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#MM2020: Music Mark debates Music Education beyond 2020
Come March 2020, the National Plan for Music Education effectively comes to an end. So what’s next? Join Music Mark as we discuss…
Health and Wellbeing Month in association with Help Musicians UK, BAPAM and Musicians Union
The fourth year of Health and Wellbeing Month, a partnership between Help Musicians UK (HMUK), British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM)…
House of Commons Twitter debate on the Ebacc
Ahead of the House of Commons debate on the English Baccalaureate, the @HouseOfCommons Twitter account will be hosting a live Twitter debate…
Music Mark and ISM launch GCSE music research survey
The subject associations for music education have teamed up with the University of Sussex to carry out vital research into music and…
Making Music’s ‘Music Libraries’
Making Music has been campaigning in various parts of the UK to prevent closures and find sustainable solutions for music sets services…
Ebacc petition reaches 100,000 signatures
The Bacc for the Future campaign has reached the number of petition signatures required for the Ebacc to be considered for debate…
Guidance for Governors
Music Mark recently collaborated with the National Governors’ Association and Arts Council England to produce guidance for cultural education, including a document…
‘Please stop telling us that the arts subjects are worth less than others’ – The Opinion of a Teacher
Last night was GCSE options evening. That time of year when you get to stand at a stall and sell your subject,…
Stem subject snobbery: a student’s view on why arts subjects matter
This 16-year-old says taking GCSE dance was the best decision she ever made – why is everyone so negative about it? “Y’know,…
‘The arts give students the ability to cope with uncertainty’ – Peter Green, Headmaster
Despite the protestations of Nicky Morgan and Nick Gibb that the place of the arts in British education is safe (with well-researched…
‘We ignore the arts at our peril’ – Alun Jones on the provision of arts in state schools
A leading independent school headteacher is set to criticise provision of the arts in state schools, claiming they have been “all but squeezed out”…
Nick Gibb: ‘Expose youngsters to classical music’
As a keen listener to Desert Island Discs, I am always impressed by the accuracy with which interviewees can pinpoint the moment…
