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Learning revolutionaries – Learning Without Frontiers

I went to a conference put on by these people about a year ago and it both encapsulated all I believe about learning, and challenged my assumptions about how I think about learning. It was completely inspiring and fried my brain. I wish I’d blogged about it at the time but they’ve just released a…

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Arts advocacy – stepping up a gear?

It looks as if arts advocacy campaigning in the UK will be stepping up a gear this year. Not only are the funding cuts forcing us all to look long and hard at the true value of what we do, and to get even better at collecting and sharing evidence and stories – but a…

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Creative practitioners and communities: raising standards in Wales

What do the words ‘community artist’, ‘artist working in the community’ or ‘artist working in a participatory setting’ mean to you? It’s easier to focus on what they have in common: using their skills/artform to help other people to get actively in involved in the arts. But beyond that, there’s a myriad of different ways…

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26 Treasures: bringing objects to life through poems and creation stories

If you like poems and stories, and you’re curious about the treasures we have in our national museums, take a look at www.26treasures.com or www.unbound.co.uk/books/26-treasures. Each poem or ‘sestude’ tells the story of an object from a museum, often from the point of view of the object – the aim is to encourage people to…

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Worth the wait? The National Plan for Music Education in England

Following is my summary of the NPME, written for Music Education UK magazine and website. The full piece includes comments from practitioners and authorities on music education, including school teacher Jackie Schneider, education consultant David Price, music/culture/education campaigner Marc Jaffrey and representatives from Youth Music, Sound Sense, and many other organisations working in music with young…

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Seven tips for advocating what music means to your school

If you’re a music teacher, trying to keep up with all the changes in education is one thing.  Making sure what’s going on in your music lessons and activities is noticed and valued is probably one of those ‘to dos’ at the bottom of an ever-increasing list. There are lots of rumblings about the need…

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How to find out what young people really want from music education

With the national music education plan out hopefully early next week, local authority music services and others hoping to become part of the new music education ‘hubs’ will have to find ways to demonstrate what young people in their area want and need. It’s a tricky one, particularly for music services who have been used…

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