Warning over misuse of creative apprenticeships

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10 Jan 2020
News

Using apprenticeships to take on graduates employers would hire anyway is putting diversity at risk, an expert has cautioned.

Education
Human resources
Management
Policy
Children and young people
Diversity
Equality

My Gurus: ‘it is always about the work’

09 Jan 2020
Feature

Jimmy Fairhurst, Artistic Director of Not Too Tame, talks about the eclectic mix of people who have inspired his career as a working-class artist. 

Human resources
Theatre

A collective voice for freelancers

02 Jan 2020
Feature

Some organisations and funders do not see freelancers as an intrinsic part of the sector. The Museum Freelance network is advocating to make sure their contribution is recognised and valued, says Christina Lister.

Human resources
Museums and heritage

ACE treads carefully with ‘intrusive’ new social class metric

17 Dec 2019
News

Arts Council England will begin collecting data on the socio-economic background of its NPO workforce next year, but will need to overcome perceptions that doing so is “alien, intimate and intrusive”.

Human resources
Management
Policy
Research
Arts funding
Data
Diversity
Equality

'Together we can share the load': How freelancers and arts organisations can work together

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12 Dec 2019
Feature

Freelancers have a lot to offer arts organisations – and a lot to learn from them too. Carla Kingham considers what is needed for this relationship to work.

Human resources
Management
Supporting artists

The moral case for making money

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12 Dec 2019
Feature

Patrick Towell explains why underpaying or under-employing workers can never be in an organisation’s long-term interests and suggests how you can start thinking more sustainably about the big picture – for everyone’s benefit.

Finance
Human resources
Income
Supporting artists

Classical music must face up to abuse

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06 Dec 2019
Opinion

Harassment will continue until institutions are willing to take difficult decisions, says Jonathan Knott.

Education
Human resources
Management
Music
Opera
Equality
Health and wellbeing
Leadership

Libraries threatened by incorporation into leisure facilities

06 Dec 2019
News

As library workers in Bromley enter their sixth consecutive month of strike action, their union has taken aim at the company it claims will catalyse the erosion of services across the UK.

Human resources
Local authorities
Management

Diversity and inclusion: why are we still talking about it?

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28 Nov 2019
Opinion

A reluctance to self-reflect and a tendency to recruit in our own image are at the root of the sector’s failure to employ a workforce that reflects the wider working population, says Sara Whybrew.

Access
Human resources
Management
Diversity
Equality

Head to head: can a toolkit solve the sector’s class problem?

14 Nov 2019
Feature

This year Jerwood Arts published a toolkit for cultural organisations, designed to encourage greater socio-economic diversity in the arts. Julie Lomax, Chief Executive of a-n The Artists Information Company, sees it as a starting point for helping solve the sector’s ‘class crisis’ – but arts consultant Chrissie Tiller isn’t so sure.

Access
Audience development
Participatory arts
Human resources
Policy
Arts funding
Diversity
Equality

A welcoming space for affordable training

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14 Nov 2019
Case study

The lack of affordable skills-based training and opportunities to learn from others makes it much harder for people from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their careers in the arts. Simina Neagu and Valentina Bin took action to fill the gap.

Access
Education
Human resources
Disability
Diversity
Equality

Second senior Southbank creative lead departs

Tamsin Ace
08 Nov 2019
News

Head of Programming Tamsin Ace will leave the venue in December, as will Creative Director Madani Younis. Southbank has not confirmed whether it will replace Ace's role.

Human resources
Management
Leadership

How to influence inclusivity 

31 Oct 2019
Feature

By defining what inclusivity means for you and empowering all staff to make suggestions or raise concerns, you can identify where your work and your organisation are falling short, says Amy Firth.

Engagement
Human resources
Marketing
Equality

Exit interview: Things I’ve learned about the cultural sector

31 Oct 2019
Feature

As she steps down as Editor of the cultural policy journal Cultural Trends, Sara Selwood takes a long hard look at the way the sector has developed – and tells it like it is.

Human resources
Management
Policy
Research
Leadership

Is diverse leadership really welcome in the arts?

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25 Oct 2019
Opinion

Madani Younis' exit from Southbank Centre exposes uncomfortable truths about the arts sector's attitude to workforce diversity, says Amanda Parker.

Access
Audience development
Human resources
Management
Diversity
Equality
Leadership

Younis leaves Southbank Centre after less than a year

Madani Younis
25 Oct 2019
News

The venue’s Creative Director has been outspoken on diversity in the sector, warning of the risk of “cultural apartheid”.

Human resources
Management
Leadership

The crisis in arts fundraising talent

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24 Oct 2019
Feature

Arts organisations must change their workplace cultures so that young people see the profession as a rewarding long-term job, says Michelle Wright.

Fundraising
Human resources
Management
Leadership

Future workforce, are you out there?

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17 Oct 2019
Feature

Sara Whybrew explains how employers across the creative industries are making sure there’s a new generation of skilled workers heading their way.

Education
Human resources
Children and young people
Diversity

The big debate: How can the sector better support neurodiversity?

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10 Oct 2019
Feature

ArtsProfessional asked people working at the intersection of arts and neurodiversity what changes are needed.

Human resources
Disability
Diversity
Equality

Fast decline in creative apprenticeships 

04 Oct 2019
News

New figures from the Department for Education show the number of arts, media and publishing apprentices has fallen by a third since 2015 – but the data doesn’t tell the full story.

Education
Human resources
Diversity

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