“创意曼城”是曼彻斯特大学正在投资330万英镑的一个新项目。此项目将有助于支持大学在艺术, 文化和创意产业上的雄心壮志, 实现大学在以上领域中本地, 国家和国际层面上的战略远景。

The University is investing £3.3m in a new project, Creative Manchester, which will help to support its ambitious strategic vision in the arts, cultural and creative industries locally, nationally and internationally.

创意产业部门是英国增长最快的行业之一, 占英国经济的5% 以上, 并贡献200万的雇佣人次。“创意曼城”的建立基于英国政府在最近的工业战略白皮书中作出的承诺, 提供机会用于开发令人振奋的新课程, 如“遗产研究”, 这将吸引具有最聪明才能的最优秀的学生来到曼城。

The creative industry sector is one of the fastest growing in the UK, which accounts for over 5% of the UK’s economy and employs 2 million people. Creative Manchester builds on commitments made by the Government in the recent Industrial Strategy White Paper by providing an opportunity to develop exciting new courses such as Heritage Studies, which will attract the very best students with the brightest talent to the city.

此项目补充了大学目前为本科生和研究生提供的围绕创意产业开展的丰富课程选择, 包括美术馆和博物馆研究、艺术管理、创意写作、戏剧、音乐、电影研究和编剧。

This complements the wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and programmes available at the University centred on the creative industries, including Art Gallery and Museum Studies, Arts Management, Creative Writing, Drama, Music, Film Studies and Screenwriting.

此项目还将创立一些新的创意和文化学术职位, 这些学术补充将支持新课程和大学雄心勃勃的研究议程。该项目的一个主要特点还包括发展合作伙伴关系, 以支持创意部门的成长。

Several new creative and cultural academic posts will also be created, which will support the new courses and the University’s ambitious research agenda. A key feature of the project will also be to develop collaborative partnerships to support growth in the creative sector.

曼彻斯特大学在此领域的投资历史久远, 并主办了一系列文化研究所, 包括：Whitworth and Manchester博物馆、John Rylands研究所、新写作中心、文化实践研究所、多语种曼彻斯特和数字人文科学 (汇集来自大学各方的数字专家)。曼彻斯特大学也是曼彻斯特最近成功申办成为联合国教科文组织“文学城”的主力军。

The University has a strong history of investment in this area, and hosts an array of cultural institutes including the Whitworth and Manchester Museum, the John Rylands Research Institute, the Centre for New Writing, the Institute for Cultural Practices, Multilingual Manchester and Digital Humanities (bringing together digital experts from across the University). It also led the successful recent bid for Manchester to become a UNESCO City of Literature.

“我们很高兴获得这笔拨款, 这是对大学在创意及文化界作出贡献的重要认可, 我们将有机会聘请更多的学术人员, 开办新的课程, 并加强我们的设施, ”曼彻斯特大学艺术语言文化学院院长 Alessandro Schiesaro教授说。“我们对与商业和文化组织建立更多的伙伴关系和合作感到非常兴奋, 将培养未来的一代代投身在不断成长发展的创意产业中。”

“We are delighted to receive this funding - it is a huge recognition of the importance of the University’s contribution to the creative and cultural sector, and will enable us to recruit additional academic staff, host brand new courses and enhance our facilities,” said Professor Alessandro Schiesaro, Head of the University’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures. “We are extremely excited about developing more partnerships and collaborations with business and cultural organisations, and to cultivating future generations to work in the ever-growing creative industries.”

此次投资是一个大型项目中的一部分。这个大型项目投资超过3100万英镑的大学捐赠资金, 用于为学生, 教职工和广大公众带来真正益处的一系列举措上。在与慈善委员会磋商后, 我们一直在进行各项工作, 以最大程度地提高我们使用捐赠基金的效益和效率, 并使监事会更容易看到这笔钱是如何花掉的。

The investment is part of a wider project to invest over £31m of University endowment funding in a range of initiatives which will deliver real benefits to students, staff and the wider public. In consultation with the Charity Commission, work has been ongoing to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of our endowments, and to make it easier for the Board of Governors to see how this money was being spent.