Latest News Policy and Practice Round-up March 2024 This month we bring new announcements on the Labour Party’s position on Expressive Arts in schools; warnings from the NAHT on the role of arts in schools; teacher labour market data shows worrying trends in relation to the arts; the Runnymede Trust/Freelands Foundation report on race and the visual arts in schools; the percentage of UK arts award nominees who are privately educated; the power of the arts to heal children’s trauma; more on the value of school trips; and a new government review of Arts Council England.
25 March 2024 To Measure Or Not To Measure Jacqui O’Hanlon, Director of Creative Learning and Engagement at the Royal Shakespeare Company, shares the important new findings from research into the impact of Shakespeare’s work and theatre-based teaching on learning outcomes in primary education.
25 March 2024 Visualise: Race and Inclusion in Secondary School Art Education Dr Henry Ward, Freelands Foundation Director, tells us about Visualise, the important new Freelands/Runnymede report addressing race and inclusion in secondary school art education.
26 February 2024 An Arts Entitlement in Wigan In our series of blogs reflecting on our Manifesto Asks, Steve Moffitt, CEO of A New Direction, reflects on growing up in a borough that prioritised arts education and what that meant for its young people.
26 February 2024 Policy and Practice Round-up February 2024 This month we bring a new EPI study on the positive effects of arts participation at secondary school level; new analysis on the economic impact of the cost of living crisis on Higher Education students; new data on 500,000 young people waiting for mental health treatment; parents’ career ambitions for their children; and cuts to local councils funding for culture.