3. Supporting creative thinking Digital
Newcastle University will establish a new £30m smart data institute to unleash the potential offered by big data. The new National Ivnstitute for Smart Data Innovation (NISDI) will bring together industry, the public sector and world-leading academics to develop the skills, ideas and resources needed to exploit the opportunities offered by the explosion in digital data. Led by industry and benefiting from Newcastle University’s internationally- renowned research in computing science, NISDI will enable businesses to extract value from smart data and increase competitiveness. Based in a new building on the Science Central site in Newcastle, NISDI will focus on realising the potential of big data to address specific challenges in areas including health, automotive and manufacturing.
An innovation centre based in Liverpool has been awarded a £3.5m grant to explore the opportunities afforded by 5G technology in health and social care. Sensor City, a research community that supports and funds the development of sensor technology, will lead a consortium of healthcare providers, researchers and businesses to look at how fifth generation mobile technology can improve patient care.
Manchester is working to become one of the world’s top 20 digital cities by 2020. The city is already developing a fast growing and successful media, technology and creative ecosystem through developments such as The Sharp Project, The Space Project, The Landing and MediaCity UK.
The annual Leeds Digital Festival started in 2016 and has become the north’s largest digital festival running over two weeks with 150 events and 15,000 attendees. Leeds digital GVA is £690m and growing rapidly.
Sheffield is creating a Digital Campus in the city centre with a £110m development. The eCampus will be one of the most advanced business sites in Europe and will help to establish Sheffield as a centre for IT related and knowledge based industries in the UK and
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Newcastle is hosting the Great Exhibition of the North in June - September 2018 with funding from the Government of £5m towards the exhibition and a further £15m for a legacy fund to attract further cultural investment in the Northern Powerhouse. The event includes live performances, displays of innovation, new artworks and amazing exhibits.
Liverpool 2018: Ten Years in the Making is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Liverpool’s reign as European Capital of Culture with a year of events including the unveiling of the terracotta warriors, the Bordeaux Wine Festival, the Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta and the finale of the Clipper Around the World Yacht Race.
Manchester is creating The Factory, a £110m development that will create a permanent new home for the biennial Manchester International Festival as well as being a commissioning venue creating original theatre, TV, film, dance, technology, media and science works of its own and in partnership with leading national and international organisations.
Leeds is home to internationally renowned galleries such as the Henry Moore Institute and the Leeds Art Gallery while also being in the heart of the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle and home to many new independent galleries such as the Leeds Gallery, White Wine Cloth Gallery, Mexico and The Tetley, a centre for contemporary art and learning located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley Brewery in central Leeds.
In Sheffield work is underway on the redevelopment of part of the Park Hill complex into a £21m creative hub which will include Sheffield’s largest art gallery. The facility will also include a flagship venue for the arts, culture and heritage. The 13 storey structure will have live-work flats and studios for artists, a research institute, an archive, shop, café and a permanent home for S1 Artspace, a not-for-profit artist led organisation based in Sheffield.
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