December 2008

Challenging the Stereotypes - Working in Heritage - Anne Morgan

Have you ever considered a career in the heritage sector? Archivist Anne Morgan challenges preconceptions about careers in the heritage sector, explains the joys of working with personal correspondence and shares her favourite jokes about archivists.

Hannah Prothero, Exhibitions and Arts Marketing Freelancer

Many creative graduates, especially those with non-vocational degrees, find that they have broad areas of interest in which to pursue potential careers. If you are prepared to be proactive, there’s no need to limit yourself to one avenue of creativity.

Launching a Luxury Fashion label

Striking and sophisticated with a slightly gothic edge, Hannah Marshall is a great advertisement for 'going it alone' in the fashion industry.

Freedom Making Furniture - Interview with Lucy Turner

Transition Tradition speaks to self-employed furniture designer Lucy Turner to get the lowdown on what it’s really like to run your own creative business.

In Conversation with Author and Lecturer Paul MacDonald

Not many academics can saddle a horse, let alone make said saddle. But then Paul McDonald has followed a refreshingly different path into academia.

The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets

The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets is a landmark collection not only because it catalogues the achievement of Indian poets over the twentieth-century,

About the Creative Career Resource Directory

Tips on how to get the most out of the Transition Tradition Creative Career Resource Directory...

1) Pick a Sector - pick from one of the tabbed areas (which run across the page) and find all the latest resources and links for that sector.

Contemporary Writers

A searchable database run by the British Council, containing up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs.

CMU - College Music Update

CMU – or the College Music Update – was founded in 1998 to provide a link between the grass roots of the music world (especially the college music scene) and the mainstream music industry and music media.

CIDA - Cultural Industries Development Agency

The Cultural Industries Development Agency (CIDA) is the leading creative and cultural industries support agency in East London.