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My week at Harvard

07-02-13
Last week, Steve Moffitt travelled to Harvard to take part in an international leadership programme involving 100 CEOs from across the world, and discovered that you only ever really understand what you're doing when you leave it behind.

Our first Teaching Schools' consultation

05-02-13
Last week A New Direction held its first consultation with staff working in teaching schools across London. We wanted to find out more about this relatively new area of the UK's education system and how we might be able to support their work.

10 key facts you need to know about the creative & cultural education

04-02-13
A month into my new role of Information Officer at A New Direction, it feels this may be the right time to reflect on a few weeks spent working my way through many reports, fact sheets, data tables and figures about the cultural and education sectors.

Weekly Roundup (28 Jan - 1 Feb 2013)

01-02-13
A round-up of this week's news and activities from across the arts, cultural and education sector.

Summary – Creative Employment Programme event, Tate Modern, Tuesday

30-01-13
AND's John McMahon runs through the key details of last week's conference to trail the hotly anticipated ACE / CC Skills employability and work-based training programme, and how AND can support the sector to engage with the opportunities arising.

Economic and cultural diversity in London

30-01-13
The fourth set of infographics from our 'Picture of London' series, gives us an idea of where different communities are concentrated across London.

Perpetually in Beta

29-01-13
'Perpetually in Beta'... is the phrase John Kieffer, chair of A New Direction, used in relation to creative entrepreneurship at the CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) conference last week

London: the hub of the cultural and creative sectors in England

28-01-13
The third set of infographics from our 'Picture of London' series, tells us who is taking-part in the arts, the boroughs with the highest adult engagement in arts and the density of schools engaged in Artsmark.

Weekly Roundup (21-25 Jan 2013)

25-01-13
A round-up of this week's news and activities from across the arts, cultural and education sector.

Snow limits to creativity

21-01-13
AND's Museums, Libraries & Heritage Advisor John McMahon ponders what the weekend's snow tells us about the value of spontaneous public creativity

Weekly Roundup (14-18 Jan 2013)

18-01-13
A round-up of this week's news and activities from across the arts, cultural and education sector.

Arts and Cultural Organisations Expression of Interest

17-01-13
We are looking for Arts and Cultural organisations to come along and support our upcoming 'Schools Forum' event in February.

Weekly Roundup (7-11 Jan 2013)

11-01-13
A round-up of this week's news and activities from across the arts, cultural and education sector

Success at GSCE and progression of young Londoners from age 16

08-01-13
The second set of infographics from our Annual Report 2012 aims to explore educational attainment across the different boroughs in London.

Weekly Roundup (1-4 Jan 2013)

04-01-13
A round-up of this week's news and activities from across the arts, cultural and education sector

Picturing the complexity and ever changing nature of London

03-01-13
We analyse where young Londoners go to school, what kind of school they attend and how the population will change over the next 10 years.