The recent change in funding structure in the UK higher education system has fuelled an animated debate about the role that arts and humanities (A<i>&</i>H) subjects play not only within higher education but more broadly in the society and the economy. The debate has engaged with a variety of arguments...

With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the ‘creative city’ became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...

In recent years, there has been a widespread interest in the economic development role played by ‘Bohemian’ occupations and the ‘creative class’. It is believed that creative people and occupations generate external effects which foster economic growth. However, the degree to which these...

In recent years, the role of human capital in economic development has been integrated with the concept of 'creative class'. To investigate the impact of creative occupations, the paper focuses on the jobs and career opportunities of individuals with high human capital in the creative...

Recent UK changes in the number of students entering higher education, and in the nature of financial support, highlight the complexity of students' choices about human capital investments. Today's students have to focus not on the relatively narrow issue of how much academic effort to invest,...

The Triple-Helix model of knowledge - industry - government relationships is one of the most comprehensive attempts to explain the changing institutional frameworks for innovation and growth, especially in the regional and urban contexts. Since the 1970s policies have been developed across...

This article engages with the current research and debate about the creative city and the importance of cultural infrastructure in contemporary cities. It argues that much of the focus has been around the investment of cities in specific regeneration projects or flagship developments rather than...