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Also this week: history of art A level saved after outcry, and arts organisations suffer drop in trust funding

'It's big, it's round, it's posh!' - a student describes the Royal Albert Hall to a blindfolded contestant in the 'Culture Gameshow' at the launch of the Cultural Citizens Programme in London.

Also this week: theatre more popular than sports for a night out, survey finds

Jess Ryan-Ndegwa tells us about her experience of working with Fixperts as part of Creativity Works Design.

Also this week: children's laureates demand UK government investigate school library closures.

Nee Morgan-Petch from the Croydon Youth Arts Collective tells us how they came together to organise an 'electrifying' arts event.

The first INSET session of the new school year took place at the Museum of London on 10th November. Sam Holdsworth from Nimble Fish shares some activities from the day.

Rosie Walworth from The Reading Agency tells us about their Reading Well scheme for young people.

Also this week: London appoints ‘Night Czar’, and Tricycle Theatre to donate entire 240-seat auditorium and stage.

Also this week: Equity sets out recommendations for government Brexit negotiations, and music Education Hubs extend reach despite funding cuts.

Anna Cray, Creativity Works alumni, shares her experience of the recent programme.

The Culture Gameshow hits the Barbican to kick-start new programme for young people in Barking and Dagenham.

Information Manager, Annie Thorpe, gives a round up of the recommendations put forward by two recent Creative Industries Federation reports.

This was the provocation put forward at the first session of this year's Cultural Learning Community - our CPD leadership programme for teachers.

Also this week: England’s theatre sector becoming increasingly polarised, and three UK-led arts projects to support refugee integration.

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.