Dr Heidi Ashton on creative industries education in the age of AI

Dr Heidi Ashton talks with Robert O'Toole about the importance and the future of creative industries education in the age of AI. In the FAB we bring together three essential ingredients: curiosity, criticality and creativity. This helps us and our students to succeed in an increasingly challenging and disrupted world. Heidi helps us to stay optimistic and to be positively creative. Heidi is Associate Professor in Cultural and Creative Ecologies and is a global research fellow at the curative industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). She joined the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies in 2019 having previously taught at the Centre for Labour Market Studies and the School of Management at the University of Leicester. She is a creative industries scholar with extensive experience in the creative industries having worked as a freelance dancer, choreographer and producer in a variety of settings including film, television, theatre and live events around the world. Her research was recently featured in The Observer and The Guardian and cited in the House of Lords. Other research includes freelance workers' access to social security in the UK.