The councils backing culture
Local authority cuts to the arts may be widely reported, but some councils are investing serious money in cultural development, sa…
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‘Increasingly high’ risk of burnout among arts leaders
A report calls for flatter and more diverse leadership in arts organisations, and encourages the nurturing of individual leadershi…
Arts organisations must be allowed to die, report claims
A new report on resilience in the arts encourages a shift in thinking from individual sustainability to the health of a sector as…
ACE Directors paid £1m last year
Role changes, salary increases and associated benefits led to members of Arts Council England’s senior team seeing their rem…
Arts Council sparks controversy with ‘practical guide’ to cultural democracy
Calls for unity have been made following comments accusing Arts Council England of appropriating a radical movement and likening t…
Are we misunderstanding cultural democracy?
Has Arts Council England got cultural democracy wrong? Steven Hadley and Eleonora Belfiore argue for a more thorough questioning o…
Embedding the arts in healthcare
Clinical psychologist Katherine Taylor explains how Greater Manchester is putting the arts at the heart of its mental health strat…
Arts in schools: the end of an era
As performance targets squeeze the arts to the margins of the curriculum, only the most courageous of state schools are continuing…
Tackling class discrimination
By taking a robust approach to understanding the social class make-up of the workforce, the cultural sector can address entrenched…
Doctors supported to prescribe arts through new £4.5m scheme
Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s initiative aims to reach tens of thousands of people across England.
Data map reveals levels of arts engagement across England
The data will be used by Arts Council England to inform a £24m investment in new areas through its Creative People and Place…
EXCLUSIVE: Collapse in GCSE arts subjects gathers pace
The fall in entry numbers for GCSE arts subjects has reached record levels, but an Ofqual report understates dramatic losses in de…
Why I’m not celebrating
You may think Debbie Geraghty should be celebrating the current diversity debate, so why isn’t she?
Working class people ‘significantly excluded’ from arts careers
Craft is the only artform to come close to accurately representing working class communities across the UK, new research finds.
Uproar as arms dealer sponsors Great Exhibition of the North
BAE Systems, accused of “profiteering from the deaths of innocent children” in Yemen, is one of the Exhibition’s…
Lottery shortfall forces ACE to cut 2018-22 budget by £156m
£39m less per year is available as Arts Council England announces new funding streams and a new name for Grants for the Arts…
Creative industries risk losing 27,000 jobs in no-deal Brexit
An impact analysis commissioned by London's Mayor shows the country could lose up to £3.3bn in growth by 2030 if no long…
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