Latest News Levelling Up agenda: immediate impacts on Arts Council England distribution of funding The government’s Levelling Up agenda has had a significant impact on public funding for the arts and for cultural learning, with new directives from the Secretary of State to prioritise investment in specific geographic areas, and to re-distribute funding away from London taking immediate effect. This post gives you the headlines, what this might mean for cultural learning, and calls for your experiences on how your work will be funded and supported going forward.
23 March 2022 The Levelling Up White Paper: what it means for culture and education The government’s Levelling Up White Paper contains complex, complicated, and refreshingly long-term ambitions to make significant changes to places and placemaking in the UK. It aims to align all relevant government investment and policy towards the achievement of these goals over the next 8 years, and to create a comprehensive placemaking strategy that will create a new kind of industrial revolution and systemic change for the UK.
03 March 2022 Policy and Practice round-up March 2022 This month we bring you news of the fate of BTECs; the Culture in Crisis report from the Centre for Cultural Value; a new Representation in Dance Education resource; an ask for Art Teachers to fill in a survey from NSEAD; a new guide for governors from Arts Council England; and a July Artsmark Celebration ‘Day to Create’.
08 February 2022 Office for Students consultation on Higher Education indicators – will Arts courses be cut? The Office for Students (OfS) is the regulator for Higher Education (HE) in England. On 20 January it launched three consultations on new policies which have significant implications for Arts degrees. If the proposals go ahead all degrees will need to have at least 60% of students go on to managerial or professional employment within 15 months.
03 February 2022 Diverse representation = deeper engagement When everyone’s identity is shaped by ethnicity, culture and racism, instead of avoiding conversations shouldn’t we better equip our children and ourselves to understand one another and connect? The Arts provide many ways to explore these conversations, and truly diverse representation enables deeper engagement. mezze eade (CLA’s 2021 Special Advisor on Representation in the Curriculum) discusses the value and importance of work to improve representation in Arts subject curriculums, the broader impacts and what support is available for educators.
