Creativity ‘expunged’ from school curriculum, report warns
Creative Policy and Evidence Centre raises concerns over lack of focus on creativity within schools across the UK.
Creative Policy and Evidence Centre raises concerns over lack of focus on creativity within schools across the UK.
John Whittingdale returns to government, while Julian Knight announces he will be leaving parliament and relinquishing role as Cha…
Without urgent reform there is a danger our creative industries – once the envy of the world – won’t be able to…
Sell out event marks the closure of Oldham Coliseum as campaign to secure new theatre in the town gets underway.
Julian Knight was suspended by the Conservative Party in December after a complaint was made to police.
A new evalution into UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK has been published. Vikki Heywood believes it shows the programme was a good us…
A review panel set up by Labour will consider the direction of the BBC in order to inform future policy decisions on funding and i…
Hull theatre company Middle Child is implementing a four-day week. The company announced the move, which it says has been done to…
Third round of the government's Cultural Investment Fund sees £32m for culture projects, £5m for libraries and &po…
Birmingham-based Flatpack Festival has adopted a four-day week on a permanent basis following a six-month trial. Neil Puffett …
Theatre sector welcomes commitment in Spring Budget to extend higher rate tax relief for a further two years, saying it will help…
UK Music is urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to outline new support for the music sector as part of next week’s Budget. The bod…
Centre producing research and policy recommendations on arts, culture and the creative industries will be split across two hubs in…
Working in Middlesborough’s cultural sector for the first time, Charlotte Nicol was blown away by the energy. Here are her t…
Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell sets out Labour's vision for the creative industries, pledging to devolve powers to local…
In her first major speech to the sector, new Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer speaks of the importance of the arts and outlines her a…
Can a solution be found to the dilemma of the Elgin/Parthenon marbles? asks William Hancock.
Former DCMS Directors General jointly take on top civil service role in the department on an interim basis.
Arts Council Wales (ACW) has opened applications to its next multi-year funding programme. The Investment Review 2023 marks the fi…
Last week’s reshuffle saw DCMS lose its digital remit to a new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Benjamin K…
Music industry workers call for legislative changes to offer additional protections to those working in the sector experiencing di…
In the wake of significant backlash over some of Arts Council England's funding decisions for its next National Portfolio, the…
The cost of living crisis represents an existential threat to local theatres, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Arts has…
Initially unsure about how to put her art degree to good use, Shonagh Manson has forged a career centred on ensuring artists and c…