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Creativity Works: Fashion 2017 kicks off this week

Development Manager, Lawrence Walker, shares his thoughts on the recent Partnership for Young London event

Which creative and cultural activities do young people in Harrow value?

East London schools can join the Creative Schools Artsmark programme for tailored support

Also this week: Arts Council to fund an additional 216 NPOs from 2018, and Underbelly granted permission to build Marble Arch theatre

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, examines the ways the cultural sector could help narrow the gap in educational achievement

AND Advocate Kerri Sellens organised her first ever Teachmeet last year - read how she found the experience

Shermaine Slocombe, AND Advocate and Arts College Manager at Corelli College, tells us about their unique long-standing partnership with Emergency Exit Arts

Also this week: teacher survey: 10% claim arts education is casualty of funding cuts

We find out more about the new Greater London Authority careers portal

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, responds to a recent New Schools Network report about the effect of Ebacc on arts education

Samantha Holdsworth from Nimble Fish shares the lessons from our recent Film INSET

Also this week: British museums and art galleries hit by 2m fall in visitors

Our final cultural sector briefing focussed on how arts and cultural organisations understand and communicate the value of their work

Information Manager, Annie Thorpe, brings us up to date with important recent research

Dilek Osman, Creativity Works Film alumni, tells us how she helped create 'Common'

The Cultural Learning Alliance launched their new cultural education report at the House of Commons on 24 January

The figure is drawn from pupil census data from over 2,500 schools who have registered for Artsmark since October 2015

Also this week: peers pressure government to commit to arts sector post-Brexit

Also this week: Sadler’s Wells and East London Dance launch scheme to support mental health

Alice Mayers, Creative Youth Project Manager at Westway Trust, brings us up to speed with #CultureMakers

The new £2.5m initiative will provide a platform to investigate the impact of arts & cultural education

Also this week: Labour's Tristram Hunt quitting as MP to head V&A Museum

23 museums piloted a joined up approach for Arts Award Discover

Also this week: 11-year-old British composer debuts first opera in Vienna

Ryan McCelland celebrates his school achieving a Platinum Artsmark Award, and tells us more about their Artsmark journey.

Julia Lawrence shares her top tips for all those planning to attend one of the largest edtech shows in the world

Also this week: Lloyd Webber makes School of Rock free to schools, and £186,000 awarded to eight choreography research projects

Also this week: major arts centres announce 20% turnover boost over three years

Shana Laurent, Creativity Works Film alumni, talks us through her best moments on the course