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Inspiring Moments
Creative Curriculum Fund
The purpose of this fund was to support secondary schools to embed creativity across their thinking, behaviours and systems for the long-term benefits to learners, whilst tackling a current curriculum challenge specific to the individual school...
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Inspiring Moments
Creative Wellbeing Fund Report
The Creative Wellbeing fund supported six projects across Scotland and brought together learning communities and creative partners to work together to find innovative solutions to increasing learners' wellbeing and a wider sense of achievement...
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“I believe Scotland stands on the threshold of becoming a world leader in creativity, if, and only if, the education sector embraces the challenge of creativity across the curriculum to realize the Curriculum for Excellence...”
—Eric Booth, international creative learning consultant and author of The Everyday Work of Art
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Inspiring Moments
Y-Dance Active Case Studies
Y-Dance are working in partnership with Sportscotland to deliver the Active Girls Project, supporting girls in both school and community settings to become more physically active through dance...
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“Creativity is everything...”
—Carole Williams, National Drama Advisor, Scottish Community Drama Association
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Inspiring Moments
Supporting Your Ambition
Dumfries and Galloway CLN created a one-day conference, bringing together a wide range of partners to support and advise young people on careers, further education and training in the land based industries and creative sector...
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“Infants are extreme explorers; they possess qualities that are often lost by adulthood: curiosity, novelty seeking, always learning (and adapting) without much hesitation, and perhaps most importantly, not being afraid of failing...”
—Rachel Wu - Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, New York
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“The high-skilled minority (characterised by their creativity, analytical and problem solving capabilities and communication skills) will have strong bargaining power in the labour market, whilst the low-skilled will bear the brunt of the drive for flexibility and cost reduction...”
—The Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030 (UKCES)
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“Creativity...”
—D.W. Winnicott
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“"The Creative Industries consistently punch well above their weight, outperforming all the other main industry sectors, and are a powerhouse within the UK economy...”
—Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller
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“Using our imagination, being ourselves, expressing our opinions - creativity challenges and develops the mind...”
—macrobert Young Consultant
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“Science and arts are not an either/or...”
—Creative Industries Federation