The £150m Creative Industries Sector Deal supports the development of creative clusters and the roll out of a creative caree…

Working with a children’s hospice has allowed Birmingham Hippodrome to make its productions accessible to families who might…

Arts education professionals and politicians met this week as a first step to tackling the structural problems causing the arts to…

If your audience includes young people, then they need to be represented on your board. Marcus Davey of the Roundhouse shares his…

A Northern Ireland scheme that places young professionals on arts boards benefits the sector and the young people alike. Natalie C…

Mandy Precious considers herself lucky to have discovered the arts, but are the next generation getting the same chances she did?

BAE Systems, accused of “profiteering from the deaths of innocent children” in Yemen, is one of the Exhibition’s…

Despite a successful pilot programme in schools, no funding has been confirmed for the arts programme originally announce by David…

Arts Council Chair Sir Nicholas Serota will lead a team of 17 creative industry leaders to research the role that ‘creative…

Board members have resigned following outrage at the funder’s decision to end support for a number of arts organisations tha…

CC Skills Chief Executive Pauline Tambling has warned arts subjects in schools are becoming irrelevant and arts-led education work…

The proportion of schools involved in the arts council’s scheme has increased by just 1% over the past 12 years, despite ove…

Over 100,000 children a year will lose the chance to study the arts when the EBacc becomes compulsory in schools, and the least pr…

Figures reveal that children living in the most deprived areas and those with lower attainment are the most likely to lose their o…

A commitment to empowering young people has led Battersea Arts Centre and Manchester’s Contact theatre to get involved in bo…

The PISA test, traditionally used to compare literacy and numeracy around the globe, will measure creativity in recognition that t…

Urban music is an economic success story, but music education is not serving the young creators of this work, many of whom come fr…

A heritage project celebrating stories from LGBTQ+ young people in Brighton has resulted in a digital archive, as well as new phot…

Young offenders in Wales gained the Arts Award during a Summer Arts College – for some it was their first ever qualification…

Helping prisoners devise and perform a piece of children’s theatre for their families may help reduce re-offending rates, bu…

Built on experiences at the Roundhouse, the Arts Council England-backed guide offers practical advice on selecting young trustees…

Spooky spiders and flower drumming: Zi Lan Liao takes us through a week of half-term activities with the Pagoda Chinese Youth Orch…

Many arts graduates are struggling to find employment, but a British Council scheme is helping some to bridge the gap between educ…

Five projects will take place across 400 schools, focusing on drama, music and writing to improve academic and social performance,…