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      Dr Zuleika Beaven

      ROLE: Senior Lecturer in Arts Management
      DEPARTMENT: Performing Arts
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 6802
      EMAIL: Z.Beaven@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Zuleika Beaven joined Middlesex University Music Department in 2014, bringing more than two decades of experience in the creative industries. Previously, she was a senior lecturer in Arts Management at the Arts University Bournemouth, taught on the MA in Cultural Management at the University of Winchester and was a researcher in the Cultural Management Applied Research Group at the University of Greenwich. Her arts management experience ranges across a variety of artforms and both larger organisations such as the music venue Blackheath Halls and many years as a freelancer. This included events and projects with the Museum of London, Barbican, Common Ground and BBC Radio 4.

        Drawing on her research focus of work in the music business, Zuleika's PhD was a longitudinal study of musician start-ups. She also has an interest in the effects of technology on the industry and is carrying out a Research Council-funded case study of a Kickstarter-supported album recording and release.

        Zuleika teaches on the BA Music Business & Arts Management and MA Arts Management.

        Qualifications

        PhD on musician entrepreneurship. This was a real-time study with music graduates as they set up music-related ventures including bands and ensembles. The study design allowed a detailed examination of the complexity of the start-up process for musician-entrepreneurs and an observation of the increasingly synergetic relationship between creative and entrepreneurial identities.

        PGCHE and PCES Higher Education-specific teaching qualifications. Zuleika is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and trained as an adult dyslexia tutor at Southampton University.

        MA by Research in Creative Industries Management. Awarded for an extended study of work-orientation in the music business.

        BA (Hons) in Arts Management. Received from the University of Greenwich, where Zuleika studied as a mature student.


        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Teaching on the BA Music Business and Arts Management and MA Arts Management.

        Teaching interests

        • Arts Management
        • Music Business and Work in Music and the Arts
        • Live Music, Touring and Venue Management
        • Event Conceptualisation, Planning and Management
        • Music Entrepreneurship

        Module Leadership

        • MUS1071

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Selected Refereed Journal Articles

        • Beaven, Z. and Jerrard. R.N. (2012) 'Restorying the Musician as Entrepreneur' in Tamara Journal of Critical Organization Inquiry, Vol. 10, No. 2
        • Beaven, Z. and Laws, C. (2007) 'Service quality in arts events: operations management strategies for effective delivery' in Event Management: an International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4, New York: Cognizant
        • Beaven, Z and Wright, R. (2006). 'Experience! Experience! Experience! Employer Attitudes to Arts and Event Management Graduate Employability' in the International Journal of Event Management Research, Vol. 2, No. 1
        • Beaven, Z (2004) 'Employment & Work Orientation in the Cultural Sector' in Employment Relations Review, Volume 2, No.3, IERA

        Selected Conference Papers (Refereed)

        • Beaven, Z. (2012) 'Complex Entrepreneurial Journeys: "Pragmatic" and "Tactical" Nascent Musician-Entrepreneurs' paper presented at the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, 7-8th November 2012, Dublin, Ireland
        • Beaven, Z. (2009) 'This is how it's gonna be! Intender musician-entrepreneurs develop entrepreneurial identity' paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference, 15th – 17th September 2009, Brighton, UK
        • St. George, S. and Beaven, Z. (2007) 'Embedding Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum: Beyond Simulation'. Paper presented to the EFDM 37th Annual Enterprise, Innovation and Small Business Conference, 13th – 14th September 2007, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
        • Beaven, Z. and St. George, S. (2007) 'Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Higher Education Through Risk: embedding entrepreneurship in the curriculum' paper presented at the SEDA 2007 Spring Conference: Exploring Enhancement in Higher and Further Education, 10-11th May 2007, Glasgow
        • Beaven, Z. and Laws, C. (2006) 'World in My Eyes: an evaluation of Netnography as a methodology for audience studies' paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association 2006 Conference, 11-13th July 2006, Bristol
        • Beaven, Z. and Laws, C. (2005) 'Practice/Policy Dichotomies in the Successful Delivery of Arts Events: an operations management perspective' paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association 2005 Conference, 6-8th July 2005, Edinburgh
        • Beaven, Z and Wright, R (2005) 'Training Tomorrow's Arts and Event Managers: an exploration of employer attitudes to arts and event management degree programme content' paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association 2005 Conference: Beyond Economic Impacts, 6-8th July 2005, Edinburgh
        • Beaven Z. and Laws, C. (2005) 'Delivering Quality in Arts Events: an operations management perspective' paper presented at the 14th International Festival and Events Association Europe Conference, 3-5th March 2005, Amsterdam
        • Beaven, Z (2003) 'Work and Employment in the Cultural Sector', paper presented at the 11th International Employment Relations Association Conference, 8-11th July 2003, London

        Selected Book Chapters

        • Beaven, Z., St. George, S. and Wright, R (2009) 'Employability in the Cultural Events Sector: The Role of Specialist Degree Programmes' in People and Work in Events and Conventions: A Research Perspective, Wallingford: Cabi Publishing
        • Beaven, Z and Laws, C. (2008) ' "Never Let Me Down Again": An exploration of loyal customer responses to an integrated ticket/music purchase offer for the Depeche Mode 2005-06 World Tour' in Robertson, M. & Frew, E. Events and Festivals: Current Trends and Issues, Abingdon: Routledge
        • Laws, C. and Beaven, Z. (2006) 'Practice/policy dichotomies in the successful delivery of arts events: an operations management perspective'. In Fleming, S. and Jordan, F. Events and Festivals: Education, Impacts and Experiences, Brighton: LSA
        • Beaven, Z. and Laws, C (2003) 'Principles and Practice of Ticketing and Reservations Management' in Yeoman, I et al (eds) Festival and Events Management: An International Cultural and Arts Perspective, Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann

        Publication Feed

        Mute records: artists, business, history

        Beaven, Zuleika and O'Dair, Marcus and Osborne, Richard , eds. (2018) Mute records: artists, business, history. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781501340604 (Accepted/In press)

        An unusual job for a woman? Female entrepreneurs in scientific, engineering and technology sectors

        Martin, Lynn and Wright, Lucy and Beaven, Zuleika and Matlay, Harry (2015) An unusual job for a woman? Female entrepreneurs in scientific, engineering and technology sectors. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research., 21 (4). pp. 539-556. ISSN 1355-2554

        In for the long haul – models of sustained graduate support and education

        McNeill, Tamara and Khatun, Afia and Giddens, Claire and Beaven, Zuleika and Shorley, Jennie (2014) In for the long haul – models of sustained graduate support and education. Industry and Higher Education, 28 (6). pp. 417-425. ISSN 0950-4222

        Music on the blockchain

        O'Dair, Marcus and Beaven, Zuleika and Neilson, David and Osborne, Richard and Pacifico, Paul (2016) Music on the blockchain. Working Paper. Middlesex University.

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Research Councils UK New Economic Models in the Digital Economy (NEMODE) case study on a Kickstarter-supported album release, exploring critical issues for musicians of crowdfunding independent releases

        TQEH (2007) Project to embed creative entrepreneurship teaching in arts curricula

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Professional Membership

        Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

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