Innovate 1: Arts Leadership and Fundraising

Interdisciplinary Practice (IXP) Credit Rated Short Course

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Overview

Interested in making work happen? Arts Leadership & Fundraising will give you the skills and confidence to bring projects to life; to find your leadership style and to be assured in navigating the complexities of fundraising and finance.

This weeklong course will be open to applicants both in Scotland and internationally. Arts Leadership and Fundraising is designed to examine leadership theory in practice through the arts. The content will focus on current arts practice in leadership and management theory; administration; budgeting; writing funding applications; and business planning.

By the end of this course, you will have learned to:

Utilise and apply a range of principal professional skills, techniques, and practices of the topic of study in a prescribed presentation of practice;
Synthesise an interrelation between the principal professional skills, techniques, and practices of the topic of study and your professional development.

Innovate Modules

Through this module you will engage with a specific topic related to artistic leadership and professional or business development. The teaching of this module is designed to be delivered through a week-long set of workshops (15 – 20 contact hours). After the workshops, you will continue to study key practices, concepts and knowledges of the topic of study by applying them to your own professional development through a form appropriate for the topic being studied. The form of this Presentation of Practice assessment will be communicated to you at the start of the module.

Interdisciplinary and Extended Practice (IXP) courses are offered to students across our degree programmes to encourage the exploration of other disciplines. We are pleased to offer limited places to external applicants who wish to grow their learning alongside like-minded individuals and students of the Conservatoire.

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The important details

Age:
18+

Cost:
£275

Date:
7 - 11 December 2026

Time:
Monday - Thursday, 9:30am - 1:30pm; Friday, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Venue:
RCS, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB

Arts Leadership and Fundraising is a course designed to examine leadership theory in practice through the arts. The content will focus on current arts practice:

Leadership theory and practice
Management theory
Administration
Budgeting
Writing funding applications
Business planning

Assessment 1: Presentation of Practice – Pass/Fail
Presentation of Practice to be determined in line with the topic of study.

Assessment 2: Reflective Statement – Pass/Fail
You are required to provide a 500-word or 3.5-minute critical reflection in
respect of your professional development and the impact studying this
topic has had on your ongoing progress in written or audio visual form.

This course is open access for adults aged 18+.

This course is for you if:

you are interested in business skills
you have a good idea but don’t know how to make it a reality
have undertaken a pilot project but want to scale up
you are looking to explore creative entrepreneurship
you are interested in people, society and policy
you like conceptual thinking or detailed project management style thinking

Credit-rated short courses are designed in accordance with the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

This course is credit-rated at SCQF Level 8, 10 credits.

By studying a credit-rated short course, students can benchmark their learning against national standards, and credits may be used towards further education programmes at many institutions throughout the world.

By studying a credit-rated course, you will need to be matriculated to RCS*, we require some additional information from credit-rated students for this reason. Please read through the section below thoroughly before you submit. If you have any questions about what is required, please email credit-rated@rcs.ac.uk and we can help you.

* Please note although Credit-Rated Short Courses students require matriculation to get their accreditation, you will not be a full time matriculated student of RCS. Credit-Rated Short Courses do not qualify for student visas due to the short term nature of the course. You will also not qualify for a student email address or student card.

Please read the following eligible evidence dependant on your nationality and immigration status:

Scottish/Welsh/English/Northern Irish (Please provide one of the following)

Passport
UK Driving Licence
Other Photo ID

Irish (Please provide all of the following)

Passport

Europeans with Settled or Pre-Settled Status (Please provide all of the following)

Passport
Online Immigration Status (via Sharecode)

Europeans (post-Brexit) (Please provide all of the following)

Passport
Proof of Entry to the UK
Online Immigration Status (via Sharecode)

Non-Europeans who can use the e-gates (Nationals of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore and Japan) (Please provide all of the following)

Passport
Proof of Entry to the UK
Vignette
Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)

Online Credit Rated courses:

if studying an online credit-rated course from your own country (outside of UK) you are only required to submit your passport.
if studying an online credit-rated course within the UK, but do not hold a UK passport, please follow the guidance from above.

The Credit Rated or Admissions team may require further information or proof from individuals, and may be in contact with you to provide further evidence.

Providing a ShareCode
If you are providing a ShareCode as part of your evidence please visit https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status and follow the instructions to access your code, and provide it in the Experience section of the Booking Form.

Plan and prepare to attend all classes.
Dress comfortably in clothes which are suitable for the activity you are taking part in.
Bring a notepad and pen/pencil in case you wish to make notes.
Please bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated during your class

Any course specific preparation will be sent to successful applicants ahead of the course start date.

We want to ensure as many children, young people and adult learners as possible can access the performing and production arts education that is offered through Short Courses at RCS.

You can find more information about these funds on our Financial Support page.

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