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Learning music educates mind and soul, but often falls to school budget cuts

Much evidence indicates the cognitive and learning improvements associated with children learning music yet availability to such life-changing lessons and programs is…

5th Jun 2015

Education department faces £450m of savings

The Department for Education budget faces savings of £450m, as part of a Treasury announcement to bring down public debt this year….

5th Jun 2015

UCAS Conservatoires received record number of applications in 2014

The UCAS Conservatoires scheme received a record 7,985 applications in 2014. Around two thirds of these applicants applied to undergraduate courses. According…

5th Jun 2015

Daniel Barenboim calls for ‘music once more to be taught in schools on a par with literature, mathematics or biology’

In his 2015 Edward W. Said London lecture at the Southbank Centre, Daniel Barenboim calls for ‘music once more to be taught…

5th Jun 2015

British acts account for 1 in 7 albums sold worldwide

One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay helped UK artists account for one in seven of the albums sold globally during 2014, the…

4th Jun 2015

Culture Minister backs campaign to revamp Bristol’s Colston Hall

Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey has given his backing to the next stage of revamping Bristol’s much-loved Colston Hall. He said during a…

4th Jun 2015

A blueprint for the Creative Industries – Sir Peter Bazalgette

When on trade trips abroad leading politicians have always loved a bit of star dust. They’ve been quick to promote our Creative…

3rd Jun 2015

Dear Ms Morgan: this isn’t education, it’s testing, testing, testing

Congratulations on keeping education out of the headlines during the election. I guess that’s what you were appointed for. We can all…

3rd Jun 2015

In Harmony Telford’s visit to Milan

Over the next three months, children and tutors from English Sistema programmes will have gone to Italy, Sweden and Canada as part…

2nd Jun 2015
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