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Kickstart your career

What's the best pathway into the arts and media - a creative apprenticeship or a university course? How do I build my experience and contacts, and survive as a young professional? This Voicebox offers ideas about developing your creative career, providing you with insights and opinions from both professionals and peers.

We also have a careers section dedicated to helping you find inspiration on taking that next step!

  • Blog Getting into the arts with or without a university degree?
    18 May 2017

    Getting into the arts with or without a university degree?

    by Mary Strickson Contributor

    Having completed my undergraduate degree in History and my postgraduate degree in Art History I am evidently a big advocate for going to university.

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  • Blog I love my art – do I need to go to university?
    24 April 2017

    I love my art – do I need to go to university?

    by Blossom Caldarone

    Choosing between university and the world of work is hard, what are the pros and cons?

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  • Feature Creativity vs Education: What have we learnt this month, class?
    30 September 2015

    Creativity vs Education: What have we learnt this month, class?

    by Emily Steer Voice Team

    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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  • Feature I don't go to school? A vlog by Agi K
    28 September 2015

    I don't go to school? A vlog by Agi K

    by Emily Steer Voice Team

    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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  • Blog We need a curriculum that will engage the emotions as well as the intellect
    24 September 2015

    We need a curriculum that will engage the emotions as well as the intellect

    by [Deleted User]

    The biggest issue in Education has got to be the large percentage of children still being failed by the system.

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  • Feature Is higher education worth the cost?
    24 September 2015

    Is higher education worth the cost?

    by Sally Trivett Voice Team

    Now that university fees and living costs have shot up, is higher education worth it?

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  • How-to Guide How to...make the most of your academic creativity
    21 September 2015

    How to...make the most of your academic creativity

    by Emily Steer Voice Team

    This month we have rather naughtily put creativity and education up against one another - but obviously in a dream world they would be best pals. So, how do you really make the most of both?

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  • Feature How to...Educate Yourself Creatively Outside School and University
    18 September 2015

    How to...Educate Yourself Creatively Outside School and University

    by Mary Strickson Contributor

    Not getting enough creativity from your school or university? Worry not, there are many different options that can help you unleash your creative potential.

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  • Feature Technical Creativity: Using Practical Skills in the Arts
    16 September 2015

    Technical Creativity: Using Practical Skills in the Arts

    by Mollie Tuttle Youth Network

    Can technical skill and creative freedom really both be found in the same place?

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  • Blog Can young people fully understand the importance of arts in our current system?
    14 September 2015

    Can young people fully understand the importance of arts in our current system?

    by Meridith Dickin Youth Network

    Arts education is not effective in demonstrating the value of the arts to young people.

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  • Interview Joe Craig on creativity
    14 September 2015

    Joe Craig on creativity

    by Tom Inniss Voice Team

    Musician, screenwriter and author of the Jimmy Coates series talks about creative processes

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  • Blog Have art colleges lost their creativity?
    11 September 2015

    Have art colleges lost their creativity?

    by Meridith Dickin Youth Network

    With regimented marking criteria and a certain element of 'box ticking', do art colleges still offer creative freedom?

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  • Interview What goes on at... Creativity, Culture and Education
    10 September 2015

    What goes on at... Creativity, Culture and Education

    by Emily Steer Voice Team

    Creativity, Culture and Education are an organisation who help children to develop their creativity, growing on their current education. We chatted to Chief Executive, Paul Collard to find out more...

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  • Interview Backstage with...Susan M Coles
    9 September 2015

    Backstage with...Susan M Coles

    by Emily Steer Voice Team

    Susan M Coles is a passionate advocate for art, craft and design education in the UK (and beyond).

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  • Blog Creativity for mind, body and soul
    8 September 2015

    Creativity for mind, body and soul

    by Elspeth Barron

    This month we're discussing the important role of creativity within education, and beyond. It's not just about getting a great career and scoring the top grades (although creativity can help with that too!) it's also about what it means to be human, and where 'home' is to you.

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  • Feature What is the English Baccalaureate, and why is it causing a stir?
    7 September 2015

    What is the English Baccalaureate, and why is it causing a stir?

    by Emily Steer Voice Team

    If you have been to any debate on creative education in the last year, you will have heard one thing again and again. The new English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is coming, and it's a killer for the arts.

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  • Feature Is advanced education always the route to creative success?
    4 September 2015

    Is advanced education always the route to creative success?

    by Mary Strickson Contributor

    Should we always look to success at school and uni to predict future success? Loads of famous artists, musicians and actors made it...without excelling at school.

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  • Blog My issue with creative education
    3 September 2015

    My issue with creative education

    by Tom Inniss Voice Team

    Issues with commitment and hard work may be more accurate...

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