News
News and updates from the XR Stories team.
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UK Government publishes Industrial Strategy and Creative Industries Sector Plan
The plan presents an ambition to prioritise business investment and identifies the Creative Industries as one of eight high-growth sectors.
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Engaging with and influencing policy in the Creative Industries: Post-event write-up
The event brought together University of York colleagues with a shared interest in policy engagement within the Creative Industries.
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XR Stories awarded Mayor’s skills innovation funding
XR Stories has been awarded funding to lead Extending XR, a two-year programme of work to deliver technology skills training...
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XR Spotlight – Glen Kelly
Glen Kelly provides an insight into life as Programme Manager at the CoSTAR Live Lab and what the network offers to creative practitioners.
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R&D funding roundup – April 2025
A roundup of recent funding opportunities for researchers, companies and creatives.
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New research into York’s creative spaces
The report presents information and insights from creative practitioners and local artists working in York's creative scene.
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R&D funding roundup – February 2025
A roundup of recent funding opportunities for researchers, companies and creatives.
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Defining the Creative Industries
We examine the cultural, societal, and economic significance of the creative industries and explore how to address some of the challenges they are facing.
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XR Stories launches R&D residences for University of York researchers and technicians
Residencies for University of York researchers and technicians working in extended reality technologies.
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XR Stories to advance the equitable design of research in the immersive sector
The project is one of 12 initiatives awarded funding through the Valuing Voices agile funding call.
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XR Spotlight – Fully Novel
The team behind Fully Novel share their experience as residents in the XR Stories immersive R&D lab.
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XR Stories launches creative business residency programme
The programme will enable creative businesses Yorkshire and the Humber to work on projects using extended reality (XR) technologies in a space outside of their usual environment.
