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Fun in the theatre
At a recent Devoted and Disgruntled satellite event, I met two members of Filskit Theatre – a company using innovative proje…
Henley Review sparks shake-up of music education
New structures will emerge for music education and funding, but curriculum issues remain.
Action!
Sophie Medd on a film project that teaches life skills and addresses social divides
Theatre by and for young people
And so I went to the Drum Theatre, to see the culmination of a mouth-watering project that the Theatre Royal Plymouth has been run…
Child performance law overhaul
Local authorities and amateur groups are being encouraged to give children every opportunity to perform in local shows, as new Gov…
CashBack for Culture
A scheme which helps young people engage in arts projects in Scotland is able to continue running for another year thanks to an in…
Between a rock and a hard place
Sarah Perks argues that the value of education and engagement programmes cannot be overlooked when cuts are being made
Stories for all
Marge Ainsley advocates putting young people at the heart of the curatorial process
Internships for all
Ensuring that young people from poorer backgrounds have better opportunities to access the creative industries is one of the key a…
Are ideas art?
Tolstoy identified art as an indirect means to communicate from one person to another; Britannica online defines art as the use of…
The value of Art
Cuts, cuts, cuts. In this new ‘age of austerity’, that’s all I hear whenever the Arts [sic caps] are mentioned….
An absolute priority?
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Paul Harman, Chair of TYA-UK, hits back at ACE’s claims that it prioritises young people, but endorses the idea t…
DCMS publishes its Business Plan
Reform for the DCMS’s arm’s length bodies, and support for a move towards more sustainable business models, are at the…
Vetting and barring review
The controversial Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) is to undergo a thorough review. VBS is the system of checks that people who wi…
An absolute priority?
Paul Harman, Chair of TYA-UK, hits back at ACE’s claims that it prioritises young people, but endorses the idea that regularly f…
Music matters
Your focus on music education in AP226 was timely, coming as it did just days after Michael Gove announced his review of mus…
Breaking News: ACE funding decisions
Arts & Business (A&B) is to lose all of its funding from Arts Council England by 2012/13, and suffer a 50% cut in 20…
Playtime for youth music
Music education need not be confined to the classroom, Georgie Goddard and Lyndall Rosewarne desciribe how Power Play makes a diff…
Winning when you’re singing
You don’t have to be a professional to enjoy the benefits of singing – Sarah Robinson explains why Making Music insists we all…
Musical blues
Just one-third of children today play a musical instrument compared to two-thirds of their parents at the same age, according to r…
The kids are alright – in Scotland
In stark contrast with England, where the future of the creative education scheme ‘Creative Partnerships’ is under thr…
Vetting and barring
Organisations working with children and vulnerable adults are subject to a plethora of rules and regulations. Keith Arrowsmith exp…
New deal for jobs
A project aiming to produce 100 ‘creative digital’ jobs for unemployed young people is being set up by New Deal of the…
