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In the wake of #OscarsSoWhite Create Jobs is fighting for diversity

Also this week: DCMS invites applications for next Chair of Arts Council England and Sky funds Central scholarships for students with disabilities

'National shame' surrounding mental health provision in schools

Also this week: local authority arts funding ‘cut by more than £56m’, and Arts Council launches survey into visual artists' livelihoods

ACE share thinking on how investment activity may be shaped from 2018

Also this week: new survey launched to collect local level data on arts engagement, and Family Arts Festival extended for 2016

Chair of ACE makes a case for the importance of a high quality cultural education

Also this week: more than half of art teachers consider quitting as subject becomes 'devalued', and Tomb Raider creator to open two new free schools

Are young people really taking part?

Do high levels of overall arts participation mask worrying falls in the number of children doing a range of arts activity?

AND's Chair responds to Ebacc in article for the TES

Also this week: music and performing arts growth stalling, and ACE launches survey to better understand the experiences of disabled people working in arts and culture

AND pushes to broaden school/arts partnerships in London

Also this week: Sell a Door launches youth writing programme, and new research finds arts and culture helps combat loneliness

New report warns UK’s creative leader status ‘under threat'

Also this week: Arts leaders call for EBacc to be scrapped, and first UK festival dedicated to black and minority-ethnic writers to debut next month

Three London arts organisations invited to apply for £6.7 million in funding

Also this week: new report shows positive impact of Family Arts Campaign, and theatres urged to hold more 'relaxed' performances

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