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The feedback from our annual conference has been amazing, and it even ended up trending on Twitter! Watch a short highlights film below.

As we prepare to start work with the 2016/17 cohort, Victoria McLaughlin (Teacher of Art) and Paul Pearce (Teacher of Music) from St Giles School tell us how they found being part of our SEND Network last year.

Anita Kerwin-Nye from NotDeadFish introduces a new publication featuring research by teachers who were part of our Cultural Leaders programme.

Julia Lawrence, Deputy Director of London Connected Learning Centre, here shares her opinions on research into the impact of cultural education.

Create Jobs #LifeHacks event, in partnership with NME, went off with a bang last Thursday. Create Jobs Assistant, Shahira, tells us more.

CMO at Microsoft UK, Paul Davies, was one of the guest speakers at the Create Jobs & NME LifeHacks event. Read what he thought of the event.

Also this week: last art history A-level axed, and heritage sites to share £48m lottery boost.

Poet Paul Lyalls covered off the essential ingredients for a creative childhood at our annual conference.

See what those in attendance thought of our annual conference.

Also this week: new report says process is vital to excellence in community arts.

Information Manager, Annie Thorpe, feeds back on the interesting discussions to come out of our cultural learning ecology roundtable.

Guest blogger Greg Klerkx shares his learnings from the Oppi education festival.

A New Direction's Chair, Professor Maggie Atkinson, responds to the government's grammar school plan.

Also this week: white arts workers less likely to favour diversity quotas, and gender imbalance ‘systemic’ in theatre, report suggests.

John Jones from London Youth tells us how his work on the Getting Ready Dance programme has been a valuable learning experience.

Chloe Mcfarlane, a member of our Young Challenge Group, tells us about her inspirational internship and her involvement with the #CultureMakers project

Also this week: National Theatre launches Brexit verbatim project and Philip Pullman calls for UK to adopt EU plans to protect authors' royalties

Partnerships Director, Holly Donagh, talks about the renewed interest in place-based arts development

Paul Sherreard from Spread The Word tells us about their new scheme aimed at creating opportunities for young writers across the city

This free, 6 week course offers 17 - 24 year olds the chance to start a career in the film industry.

Also this week: private arts funding appetite to be weighed in £250k experiment, and BFI calls for filmmakers to defy Brexit with creativity

Kerri Sellens tells us what she's taken away from our CPD programme and how she will be applying this to her upcoming Teachmeet

Also this week: Sadiq Khan recruiting 'night czar', and London Coliseum hosts ‘first Instagram photocall’

Young graphic designers were given the chance to pitch to NME as part of the upcoming #Lifehacks event with Create Jobs

Juno Rae, Education Manager: Samsung Digital Learning Programme at the British Museum, tells how the Arts Award was integrated into new programming for further education students.

Lara Stavrinou reflects on the group's involvement so far in the London Cultural Education Challenge.

Ana Ospina brings us up to date with the Cultivate education programme.

The new Culture Secretary used her maiden speech to reaffirm the government's commitment to reaching disadvantaged young people.

The new Cultural Citizens Programme will provide new opportunities for young people in Barking and Dagenham.

Get involved with #70things to mark the occasion.