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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Research Roundups: Music Education Research in 2024, Part 2
Welcome back to this two-part Research Roundup for 2024. Let’s jump right in! If you remember from last week, the green ticks…
From solar storage to symphonies, going green can be good for business and for culture
The RNCM’s year-long campaign, ‘The Future is Green’, demonstrates how music organisations can take a holistic approach to environmental sustainability. Manus Carey, the RNCM’s Deputy…
Research Roundups: Music Education Research in 2024, Part 1
Last year was a packed year for music education research journals, books and edited collections. Settle in, over the next two weeks…
Why Do Music Education Professionals Need to Look Over The Digital Horizon?
With all the Over The Digital Horizon resources now available on the Music Mark website, their curator, Ben Sellers, explains the programming…
How education can shift climate anxiety into action
Dr Rachel Manning is the Head of Transform Our World, a community of educators empowering students to take action, at environmental charity…
Research Shorts: ‘Joining alone’ Factors that influence the musical participation of young adults after leaving school
This week I’m talking to Emma White and Professor Stephanie Pitts about their work exploring what happens to young people and their…
Bridget's Blog
Updates from Music Mark's Chief Executive, Bridget Whyte
Bridget’s Blog: And that’s a wrap!
We’ve barely packed away the banners and lanyards and we’ve already had a team meeting to talk about the 2025 Music Mark…
Bridget’s Blog: Countdown to Conference!
I’ve always loved autumn, and since 2017 one of the reasons has been because November means the Music Mark Annual Conference! Even…
Bridget’s Blog: New year, new beginnings
I say it every September, but the new academic year always seems more of a fresh start for me than the other…
Bridget’s Blog: Are we nearly there yet?
As we head towards the summer holidays I have to say it’s been quite a year! It’s been packed full of twists…
Bridget’s Blog: Advocating through diversity and commonality
Music Mark is proud to be the UK Association for Music Education and to support our members across the UK. Our training,…
Bridget’s Blog: All Change!
We can all be creatures of habit, can’t we? I have to admit that even though the Music Mark staff team have…