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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...
Creative and Cultural Skills Annual Conference 2017
It is not too late to register for the Creative and Cultural Skills Annual conference which is taking place on Thursday 2nd March 2017 at: The Backstage Centre High House Production Park Vellacott Close Purfleet Essex RM19 1RJ This year the conference is on the theme...
Filmmakers from Mapping Territory
Grayson Perry's inspirational speech about confidence, given at the Mapping Territory Private View on the 25th February 2014, can be seen in a film created by Maceo Stennet-Hughes, one of the students who took part in the collaborative project. Exhibition Film Maceo...
Creative education: is now the time for realism or optimism?
Read the article by Dr. Simon Ofield-Kerr, VC of University for the Creative Arts, in the Guardian online
‘Inclusive Practices, Inclusive Pedagogies’ Launched by Wes Streeting
‘Inclusive Practices, Inclusive Pedagogies’, an anthology of research into widening participation in art and design higher education, was launched at Sadler’s Wells on Thursday 27th October.
Josie Long to speak at ukadia Conference 2012
The comedian Josie Long, who has set up the charity the Arts Emergency Service, will be giving the after-dinner speech at the 2012 ukadia Conference.