Arts and Humanities Sector
The Arts and Humanities sector encompasses a broad range of disciplines concerned with human culture, creativity, and intellectual traditions. It includes areas such as literature, history, philosophy, languages, classics, theology, music, drama, art, and design. The sector is characterised by critical analysis, historical interpretation, theoretical exploration, and creative practice, addressing questions of meaning, aesthetics, ethics, and human experience through textual, visual, and material forms.
A defining feature of the Arts and Humanities sector is its embrace of creative output, of which Wales has particular strengths, supported by a rich cultural heritage and a vibrant creative economy. It is internationally recognised as a hub for television and film production, home to world-class facilities such as Wolf Studios Wales and Dragon Studios, and a highly skilled workforce. Wales has served as the production base for major television series including Welcome to Wrexham, His Dark Materials, Doctor Who, and House of the Dragon - Series 2, as well as feature films like, James Bond - Quantum of Solice, Havoc and Dream Horse.
In addition to screen industries, Wales hosts a growing digital and design cluster, with innovation spanning animation, software development, and interactive media. Leading Welsh creative companies such as Bad Wolf, Tiny Rebel Games, Boom Cymru, and Real SFX are recognised for their excellence across broadcast, gaming, and special effects. The architecture and design sectors are also thriving, contributing to both domestic projects and international commissions.
The Welsh Government, through initiatives such as Creative Wales, provides targeted support for the sector—encouraging international collaboration, trade development, and workforce training.
Collaboration between industry, academia and the Welsh Government work together to make things happen. We have the right business support and the agility to make decisions quickly. Here are just some of the sector strengths across our academia and business.
The Wales Arts and Humanities Alliance, Clwstwr and GW4–Museums Cymru partnership. is a collaborative, multi-partner, and internationally engaged, enhancing Wales’s impact in the Arts & Humanities sector.
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the National Conservatoire of Wales, and part of the University of South Wales Group, competes alongside an international peer group of conservatoires and specialist arts colleges for the best students globally, enabling students to enter and influence the world of music, theatre and related professions, with alumni including the Oscar-winning Sir Anthony Hopkins, Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon, and Fellows including Bryn Terfel and Dame Shirley Bassey.
The College educates some of the most talented students from around the world, aiming to give them not just the technical and craft skills they’ll need to succeed at the top levels of the profession, but also to help them to develop their individual artistic ‘voice.’The College’s events calendar encompasses over 300 public performances every year including orchestral concerts, recitals, drama, opera and musical theatre. The creative diversity of the college ensures a stimulating environment and broad experience for students of all disciplines.
- Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies. Aberystwyth University
- School of Arts, Culture and Language, Bangor University
- Research Centre Wales, Bangor University
- Centre for Applied Research in Inclusive Arts & Design (CARIAD), Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University
- School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University
- Cardiff Centre for Asian Studies (CCAS), Cardiff University
- Wales Governance Centre, Centre for Digital Humanities & Cultures Research, Cardiff University
- Medical Humanities Research Centre, Swansea University
- The Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids
- Applied Linguistics, University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids
- Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC), University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids
- Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
- Creative Industries Research Unit, University of South Wales
- Game Production and Distribution Technology, Wrexham University
- International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, North Wales
- Truth Department, Cardiff
- Esports Wales
- Bafoon Media
- Games Talent Wales
- Welsh Fitness Expo and WS Marketing
- Bad Wolf Film Studios
- Tiny Rebel Games
- Boom Cymru
- Real SFX
Wales Conference Ambassadors in the Arts and Humanities Sector
- Professor Nathan Abrams, Professor of Film, Bangor University
- Professor Andrew Hiscock, Early Modern Literature, Bangor University
- Dr Joseph Lambert, Translation Studies, Cardiff University
- Professor Michael Brown, Creative Industries, University of South Wales
- Dr Jessica J Clapham, Applied Linguistics, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- Richard Hebblewhite, Computing, Wrexham University
- Adam Amor, Bafoon Media, South Wales
- Dewi Gregory, Film Producer, Truth Department
- Mr Alfredo Cramerotti, Contemporary Art, North Wales
- John Jackson, Esports Wales
- Wesley Skene, Welsh Fitness Expo and WS Marketing, South Wales
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