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The Centre for Research into Education, Creativity and the Arts through Practice (RECAP) serves as a distinctive research hub dedicated to practice-based studies, with a particular emphasis on creativity, learning, and the arts within professional and educational settings.
Based within the University's School of Education, RECAP benefits from diverse collaborations that start within the institution—including partnerships with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities—and extend regionally through connections with Chester's Storyhouse Theatre and Liverpool's Tate Gallery. These local ties form the basis for RECAP's growing international network, complementing its strong regional presence.
The center's mission is to develop, organize, and facilitate diverse research approaches without imposing restrictions on methodology or format. As practice-based research inherently involves inquiry through practical application, this can take many forms—from creative disciplines like theater, film, visual arts, writing, dance, and music to educational practices such as teaching, mentoring, and leadership in arts education.