Creativity in Education
@edcreativity
Lets talk 'creative' not just 'arts'. Lets reform the UK school curriculum. Run by @bfileigh
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27-04-2019 13:04:25
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Great to see the way the habits are being used @willwarburtonHF The Health Foundation
“They don't only matter to the economy, they critically represent an investment in our quality of life.” Great piece from @PeterBazalgette The Observer on the vital importance of arts and culture to our society. theguardian.com/culture/2014/a…
Great to see this piece by @PeterBazalgette in the The Observer resurface, especially this #GeneralElection2019 week. 'We have to recognise the huge value of arts and culture to society' - make this your first read of today 👉theguardian.com/culture/2014/a… #BaccfortheFuture #EBacc
ICYMI: #LetsCreate - our brand new Arts Council England strategy for arts, museums and libraries in villages, towns and cities across England from 2020-2030: artscouncil.org.uk/letscreate Thank you to everyone across the country who has helped us to bring it to life.
Great to be Digital Skills APPG relaunch today. Big ambition in the room to radically rethink how digital skills are taught across the education system. Building digital competencies into the curriculum, teacher training and, crucially, in retraining adults.
Register for our next BFI Film Academy virtual Lab, Upskilling in Isolation: Building Virtual Creative Communities & Networks, taking place on 6 June: tinyurl.com/yauju5dl We will be joined by representatives from Backstage Mandy.com ScreenSkills BFI NETWORK
Today my first book "Value and the Humanities: The Neoliberal University and Our Victorian Inheritance" is released into the world. I am proud that it is available entirely open access: palgrave.com/gb/book/978303… 📚 Palgrave Literature 📚 Palgrave Humanities @SN_OAbooks #author #openaccess #monograph
Happy Publication Day x 2 to me and Creativity in Education @BFILeigh. We've been working on addressing the gaps in secondary education for creativity, specifically around film and moving image. Check out bfi.org.uk/find-resources… (and scroll to Creativity in the Classroom section)
🌈Just heard that I've been shortlisted for an Outstanding Teaching Award in College of Arts+Law 🌈 Thank you Guild of Students + Uni of Birmingham students. Lost a solid fifteen minutes having a "happy cry" at the prospect of actually making some students' pandemic year a bit brighter.