Performers and providers often treat young children as a passive audience. Dr Angela Pickard says they can actively create and eng…

With new demands being made for skills and training, Jane Ide asks: is this going to help young people into work? 

Researchers say we should be "especially worried" about a huge drop in creatives under 25 that could lead to greate…

About £6m has been committed to give unemployed young people a foot in the door of the arts and cultural sector.

The Department for Education’s employment skills policy document offers scant support for the creative industries…

The creative sector will bounce back, writes Jane Ide. What matters is building a more inclusive sector – and not just becau…

Supporting creative practitioners with opportunities at this time is vital, but do so wisely, says Guy Armitage. Running an o…

Drama schools are being urged to axe "absurd" fees for virtual and self-taped auditions to protect diversity in the thea…

Movie scores and video game soundtracks are broadening the genre's appeal, attracting a new generation of fans who are more li…

Music teachers are putting their health at risk to continue provision under inconsistent and unclear Covid safety guidelines.

A new cultural strategy demonstrates York's commitment to redress the effects of Covid-19 by embedding culture in the city&#39…

A review highlighting shoddy employment practices and a lack of pastoral support doesn't go far enough to change the conservat…

Ambitions to increase the number of creators of colour have been raised amid improvements in the incidence and portrayal of Black,…

Rishi Sunak said hard hit workforces like the arts may have to retrain to adapt to the new economy. Sara Whybrew counters that the…

The groups least likely to visit a gallery can curate shows the public wants – and that directors would never dream to creat…

Even during the pandemic, virtual reality can offer a bridge into theatre for digitally curious audiences. Laura Mallows explains…

Research into the relationship between culture, health and wellbeing could unlock an understanding of how the mental health of you…

Families are willing to pay as-usual prices for digital and outdoor arts events, but organisations' offerings must meet their…

A DCMS-commissioned study cites strong evidence that "can be trusted to guide policy" on arts interventions in some area…

God? Art? Heritage? Education? In the face of a financial reckoning and a crisis of balance, can cathedral choirs harness their tr…

As schools reopen, the barriers to resuming arts education for disabled children "have been hugely increased".

An apparent growth in younger audiences could be a "silver lining" for the sector as fewer older people patronise the ar…

As schools reopen for the new year, arts education needs to rise to short and long-term challenges to be successful and remain rel…

After 18 years' work in arts and education, coronavirus was "the final straw" in an ongoing battle for income.