DfE launches £5.8m music education programme
Young Sounds UK will work in collaboration with local Music Hub partners to deliver the four-year programme.
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ACW temporarily closes two funding streams for review
Arts Council Wales has announced it is pausing two funding schemes targeted at educators and learners for review. The Go and See a…
A juggling act
Last month Mark Langley began his new role as Principal of The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television. Here he…
Bath council to offer free school visits at heritage sites
Bath & North East Somerset Council has launched a new scheme to enable more school children from across the country to visit t…
School curriculum review ‘facing dilemmas and trade-offs’
The government has pledged to make art central to a child's education, but the person in charge of a review of the school curr…
School librarians asked to remove books, including LGBTQ+ titles
More than half of UK school librarians have been asked to remove certain books from circulation, a new survey suggests – with…
Music education ‘must adapt to industry demands’
A report has called for music education to incorporate practical and industry-relevant content and focus on skills such as network…
Entries for arts A-levels down nearly a third since 2010
Campaign for the Arts says "urgent action" is needed from the new government to halt the decline in popularity of arts A…
National Centre for Children’s Literature to close
Scottish venue which opened in 2019 in the building which helped inspire author JM Barrie to write Peter Pan has been losing money…
Music education hubs: final two lead organisations named
Hub lead organisations in South West London and South Yorkshire have been announced ahead of the start of the new music hub invest…
Applications to technical theatre courses on the rise
Leading drama schools have reported an increase in applications to technical and backstage courses in the past 12 months. London A…
What have creative practices ever done for us?
Some humanities subjects have been declared obsolete and – by extension – useless areas of education and research. Mig…
Action plan to ‘take back control’ of creative education
Sector bodies say arts education should be recognised as a 'vital component' in growing the economy.
‘We will have your back’, Nandy tells cultural sector
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has emphasised the role the cultural and creative sectors can play in driving national renewal in her…
Who’s who and who’s new in cultural policy making
With a change of government, new faces are taking charge of cultural policy in the UK. Here's Arts Professional's guide to…
Partnership to boost Welsh music education
National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) have announced a new partnership t…
Data used to measure degree value is ‘unfair’ to arts graduates
A report examining the value of creative graduates has called for the government to overhaul the metrics it uses to analyse higher…
Programme aims to boost postgraduate dance research
A new programme focused on specialist Postgraduate Research (PhD) degrees in dance has been launched by the University of the Arts…
Education Secretary launches school curriculum review
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has previously said that the curriculum will be amended 'so art is woven into everything our child…
King’s Speech: What’s in it for the arts?
While the Labour government's legislative plans do not feature anything explicitly related to the arts, a number of proposals…
Creative economy skills shortage looms, report warns
Research finds enrolment in creative further education is declining in all parts of the UK, prompting concerns of a future pipelin…
Serota moots early education ‘Arts Start’ programme
Arts Council England Chair Nicholas Serota says the 'moment of transition' provided by a change of government offers the o…
ArtsEd head quits after staff relations ‘damaged beyond repair’
An independent report into allegations of bullying and favouritism at ArtsEd found Principal Julie Spencer had called st…
Royal College of Art establishes new base
The Royal College of Art has established a new outpost in south London. The university, which has campuses in South Kensington, Ba…
