Scottish council will be first to end music tuition in schools
Midlothian Council is to stop providing musical instrument tuition in schools, except for pupils studying for Higher or National F…
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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…
Confusion and anxiety as artist studio provider plans 25% average rent increase
ACAVA’s new Chief Executive expressed regret about causing distress to studio holders, linking the hike to a “critical…
Music education ‘needs to be democratised’, says report
Formal education is missing an opportunity to support young people's development by failing to recognise the forms of music th…
Heritage lottery funding to be further devolved
Around 80% of the funder’s budget will be decided by English regions, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a new strategic…
Minister blames Labour for Tories’ STEM focus
During DCMS questions in the Commons, Arts Minister Michael Ellis denied his party had a “contemptuous attitude” towar…
Lyceum Theatre to be redeveloped for residential and retail use
Plans to redevelop the site of the derelict grade two-listed building in Eccles are being supported by Historic England, which rec…
Local authority culture funding down £400m since 2011
Councils warn cuts will continue if no extra resources are provided in the Spending Review to deal with the increasing demand for…
Netflix to adapt stage play for on-demand streaming
The streaming giant will produce a version of Broadway play American Son, which has just finished a run in New York’s Booth…
Glasgow School of Art defends fire safety approach in parliamentary hearing
The school has responded to the Scottish Parliament's Culture Committee, addressing comments by a fire safety expert who quest…
New studio to open in former Birmingham factory
Odox, a project created by Coventry University fine art lecturers Rob Hamp and Jay Taylor, will open as an exhibition and studio s…
Threatened Cardiff music venue announces expansion plans
After plans to build flats next to Clwb Ifor Bach were dropped following a campaign, Cardiff City Council has decided to buy the s…
Team behind King’s Cross Theatre plans new London venue
The flexible venue, called Troubadour White City Theatre, will open in West London’s BBC Media Village this summer with both…
Edinburgh Mela future unclear as council plans to fund new event
A report to the City of Edinburgh Council’s culture committee says the £34k previously awarded to the Mela will be use…
Backstage union creates new anti-harassment campaign
BECTU’s ‘Dignity at Work’ policy comes in response to a survey the organisation conducted last year, which found…
British Museum Director provokes anger by claiming it was ‘creative’ to take Parthenon marbles
In an interview with Greek newspaper Ta Nea, British Museum chief Hartwig Fischer said the sculptures – which were removed f…
ENO initiative to recruit more BAME singers
As part of a push to increase diversity, the company will take on four new choristers from BAME backgrounds for its 2019/20 season…
Edinburgh mulls charging tourists for museum entry
The city’s council leader Adam McVey said introducing entry fees for visitors, while maintaining free access for city reside…
Boost for social prescribing
NHS England has said it will recruit more than 1,000 ‘link workers’ to connect patients with suitable community activi…
Hedge fund ends sponsorship of Man Booker prize
Amid reports of “strained” relations, the Man Group hedge fund says this year will be the last that it sponsors the pr…
Experts criticise model music curriculum
Thirty education academics have signed an open letter to the Department for Education expressing doubts about its recently-announc…
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…
South West towns join forces in ‘creative coastline’ vision
Arts organisations in the new Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch city region have backed a new long-term enquiry into placing cul…
Plans progress for a North West bid to become UK City of Culture 2025
Following consultations with local stakeholders, Marketing Lancashire and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership have pledged to bi…
