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Arts organisations are committed to reaching marginalised young people through their creative practice. But what happens when youn…
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Birmingham: ‘An extraordinary jewel of a city’
In the latest in our series on the arts in education, Steve Ball shares an initiative which connects schools and arts organisation…
Labour vows to improve arts accessibility
Labour's general election manifesto says arts and music will 'no longer be the preserve of a privileged few', with the…
Teacher professionalism and the arts
Regardless of the setting, every school deserves a teacher who is afforded the space and professional trust to teach an inspiring…
Tories pledge to ‘unleash philanthropy’ for cultural institutions
Conservative Party promises to leverage the power of philanthropy for cultural institutions in an election manifesto light on firm…
Lib Dems pledge to protect arts funding
Party's general election manifesto criticises Conservative government's lack of support for the culture sector, claiming t…
Are arts students a burden on the taxpayer?
The Higher Education sector is up in arms about proposed cuts to creative arts courses which, it says, will further damage the UK&…
Closing the ‘enrichment gap’
The erosion of opportunities to study the expressive arts in school has created a crisis in arts teaching, writes Sally Bacon.
Fears Tory plans to scrap university degrees will damage arts
Conservative party says it will close the 'worst-performing' degrees that have high drop-out rates and 'poor' job…
Music hub changes pose ‘enormous risk’ to provision, MPs told
Education Select Committee hears evidence from music hub managers that recent reform process represented 'the most torrid time…
Scottish Funding Council cuts grants to university museums
University museums, galleries, and collections in Scotland are facing a 20% reduction in the grants they receive from the funding…
London drama school removed from charity register
Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts had repeatedly failed to file accounts despite being given an official warning and deadline.
Rose Bruford to close Wigan base
Rose Bruford College is closing its acting course and campus in Wigan, two years after taking it over following the closure of the…
Arts education: Call for four hour minimum entitlement
Campaign group says fundamental changes to the schooling system are necessary to address 'erosion and inequality'…
Arts ‘a bridge to success’ after Goldsmiths league table leap
The warden of Goldsmiths, University of London has said that studying creative arts, social sciences or humanities is "a brid…
Education system facing ‘arts apocalypse’, sector warns
Concerns raised over 'decimation' of arts provision in schools and colleges across England.
One in four schools failing to meet one-hour music target
Almost a quarter of secondary schools are not meeting a new government expectation for Key Stage 3 pupils to be taught an hour of…
Deaf pupils to receive Shakespeare resources
Teaching resources to make Shakespeare more accessible for deaf students are being sent to all deaf schools in the UK. The British…
Music education hubs: ACE seeks fresh bids for two areas
Two areas of England are yet to have an organisation appointed to run their music education hub later this year after bids by pros…
ArtsEd delays misconduct report
London drama school ArtsEd has revealed it will delay publishing a public statement and summary of conclusions from an investigati…
Full scale of university arts cuts emerges
Research highlights extent of universities reducing their provision of creative courses and cutting staff.
Call for more joined-up thinking in music education
The decimation of arts education has hit the music sector particularly hard. Deborah Annetts of the Independent Society of Musicia…
Drama school hopes to ‘shift the dial’ by axing audition fees
Central School of Speech and Drama is scrapping a £40 audition fee for its undergraduate acting degree.
Time for a national youth arts trust?
There has been a massive decline in arts for young people over the last 15 years. So much so that Joe Hallgarten thinks we need a…
