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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Eurovision Song Contest now a university course
Despite being more than 8,000 miles away from Europe, Australia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time ever this…
George Osborne’s £4.5bn savings plan: what’s being cut?
Schools, colleges and universities Both the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – the government’s two main…
How to make a classical superstar – Britain’s conservatoires and their graduates
If you asked someone to list the things that have made Britain admired round the world, it’s a fair bet our musical…
School’s replacement for levels spans early years to GCSE
A Hampshire secondary school has developed an assessment system to run from its primary cluster’s early years classes right up to GCSE….
‘To build character, schools must give their pupils a growth mindset and a rounded education in the arts’
The former star of TV hit ‘Tough Young Teachers’ picks apart the current vogue for promoting ‘character education’ The issue of building…
Should young people study the arts? – a Get Creative debate from the Hay Festival
Young people are often told to prioritise some subjects over others, to focus on getting a job and to think about the…
8 Things Top Practicers Do Differently
As my kids were (begrudgingly) practicing their Tae Kwon Do patterns not long ago, I caught myself telling my oldest that he had…
Education department faces £450m of savings
The Department for Education budget faces savings of £450m, as part of a Treasury announcement to bring down public debt this year….
UCAS Conservatoires received record number of applications in 2014
The UCAS Conservatoires scheme received a record 7,985 applications in 2014. Around two thirds of these applicants applied to undergraduate courses. According…
