Playing for high stakes
Aenne Lotze and Francesca Cross explain how a recent project harnessed young people's passion for online gaming to develop the…
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Listening to children on climate change
What does climate change mean to the generation it will impact most? Brad McCormick explains how primary schoolchildren have been…
Temporary pension hike reprieve for music education hubs
Arts Council England warns that without extra funding, rising teacher pension costs could eat up to 10% of a hub’s budget in…
MPs to examine effectiveness of arts activities in First World War commemorations
A DCMS inquiry will assess whether arts and education initiatives were more successful than traditional approaches in connecting w…
Young people ‘overwhelmingly positive’ about creative writing
An evaluation of a three-year scheme finds writing programmes should prioritise writing for pleasure, rather than trying to improv…
Diversity organisation celebrates placing 1000th paid intern
Creative Access, set up in 2012, has placed hundreds of candidates from under-represented backgrounds with organisations including…
T levels ‘will fail without 25% increase in student funding’
The Association of Colleges warns that the skills gap will continue to widen and UK prosperity will be at further risk without an…
Connecting urban children with nature
Megg Nicol and Alan Rickett explain how a musical has helped raise awareness of the importance of trees among London primary schoo…
Report challenges Minister’s claim of ‘stable’ arts GCSE takeup
An analysis of the Department for Education’s own figures finds that since 2014, the proportion of students taking music GCS…
Exclusive: Music A level denied to ever more students
A student’s academic ability and the wealth of their parents are key indicators of the likelihood that they will get the cha…
How did we get here?
The over-hyping of projects, initiatives and schemes really grates at a time when creative education in schools is being systemati…
Major study to track impact of creative activity on children aged 0-25
The joint Arts Council England and De Montfort University initiative will follow 100 children born in Leicester for the first 25 y…
Primary schools lament decline in arts provision
A new report calls for an arts education premium for every primary school to address worsening lesson quality and offer opportunit…
Universities challenge call for fewer creative arts degrees
Claims by the Onward thinktank that young people should be steered away from “low value” degrees because they leave ta…
In celebration of a continent
Kwame Bakoji-Hume explains how sharing knowledge of African culture through school workshops can shine a light on important contem…
Into the unknown
A touring exhibition in Hong Kong is encouraging young people to change the way they think about sustainability, writes Joego Chan…
Giving talent a fair hearing
What recruitment practices best support diversity? Damian Iorio explains how the National Youth String Orchestra makes sure it&rsq…
Letting youth lead the way
National Trust venues are engaging with new audiences by empowering young people to run events with local communities, says Hattie…
Multi-million-pound initiative to increase access to creative careers
Leading industry figures will be linked with schools and colleges to raise awareness of employment opportunities in the sector.
Unbottling the genie
What is the importance of creativity for young children? Ruth Churchill Dower explores the wide-ranging and ultimately limitless b…
The improvisation experts
Why do some in the sector feel that babies and toddlers have little to offer as audiences or participants? On the contrary, says C…
Taking baby steps into music
A non-verbal approach to music-making for the very youngest children offers a comfortable environment for new parents experiencing…
The arts on a full tummy
Stratford Circus Arts Centre, based in an area of London with high levels of child poverty, has come to realise that providing low…
The devil’s in the distance
The opportunities for very young children to experience the arts in rural Devon are few, as well as inconvenient and expensive. Ho…
