RSC to boost access to arts education
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced a host of initiatives aimed at supporting young people’s access to arts ed…
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Arts websites ‘reduce anxiety in young people’
Study finds first clear evidence that online engagement with arts and culture has a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing…
Royal Academy of Arts offers young persons discount
The Royal Academy of Arts is introducing half-priced exhibition tickets for all visitors aged 25 and under. The institution says t…
Northern School of Art opens £14.5m campus
The Northern School of Art has officially opened a £14.5m campus in central Middlesborough. The new campus opened its doors…
Wakefield performing arts centres join forces
Two performing arts centres in Wakefield have announced a collaboration to develop arts education in Yorkshire. CAPA College, whic…
Education in need of a radical rethink
Industry complains of a chronic skills shortage in areas such as communication and creativity. Yet our education system places lit…
King Charles III and the arts
A noted fan of art, theatre and opera, Charles III also has a track record of using the arts to transform lives.
Fund for Welsh music organisations reopens
Music organisations working with young people in Wales have been invited to apply for grants in the second round of a fund run Ant…
Coventry’s Albany Theatre launches youth initiative
The Albany Theatre in Coventry has expanded its Creative Engagement programme with two new youth theatre groups. The Albany Youth…
Igniting artistic vocation
A free, nationwide vocational training programme for young people with limited access to the arts has been unlocking creative pote…
Training the next generation: filming performance bootcamp
Natalie Woolman explains how a bootcamp to develop a talent pipeline for the multicamera teams of the future will address a s…
Fostering musical talent
There’s a perception that musical talent is about instrumental proficiency, so the stereotype of the child prodigy persists….
Skills-based higher education for creative industries
Talent for the live events and creative industries is in high demand with many jobs to be filled. But as Rachel Nicholson highligh…
Arts exam entries paint ‘worrying’ picture
While entries to arts subjects at A Level increased this year, entries to GCSE arts exams fell across all creative subjects, with…
Music college WaterBear to open campus in Sheffield
Music college WaterBear has announced the launch of a new campus in Sheffield to open in September 2023. The Brighton-based colleg…
Sector promised a say on music education shakeup
Arts Council England pledges to talk through sector concerns and explore options ahead of major changes to the music education sys…
Arts Council Wales seeks diverse creatives
The Arts Council of Wales has announced the continuation of Cynefin: culturally and ethnically diverse Wales, a programme organise…
Brunel Museum to support young women in engineering
The Brunel Museum has announced it will use funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund to create a new programme in suppor…
Government urged to establish national music education service
Political thinktank says England needs a national music service akin to Wales' to ensure every pupil has access to high-qualit…
Government mental health strategy ‘needs to include arts’
Calls for mental health benefits of arts and creativity to be recognised by government and form part of forthcoming 10-year plan.
Cheshire welcomes new theatre and cultural centre
A redeveloped theatre and cultural centre will open in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire on 10 August. Theatre Porto will be the only speci…
Creative degree applications up 6%
More than 271,000 students applied to design, creative and performing arts degrees in the academic year 2021-22, a year after the…
BIMM granted university status
The BIMM Institute has become BIMM University after being granted full university status by the Department of Education. The…
Inclusivity drive for independent music venues launches
Independent music venues will be encouraged to form a national network offering daytime programmes of music-based activities to en…
