on art and technology, creative practice, media and film, conservation, heritage and public history, and creative entrepreneurship. We engage and collaborate with community partners, creative practitioners, and organisations across the creative and cultural sectors.Ìý

ÂÒÂ×Ðã has made a foundational commitment to widen participation in our degree programmes and extend our skills and expertise to become a community resource for individuals and organisations locally. The School is committedÌýto enhancing accessibilityÌýand inclusion across all of our programmes, working to increase cultural representation and diversity across the field.

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Making academic excellence a community resource

At the heart of the School is a vision of ÂÒÂ×Ðã East as a site where research, learning, public engagement, and enterprise around issues of culture are interconnected, building links between academic disciplines and modes of enquiry and creativity that can be extended into many different forms of practice.