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Our Young Challenge Group recently got the chance to visit Arts Council England and ask the questions which mattered to them

Sound Connections are seeking responses to better understand young people’s perception of arts and culture

Get involved with #70things to mark the occasion.

Also this week: what new London mayor means for the arts, and study finds only a fifth of the UK's film workers were female in 2015.

With the release of a new resource by Arts Council England we reflect on how a focus on the arts must come from the top.

Also this week: culture spending by councils 'down 17% since 2010', and Arts Council England supports initiative to install museum quality art in mental health wards

Also this week: DCMS releases plan for the arts up to 2020, and Antony Gormley puts weight behind campaign for more affordable artists studios

Also this week: EBacc protestors push for Parliamentary debate, and review launched to inform the future of theatre funding

Our Senior Partnerships Associate, Corinne Bass, reports back on the conversations and ideas that came out of three Cultural Education Challenge events

Also this week: DCMS invites applications for next Chair of Arts Council England and Sky funds Central scholarships for students with disabilities

Also this week: local authority arts funding ‘cut by more than £56m’, and Arts Council launches survey into visual artists' livelihoods

Also this week: new survey launched to collect local level data on arts engagement, and Family Arts Festival extended for 2016

Also this week: more than half of art teachers consider quitting as subject becomes 'devalued', and Tomb Raider creator to open two new free schools

Do high levels of overall arts participation mask worrying falls in the number of children doing a range of arts activity?

Also this week: music and performing arts growth stalling, and ACE launches survey to better understand the experiences of disabled people working in arts and culture

Also this week: Sell a Door launches youth writing programme, and new research finds arts and culture helps combat loneliness

Also this week: Arts leaders call for EBacc to be scrapped, and first UK festival dedicated to black and minority-ethnic writers to debut next month

Also this week: new report shows positive impact of Family Arts Campaign, and theatres urged to hold more 'relaxed' performances

Also this week: Panic! programme concludes, AND awarded £35k funding, and Google offer global arts showcase

Also this week: £45m given in donations to cultural sector in 2014, and new report reveals cities recognise the benefits of culture

Arts Council England today urged all those working in the arts and education industries to work together in offering a consistent cultural education for all children and young people.

A new scheme, aiming to improve the quality of creative-writing lessons by sending professional writers into schools, has been launched.

The Queen’s Speech this week set out the new government’s initial plans over the forthcoming parliament, but what will it mean for education?

More needs to be done to recognise the synergies between the cultural and creative industries, according to the arts leaders at the heart of the Warwick Commission inquiry into the Future of Cultural Value.

On 29 January, 100 teachers gathered at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre for an afternoon of presentations, activities and conversation focused on the arts in education. 

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

We are commissioning a piece of research within Creative People and Places (CPP) looking at the challenges and opportunities associated with consortium working and the pros and cons of different governance models.

Arts Council England confirms conditional offer of funding for A New Direction to continue leading Bridge activity for London.

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

It's been a busy and exciting 2013 for the Arts, Culture and Education Sectors.