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National Workshops for Creative Teachers 2023 – now online
National Workshops for Creative Teachers offers the opportunity to take part in an exciting programme of free workshops. They are designed and delivered to inspire new ways of working in the classroom and to give back to the network of school teachers that support...
Trends in creative arts qualifications
UKADIA, GuildHE and the Head Trust have published new research into the qualification profile of young people entering arts courses in Higher Education. Over the last five years there has been a worrying trend of de-prioritising arts education in schools. The...
IFS report on the government cost of different degrees
Yesterday’s IFS report on government spending on higher education by subject singled out creative arts degrees because it estimated their graduates would pay back less of their student loans. The IFS rightly acknowledged some of the limitations of their approach,...
AccessHE Creative HE Apply Guide
AccessHE have published a guide to support young people in applying for creative courses. The Creative HE Apply Guide has been created in collaboration with the AccessHE Creative Network, which develops coordinated strategies to support under-represented young people...
UAL Professor appointed chair of subject-TEF arts panel
Professor Susan Orr, Dean of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement at UAL has been appointed Chair of the arts panel for the first subject-level pilot of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
Chair of ukadia publishes new HEPI report on the creative arts crisis
Recent higher education debates have focused on the direct economic returns of obtaining a degree – and certain degrees in particular. Taking one county as an example, this report reveals the knock-on effect for the options available in schools. In short, creative...
New report on Creative Freelancers
The Creative Industries Federation have launched a report on the experiences of freelancers within the creative industries. The research collected the views of 700 freelancers and 50 organisations in the sector, and highlighted a broad spectrum of experiences: from...
AccessHE Arts and Design Research Project
Decline in Arts GCSE take up
Recent Ofqual statistics have shown a further decline in the take-up of arts based GCSE's. Design and Technology has been hit the hardest, with an 11% decrease in exam entry. Entries in every arts subject area have fallen by at least 3,000 since last year, and three...
What does the TEF tell us about specialist arts Universities?
This article was originally published on WonkHE on the 5th July 2017 Professor John Last, Chair of Ukadia and Vice Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts Let’s take an imaginary leap to the end of the decade and look back from that vantage point. The odds are we...