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9 October 2015
Case Study: Jo Nead, Arts Award Activist and Gold achiever
I first came across Arts Award during work experience at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, where I was given the opportunity to complete a Bronze Arts Award alongside the course.
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8 October 2015
BBC Music’s Ten Pieces Secondary Film Screening in Salford
The BBC filmed ten pieces of classical music for Arts Award's tenth birthday! Well no, they didn't. But Ten Pieces? Tenth birthday? It's meant to be. They made the BBC Music Ten Pieces film in order to inspire young people of secondary school age to embrace classical music and filmmaking.
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8 October 2015
Case Study: Sally Trivett, Voice Community Coordinator and Silver Achiever
This month, we're celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday. We've called on the Arts Award Youth Network to discuss the impact that Arts Award has had on them. Today, it's our Voice Community Coordinator, Sally Trivett.
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5 October 2015
Arts Award movers and shakers: Diana Walton
Diana has been around since the first shoots of Arts Award grew in the West Midlands in 2000 and has helped the award to flourish over the years
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3 October 2015
Top news of the week… 3rd October 2015
The most important arts and media stories of the week
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2 October 2015
Fashion on the Ration
Yesterday I headed to a fun and enlightening talk at Bath Literature Festival. Fashion on the Ration focussed on the styles that sprung out of utility clothing and the surprising influence of Vogue during the war years.
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1 October 2015
It's Start Your Arts Award day!
Celebrate 10 years of Arts Award by pledging yourself to complete one.
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1 October 2015
#ArtsAward10...Happy Birthday Arts Award!
Yes folk, this month Arts Award is celebrating turning ten years old.
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1 October 2015
Case Study: Bhavesh Jadva, Voice Associate Editor and Bronze Achiever
Bhavesh Jadva was completing his Bronze Arts Award,when he was invited to join the Arts Award Youth Network as a representative for the North West. He has since become a key team member, working as an Associate Editor at Voice for the last couple of years.
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1 October 2015
10 tips for getting going with Arts Award
It's Start Your Arts Award Day! Here are our top tips for getting going with Arts Award...
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30 September 2015
Danny Wallace and Jamie Littler at Bath Children's Literature Festival
Danny Wallace is a natural fit as a children's author, achieving that nigh on impossible adult trait of speaking to children as equals.
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30 September 2015
Creativity vs Education: What have we learnt this month, class?
This month we have discussed the current state of creative education in the UK and it has proved itself to be rather lacking. From interviews with leading demonstrators to creative utopias, here is the best from September.
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29 September 2015
Google event brings a flurry of new devices!
Apple announced their latest flagship phones at the start of the month, Google ends September with theirs
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29 September 2015
How to ... make Arts Award work for you
Doing your Arts Award gives you a whole range of experiences and teaches you new skills. You need to make sure that when you are writing your college/university or work application that others can see what you have learnt.
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29 September 2015
Desi Rascals: The debate about how ‘desi’ it actually is
My family and I have been watching the acclaimed Sky Living, scripted reality series Desi Rascals.
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28 September 2015
I don't go to school? A vlog by Agi K
We've featured Agi on Voice before, she has completed all of her Arts Award levels (by the age of 11!) and is taught from home. Who better to call on, as we come to the close of creative education month.
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28 September 2015
Want my job?...with Garth Jennings
Garth Jennings has worked in both film and publishing, directing such classics as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and signing a three book deal with Macmillan Children's books. This weekend, he could be found at Bath Children's Literature Festival...
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27 September 2015
Classic Stories with Kate Saunders and Holly Webb
Should classic books be sacred? And, if you do choose to revamp or serialise a classic, how should you go about it?