Barbican to open new creative centre in Hackney Wick 

30 May 2014

(Image credit: The Stage website)

Barbican to open new creative centre in East London

The new creative centre in Hackney Wick will allow theatre practitioners to develop new work for performances at the London venue. Read more

Kids in Museums expands Take Over Day across the arts

The charity is going to pilot its Takeover Day scheme at other arts and heritage venues including Historic Royal Palaces, the Barbican, Sadler’s Wells and Oval House Theatre in London. Read more

‘Let's stop being defensive about the value of arts degrees’

Knowledge exchange manager at Birkbeck, Wendy Earle talks about how arts and humanities courses enrich our lives. Read more

Why drawing needs to be a curriculum essential

Director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize and dean of Bath School of Art and Design, Anita Taylor talks about the creative, expressive and educational value that drawing has. Read more

London leads reduction in number of Neet under-18s

The number of young people not in education, employment, or training (Neet) in London is falling at a dramatically faster rate than the rest of the country, according to latest figures. Read more

‘Ministers morally obliged to overhaul school careers guidance’

The government is "morally obliged" to improve the quality of careers advice in schools, teachers' leaders have said after a survey showed pupils want “drastic” changes to the way they receive jobs guidance. Read more

Royal Ballet School announces new teaching course

Participants who complete the school’s Diploma of Dance Teaching will be awarded a Trinity College London Diploma in Dance Teaching and Learning – a level six qualification under the National Qualifications Framework. Read more

Southbank Centre announces revamp for key venues

Arts Council England is to fund the lion’s share of a £24 million repair and maintenance programme for the Southbank Centre’s music venues and gallery after warnings by English Heritage that restorative work “could not be further delayed”. Read more

Change for a tenner

A series of six events in celebration of the art of social change. It’s a search for tactics, approaches and devices to bring people together to find change on many levels. These series of events are part of LIFT 2014. Read more

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