Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
Wales to put arts at the heart of the curriculum
The expressive arts will be one of six areas of learning and experience that will take the place of traditional subjects as…
Creative industries ‘booming’ in UK
The UK’s creative industries are having a boom in employment and exports, says a report from the Department for Culture, Media and…
Lady Kidron – “Tragedy that successive Education Ministers have devalued the arts in a structural way within the curriculum”
Peers in the House of Lords responded passionately to a motion tabled by Conservative peer Baronness Wheatcroft, calling for increased support for the creative…
David Lan denounces ‘narrow’ approach to arts education
Young Vic artistic director David Lan has criticised the government’s “narrow” approach to arts in education. Lan stressed the importance not only…
Music Education and the Multiplier Effect
The value of incorporating music into a child’s education cannot be understated. There is a heap of incontestable research showing that an…
Music tourists give £3bn boost to UK economy
Foreign music fans visiting the UK for gigs and festivals boosted the economy by £3.1bn in 2014, a report says. The report…
Academic subjects alone won’t ‘set every child up for life’ – John Newbigin
It’s no surprise that Nicky Morgan is in favour of the English baccalaureate (EBacc). But what is genuinely puzzling is her assertion that “evidence…
Reports reveals that music tourism generated £280 million & 2081 jobs for Scotland last year
Wish You Were Here 2015 – A new report has revealed the vast contribution of music tourism to the local economy within…
‘The compulsory Ebac is a question of conscience’
The recent government announcement that all pupils will be expected to enter and sit GCSE subjects for the English Baccalaureate (Ebac) has created…
Stop “Defending” Music Education
Today I ran across one more xeroxed handout touting the test-taking benefits of music education, defending music as a great tool for…
Music education key to raising literacy and numeracy standards
Is the answer to the complex issue of raising literacy and numeracy standards just about giving more “prime learning” time and emphasis…
Ofsted must focus on how ‘well rounded’ pupils are and not just exam results, says CBI chief
Inspections should concentrate on whether schools are producing “well rounded young people” rather than just exam results, the head of Britain’s business…
