A North East academic has been chosen to lead a £1.5m project that will explore how culture can address regional inequality and help level up the UK.
Professor Katy Shaw of Northumbria University is a leading authority in fostering cultural partnerships across the North.
She is currently researcher in residence on the Michael Sheen, Daily Mirror, New Statesman and Joseph Rowntree project, A Writing Chance, which aims to enhance routes into writing for working class writers.