Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores ho…

The arts matter to young people, but their voices often get lost in decision making. Here two members of the RSC’s Youth Advisory…

The government has pledged to make the arts more accessible to young people in recognition of the fact that creative education is…

Art Fund’s Katie Lloyd has been talking to Rebecca Burton, curator and archivist at Harewood House Trust, about the impact of th…

A recent conference* in Gateshead explored the transformational value of creative learning. Professor Fiona Crisp of Northumbria U…

In the current operating environment, Ben Walmsley of the University of Leeds argues it is vital for cultural professionals and lo…

How can we use creativity to tackle the growing mental health crisis among our young people? Rachel Nelken has been addressing thi…

Besides awarding degrees, how are our universities supporting young people? This is a question NCACE’s Evelyn Wilson has been in…

YuJune Park and Caspar Lam are partners at multidisciplinary design studio Synoptic Office and professors at New York’s Parsons…

In its long running programme of research, the British Council has been assessing trends and challenges in arts and cultural provi…

At a time of overlapping crises, the need for bold, imaginative responses has never been greater. Here Patrick Fox from Heart of G…

Online spaces provide enormous opportunities to connect and share, but they are often overtaken by hateful and abusive behaviour….

The pandemic had major repercussions for the higher education sector. Dean of Ravensbourne University Andy Rees thinks the subsequ…

Shân Edwards is the founder and director of the Scottish charity Outer Spaces, helping to forge new ways for artists to make work…

Although the pandemic brought better insight, the picture is complicated by the effects of the poly-crisis. The Audience Agency’…

In 2020, ‘Culture is bad for you’ was published. As its second edition is about to be released, one of its authors, Dave O’B…

We are at an inflection point with AI. To help cut through the noise, Substrakt’s Katie Moffat has curated a list of the current…

Watershed’s Clare Reddington is coming to the end of her term as a British Council trustee. While presenting at a conference in In…

A brand-new franchise of South by Southwest is coming to London in June. Crispin Parry thinks participation in the showcase enable…

Figurative is a not-for-profit organisation exploring inventive business and funding models for the cultural and creative sector….

… or live-streamed. Five years after the Covid lockdowns, Jason Jones-Hall argues that the best way to understand, appreciate an…

Oily Cart has over 40 years’ experience creating immersive sensory shows – in-person, responsive and close-up. When the pandemic…

There are lots of new curatorial opportunities coming up in the museum sector, aimed at ensuring a broader range of perspectives,…

Mathew Russell and David Shearing are directors of Havering London. When their bid for London Borough of Culture was unsuccessful,…