Year

Battersea Arts Centre and environmental sustainability

12-05-14
Jo Hunter, consultant for the Battersea Arts Centre, talks about their new revedelopment project that aims to be environmentally sustainable.

UK ranks as second best education system in Europe

09-05-14
Education and publishing firm Pearson reveals the top 20 education systems around the world.

Creative Education in Nigeria

09-05-14
Our CEO shares his experience of taking part in the Nigerian Creative Industries Expo and his first trip to Lagos.

Creating opportunities for young people through Silver Arts Award

08-05-14
Rachel Crofts, Young People's Programmes Manager, talks about creating more opportunities for young people through Silver Arts Award.

Fun Palaces

30-04-14
On 4 October, Old Bexley CE Primary School will be hosting a Fun Palaces as part of a national movement celebrating the 100th birthday of Joan Littlewood, the director who dreamt up Fun Palaces in the 1960s. Here, Katie Salisbury tells us about the school’s plans.

Arts and Cultural Partnerships in Schools

30-04-14
The latest in the Schools Forum series explored how schools and cultural organisations across London currently work together and encouraged schools to think about how they can engage with London's cultural offer.

New arts apprenticeships open for young people in museums

24-04-14
New funding for 50 places for unemployed young people 16-24

Creating a Cultural Education Partnership for Newham

23-04-14
Eliza Wilson, Head of Education at Stratford Circus in Newham and participant in AND’s Connected London programme, gives an insight into how partnership working can further the quality and equality of cultural education in the borough.

Tougher A-levels and GCSEs for arts subjects

11-04-14
A-levels and GCSEs in arts subjects in England, including music, drama, art and dance, are to be made more "rigorous and demanding".

Creativity Works: Fashion at Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition opening

09-04-14
As 'The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk' opens this week - we look forward to connecting up local young people into employment and training opportunities.

The Royal Ballet is set to launch a new graduate scheme

04-04-14
The scheme will include opportunities to work with the company’s corps de ballet, teachers, coaches and young choreographers.

My Culture My London Ethnographic Research

02-04-14
A closer look at Young Londoners’ relationship with arts and culture.

Celebrating Museums all over the UK

28-03-14
It's been an exciting week full of activity on Twitter as over 300 museums, galleries and cultural institutions from across the UK came together to celebrate creativity, history, culture, arts and heritage.

Building a partnership

28-03-14
Paul Jackson, Headmaster at Gallions Primary School, talks about Gallion's partnership with Eton College and Penn House.

Finding new and innovative ways to deliver Arts Award

27-03-14
James Hill, Learning & Participation Coordinator at Tomorrow’s Warriors and participant in AND’s Silver and Gold Arts Award Research and Delivery programme, describes how young Jazz musicians from diverse backgrounds develop their art form and take on leadership roles through Silver and Gold Arts Award.

Arts Award and Flexibility at Harrow Arts Centre 

24-03-14
Cate Gordon, participant in AND’s Silver and Gold Arts Award Research and Delivery Programme and Participation Programmer at Harrow Arts Centre, describes some of the ways in which young people can benefit from Harrow Arts Centre’s flexible approach to working with Silver Arts Award.

Celebrating Shakespeare's work

21-03-14
This week we've been celebrating Shakespeare’s work in schools, theatres, historic sites, museums, galleries, cinemas, and libraries all over the UK.

My journey into the creative industries 

20-03-14
Our Executive Administrator talks about how she got involved in the creative sector and shares some tips for young people interested to break into the sector.

The Poetry Potting Shed - nurturing home-grown talent

17-03-14
Children and families of East London... come on down to the Poetry Potting Shed at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Sat 22 March, Sun 30 March, or 05 April (11am to 4pm).

Highlights from the Creative People and Places Conference 2014

17-03-14
On 11-12 February all 18 CPP Consortia came together in Hull for the first time to meet, talk and exchange learning on the Programme across England.

Creative Employment Programme creates over 1,400 jobs

14-03-14
Round 9 of the Creative Employment Programme have brought the number of opportunities that have been committed CEP funding to 1429: 678 apprenticeships and 751 paid internships to date.