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How music benefits children
How music benefits children Dawn Rose, University of Hertfordshire Popular ideas, such as the “Mozart effect” – the idea that listening to…
Music and the Deaf Awarded Funding To Deliver Free Workshops In Schools
Music and the Deaf is delighted to announce it has secured funding to deliver a number of music workshops in schools free…
Justine Greening: teachers – the experts driving social mobility
Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening addresses the Chartered College of Teaching with her vision for the profession. “Thank you,…
Nick Gibb: the importance of high-quality arts education
The Schools Minister talks to the Music and Drama Expo about arts as part of a broad and balanced curriculum. …
BBC Ten Pieces Seeks Young People’s Inspirational Words
How to inspire one of the next Ten Pieces We will be commissioning a new piece as part of a third set…
‘Brexit may force progress on arts education’, MPs told
Leaving the European Union presents opportunities to make education policy and the visa system more responsive to the needs of the creative…
CLA publishes ‘ImagineNation: the value of cultural learning’
The Cultural Learning Alliance has published ImagineNation: the value of cultural learning. This new publication builds on our original ‘ImagineNation: the case for…
CIF welcomes the creative industries as a key government sector
The Creative Industries Federation has responded to the announcement that the creative industries are now a ‘key government sector’. We warmly welcome…
The impact of instrumental music learning on attainment
The British Journal of Music Education recently published a research article by Professor Susan Hallam and Kevin Rogers on the impact that learning a…
Education Secretary announces 6 new opportunity areas
Speaking at the offices of PwC at an event jointly hosted with the Sutton Trust, Education Secretary Justine Greening set out the…
Week of 100 gigs to transform young lives
Youth Music is calling on music lovers, musicians, promoters and venues across the nation to put on a fundraising gig between 24-31 March…
Hearts for the Arts shortlist announced
What Next? and the National Campaign for the Arts have come together to create the Hearts for the Arts Awards, a new…
