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Voluntary Arts partners CRESC to host new £1.5 million project probing radical rethink on culture
A multi-disciplinary team led by CRESC (Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change at the University of Manchester) Senior Research Fellow Dr Andrew Miles has been awarded £1.5 million by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a five-year research project under its Communities, Culture and Creative Economies funding programme.‘Understanding Everyday Participation – Articulating Cultural Values’ […]
Grassroots arts activity makes ‘Significant Contribution’ to civil society
A report, released by the Third Sector Research Centre, states that grassroots arts activity makes a ‘very significant and positive contribution’ to the development of Civil Society.
Researchers from TSRC, in partnership with Universities of Exeter and Glamorgan as well as Voluntary Arts, reviewed a large amount of information on grassroots arts activity. They drew the […]
Researchers from TSRC, in partnership with Universities of Exeter and Glamorgan as well as Voluntary Arts, reviewed a large amount of information on grassroots arts activity. They drew the […]
National music umbrella organisations respond to National Plan for Music Education
Last Friday (25 November 2011) saw the publication of the Department for Education’s National Music Plan. Included among its provisions are music education hubs to be established across England under the guidance of Arts Council England (ACE).
The announcements have been welcomed by national music umbrella organisations including Making Music, Sound Sense and the National Association […]
The announcements have been welcomed by national music umbrella organisations including Making Music, Sound Sense and the National Association […]