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Highlights from our weekly round-ups 2014

19-12-14
It's been a busy and exciting 2014 for the Arts, Culture and Education Sectors.

Creative People and Places website launched!

19-12-14
We are very excited to hear that the programme launched its first website this week.

Is the Creative Employment Programme working?

16-12-14
It is nearly 2 years since the Creative Employment Programme, the Arts Council’s £15 million scheme designed to create fairer entry routes into the arts and culture sector, began to subsidise salaries for entry level positions in arts and cultural organisations. Is it working?

Family Arts Campaign: Arts for young people and their families

15-12-14
Accessing the arts as part of a family unit can bring with it its own particular benefits: strengthening the experience and encouraging long-term engagement, says Clair Donnelly from the Family Arts Campaign.

Creative industries to gain a National College 

12-12-14
A National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries is to be established to provide specialist training in the technical skills needed by the creative and cultural sectors.

Highlights from the Parliament Week 2014

09-12-14
As part of Parliament Week this year Portcullis House threw open its doors to hundreds of young people for an event called ‘In the House’.

Connected London: Building a Cultural Education Roadmap for London

08-12-14
On October 27th we brought people from the cultural sector together to share our learning from Connected and talk about how we could move this agenda forward and ensure all parts of London, and all children and young people, can benefit.

The new face of Arts Award Supporter 

05-12-14
We are very excited to hear that Arts Award has launched this week a new Arts Award Supporter website with a more user friendly look.

2012 Olympic site to become hub for arts

05-12-14
London’s great Olympic regeneration sprinted ahead today with a huge grant of government cash towards creating a new cultural quarter of the capital.

Support the London Music Pledge

01-12-14
By putting music and arts at the forefront of the Mayor’s education plans, I hope we are reinforcing the important role they play in young people’s education and in the life of London itself.

Breaking up the Old Boys' Club

25-11-14
Create Jobs' Louise Barnell talks about why it's important to focus on helping young Londoners gain employment within the creative industries, how Create Jobs is helping, and how organisations can get involved.

Highlights and insights from 'An Education Worth Having' event 

25-11-14
Our Partnerships Director shares some useful insights from the Whole Education conference, in which we launched our Cultural Capital research.

Prospectus films: partnering pupils and film industry professionals 

24-11-14
Filmmaking education provider Young Film Academy (YFA) have launched a project that gives pupils the opportunity to combine education with real life experience within the film-making industry, whilst also providing commercial benefit for their school.

Create: a journal of perspectives on the value of arts and culture

21-11-14
Arts Council England has launched Create: a new magazine championing the value of art and culture.

Preparing to apply for Artsmark? 

20-11-14
Our Artsmark Ambassadors programme could help.

The New National Curriculum: Arts and Culture in Action

20-11-14
Our schools conference, Arts and Culture Action, took place at the British Library on 16 October 2014 and was attended by teachers from schools across London.

Tapping into the creativity of teens

14-11-14
This week Malorie Blackman launched a project and competition designed to tap into the creativity of teens in a really thrilling way.

Cultural capital?

14-11-14
Inquiry into inequality of access to culture for children and young people in London.

A New Direction at 'An Education Worth Having' next week 

14-11-14
At the conference we will be launching a new research into the disparities of cultural engagement between young people on Free School Meals and their peers.

Contribute items to our new video newscasts

14-11-14
Profile your programmes, opportunities or events via our new video newscasts for London schools and those working in creative and cultural education in the capital.

Theatre from the inside out

12-11-14
Alice King-Farlow, Director of Learning at the National Theatre, talks about the new opportunities for schools at the heart of the world’s busiest theatre.