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Updates from the UK's music education sector
£160m inherited “black hole” in Music Education
Background Titled The Power of Music to Change Lives, the refreshed National Plan for Music Education (NPME) in England was released on 25…
“What I learnt from Carbon Literacy Training”
In October 2024, we ran our first Carbon Literacy Training course, designed specifically for music educators to gain an awareness of the…
Research Shorts: Creativity as a transferable concept
This week I’m featuring some brand new research, a recent article by Kevin Gormley at Dublin City University, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha…
Music Mark launches its new podcast ‘Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education’
Today marks the launch of Music Mark’s new podcast ‘Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education’. With a new episode to be…
The proposed closure of Cardiff University’s School of Music
The UK Association for Music Education, Music Mark, is alarmed to hear the news that Cardiff University has today announced the start…
Revamping your Music Services’ Website: Haug-IT
Haug-IT is a well-established IT company specialising in web development and digital transformation. They recently collaborated with Croydon Music and Arts (CMA)…
Research Shorts: ‘Musical voice’ and ‘learner voice’ in instrumental classical music education
This week I’m absolutely delighted to be talking to Anna Bull, author of the award-winning book Class, Control, and Classical Music (Oxford…
The importance of narrowing the Values Perception Gap
Ellie Moore is a Programme Assistant for the environmental charity Global Action Plan which hosts Transform Our World, a community of educators…
Bridget’s Blog: Reviewing the Year
A New Year’s Eve party can seem a long evening when it feels as if the whole point is to wait up…