Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
A letter to the University of Nottingham
In response to the University of Nottingham’s proposal to suspend all four of its music programmes, Music Mark has written to the…
Curriculum & Assessment Review: Music Mark Summary
It has been a year since the Call for Evidence for the Curriculum & Assessment Review opened, marking the start of evidence-gathering towards the independent review of the curriculum, assessment and…
What is the Prime Minister saying about music education?
On Sunday 26th October, Sir Keir Starmer took to the airwaves with Michael Berkeley on BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions. Starmer’s reputation as a flautist…
Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
On 20th October 2025, the Government published a white paper on post-16 education and skills. Music Mark welcomes the government’s attention to…
Initial Teacher Training Bursary: Letter to the Secretary of State for Education
The three music subject associations, Music Mark, the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), and the Music Teachers’ Association (MTA), have written to…
Initial Teacher Training Bursary for Music Cut
Music Mark is disappointed to learn that the government have withdrawn the provision of a bursary payment for those training to be…
Connecting Parliamentarians with their Local Music Hubs
On Monday 15th September, over 40 Music Hub Leaders descended on parliament at the invitation of Anna Sabine, MP who is the…
Creatives come together to advocate for Cultural and Creative Industries at Labour Party Conference 2025
Music Mark CEO, Bridget Whyte, will be speaking at the Labour Party Conference this September to advocate for music education alongside over…
Equitable Access to Music Education: A Letter to the Department for Education
We wrote a letter to the Department for Education about the standstill national funding announced for the Music Hub programme in England,…
Our work with Higher Education and Cardiff University
Music Mark has been championing music education for over 12 years, working hard to ensure that all children and young people can…
Funding for the Music Hub Network
The English network of Music Hubs has today received confirmation of funding for the rest of this financial year (April 2025 to…
Supporting Music Higher Education Staff in Unprecedented Times
Last week we wrote a letter in support of our Higher Education members, who are facing unprecedented uncertainty in widely publicised problems…
