Deans and Directors of Creative Arts
The DDCA together with DASSH (Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) made a submission to the National Cultural Policy review of Revive. Our submission recognised the important architecture of the existing 5 pillars that work to support First Nations First; A Place for Every Story; Centrality of the
The DDCA has made a submission to the Inquiry: Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025. Read the submission
The DDCA has submitted a formal response to the ARC’s recent call for feedback on the proposed ‘research insights capability’ approach. This response represents the views and experiences of the DDCA Board, in particular considering the position of creative practice research in Australia. In addition to our response to the
Following the June 13, 2025 DDCA National Online Forum: New designs on research evaluation, we have created a dedicated and evolving space to continue this conversation toward making a set of recommendations regarding evaluation of creative practice research. We welcome you to the conversation. Email editor@ddca.edu.au Read more
New designs on research evaluation The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA) invites you to this 2025 National Online Forum to collaboratively design a new National Evaluation Framework for creative practice research. This 90-minute Forum builds on the work achieved at last year’s event (see Creative Matters Edition
The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA), Australia’s peak body for tertiary creative arts education and research, congratulates the Australian Research Council for the responsive changes proposed to the National Competitive Grants Program (Discussion Paper, February 2025). The implications of the changes for researchers in the
The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA), Australia’s peak body for tertiary creative arts education and research, urges Creative Australia to reconsider its decision to rescind the presentation of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino’s work in the 2026 Venice Biennale Australian pavilion. This decision to override
Colleagues from a number of Australian Universities are proposing a fully-fledged national research association for those researching in the field of cultural policy in Australia. There is a need to reassemble research from across the disciplines of media and cultural studies, arts management, cultural and creative industries, digital humanities, artificial