Education
Central School layoffs scheme could open next month
Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) has revealed that a proposed voluntary redundancy scheme, which it is currently consulting on with staff, could open as early as next mont…
National Youth Theatre and Microsoft team up on AI workshops
The National Youth Theatre (NYT) is partnering with Microsoft to offer a national programme of free workshops to help young people use generative AI to make creative content. A tot…
Starmer: Everyone ‘deserves chance to be touched by art’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer uses Labour Party conference speech to re-emphasise his aim to improve accessibility to arts and culture.
Creative education in London gets £3.6m boost
Programme aims to address barriers that have discouraged and prevented cultural education and arts in schools from thriving.
Bryant seeks to ‘rescue arts from financial black hole’
Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour Party conference, Arts Minister Chris Bryant sets out his intention to 'transform' the sector.
Increase arts’ share of lottery cash, thinktank urges
Additional funding would help arts and heritage organisations deal with the 'crisis in capital funding of cultural and heritage buildings', report says.
Library Campaign lodges complaint against Croydon to DCMS
The Library Campaign has submitted a formal complaint to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) against London Borough of Croydon. The complaint, filed under Section 10…
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.
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 and Have a Go funds will close at 12pm on 3 October…
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 the city's Roman Baths and Victoria Art Gallery…
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 curriculum says reform will not be easy.
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 the majority of those requests coming from parent…
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 networking and resilience.
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-levels.
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 for an 'extended period'.
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 investment programme in September.
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 Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) says ap…
What have creative practices ever done for us?
Some humanities subjects have been declared obsolete and – by extension – useless areas of education and research. Might creative subjects become subject to the same cr…
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 first major speech in post. Addressing more than…
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