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Historic England – Knowing the Heritage Sector

Historic England recently commissioned The Audience Agency and our partners MyCake to start establishing the size of the sector using publicly available data sets.

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Cultural Participation Monitor Findings Spring 2022

New data shows that arts and cultural engagement has greatly increased, but some groups remain cautious about live events, whilst the cost-of-living crisis will impact attendance, and the preference for home working makes local events more popular.

'Culture in Crisis: Recommendations for Policy Makers' launched in Parliament

12 new policy recommendations, devised to support the creative and cultural sector recover and rebuild in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, presented to senior government and sector policy makers.

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DCMS publishes our roadmap for building a better UK cultural economy

The pandemic highlighted an urgent need for better data to describe the cultural sector – Now the government has published solutions identified by The Audience Agency and financial benchmarking specialists MyCake.

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Audience Spectrum Now Digs Deeper

As both patterns of engagement and cultural organisations’ needs are changing, Audience Spectrum is evolving to meet them.

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Audience Data PhD Study Opportunities Just Launched

The Audience Agency, in partnership with the University of Sheffield, is advertising two funded PhDs as part of the university's Centre for Doctoral Training on Data Analytics and Society.

Culture in Crisis Report Released

Centre for Cultural Value report shows crisis-hit UK cultural sector at a crossroads, as new research reveals profound impact of Covid-19 on workforce, audiences and organisations.

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A Bleak Midwinter?

The Audience Agency research shows that weaker panto sales threaten this festive season (and beyond) for theatres

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Helping ensure TaNC delivers what its users want

The Audience Agency and Culture24 commissioned to carry out user research for the Towards a National Collection programme

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10 action research projects selected through the Opening Archives open call

Each project will be awarded a grant, training and mentoring as they form the centrepiece of The Audience Agency’s Digitally Democratising Archives project thanks to funding from DCMS and the National Lottery, as part of The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s, Digital Skills for Heritage initiative.