13th February 2015
Free admission at DCMS-funded museums and galleries has helped boost visits by foreign tourists by almost 40% since 2008/9, while visits from within the UK have increased by just 3% during this same period.
The need to correct the geographic imbalance in England’s arts funding has been proven and it’s time for Arts Council England to “Just do it!”, say the authors of the RoCC report, in their final assessment of regional arts funding.
12th February 2015
“Serious concerns” about the two organisations' sustainability over a three-year funding term have led them to be placed under alternative funding arrangements for 2015-18.
11th February 2015
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6th February 2015
Arts organisations across England are sharing a £6.5m Arts Council England fund that would have been returned to the DCMS if not spent by the end of the financial year.
5th February 2015
Music will not be prioritised under new-style Ofsted inspections, but school leaders will soon be judged on the breadth and balance of their curriculum, including music provision.