As low- or no-pay practices continue to dominate the arts and cultural sector, some enlightened employers are starting to reap the…

Financial insecurity plagues the working lives of cultural workers, with the self-employed and freelancers worst affected. But sol…

Charlotte Bence looks back on how the trade union Equity has fought low paid and unpaid work in the entertainment industries since…

Liz Hill introduces the grim findings published this week in the ArtsPay 2018 report on pay in the arts and cultural sector.

Women are being penalised for part-time working in the arts and cultural sector, earning full-time equivalent salaries that fall s…

London’s creative sector has failed to diversify its workforce despite significant job growth since 2012, a new report concl…

Over 25 years the role of cultural marketers has expanded, but the focus remains on audience relationships. Cath Hume examines the…

Creative Access, set up in 2012, has placed hundreds of candidates from under-represented backgrounds with organisations including…

Opening up decision-making about what art gets made and by whom doesn't lead to people 'playing it safe', but to progr…

A welcome surprise of five-year funding provided the opportunity for Cardiff's Sherman Theatre to diversify its audiences, boo…

Little has changed in the ten years since John Holden first shone a spotlight on the damaging disconnect between the arts sector a…

Support for new parents in the arts sector is often lacking. Rachel Harper explains how a new show has introduced a range of measu…

Lucy Neal welcomes François Matarasso's nuanced and passionate exploration of the growing field of participatory art.

The Creative Land Trust, backed by seed funding of £4m from City Hall and £2m from Arts Council England, will seek add…

An analysis of the Department for Education’s own figures finds that since 2014, the proportion of students taking music GCS…

Working practices that “wouldn't be tolerated in any other industry” have become the norm across the sector, with…

A student’s academic ability and the wealth of their parents are key indicators of the likelihood that they will get the cha…

Formal education is missing an opportunity to support young people's development by failing to recognise the forms of music th…

The cultural sector has become a self-endorsing closed shop and it’s high time for a shake-up. Simon Dancey throws down the…

Limited opportunities are preventing the authentic voices of disabled directors and writers from being heard. The sector needs to…

As falling budgets make it ever-harder to programme risk-taking work, how can venues engage with new LGBT+ audiences? Kaya Stanley…

At a time when the UK is looking to tighten its borders, Julia Grime looks at how German theatre has been welcoming the cultural i…

How can arts and culture reach a broader audience that more accurately reflects local communities? Sarah Boiling explores how to c…

What is it like to be an artist working in the East Midlands? Elizabeth Hawley-Lingham and Paula Serafini spent two years looking…