This publication from the Music Education Council is a set of summaries from our 2024-2025 Seminar Series covering anti-racism, disability, intersectionality, unconscious bias and artificial intelligence.
Take a look at our annual review for the academic year 2024/25 to find out how we have been supporting our members and the wider music education sector, and how we plan to continue to support, connect and influence in the future.
The Open University, in partnership with Music Mark and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightnement, conducted research with two main objectives. First, to identify the specific needs of primary music education in England from key stakeholders’ perspectives. Second, to explore how collaboration among the participating organisations could enhance music education in England’s primary schools, providing a foundation for future planning.
This proposal provides a way to embed climate change and nature education into the aims of all subjects in the revised national curriculum. It presents short aims statements across twenty four subject areas which highlight the valuable and distinctive role of each subject to young people’s understanding of and response to the climate and nature crisis.
In response to the climate crisis and a growing need for sustainable practices in music education, Music Mark commissioned a research project to assess environmental sustainability within UK music services, education hubs and partner organisations. Conducted by UCL’s Department of Culture, Communication and Media, the study aimed to map current practices, identify barriers, and highlight good practices across the sector.
This report is the outcome of an event held on 16 July 2024 which brought subject associations together to discuss the roles that they, and the subjects they represent, play in climate change and sustainability education in schools.
Demos has revealed that the government has inherited a “black hole” in its budget for music education amounting to a £161.4m shortfall.
This briefing introduces two different aspects of youth voice in instrumental music education: ‘musical voice’ and learner voice’. It is aimed at music teachers and anyone else involved in instrumental music teaching and learning, with a particular focus on classical music.
The groundbreaking Over The Digital Horizon project from Wiltshire Music Connect provides a series of inspirational resources and webinars which explore how digital technology can transform access to musical opportunities. Following the closure of Wiltshire Music Connect, the Over the Digital Horizon content is now available to acccess here on the Music Mark website.
This report is a literature review, thematic analysis of interviews and collection of case studies and considers the challenging lives of refugee children whilst highlighting the impact of singing and music-making and makes recommendations.
