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Research and Policy
Creating Safety
Creating Safety provides guidance on child protection for individuals and organisations involved in delivering artistic, cultural and creative projects for children and young people in Scotland...
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Research and Policy
Artworks Scotland
ArtWorks Scotland is a national skills development initiative for artists working in participatory settings...
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Videos
Creativity through dance at Pilrig Park School
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Research and Policy
Creative Scotland
Creative Scotland is the national leader for Scotland's arts, screen and creative industries - helping Scotland's creativity shine at home and abroad...
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“The sciences develop enquiring minds and nurture learners’ natural curiosity, imagination and creativity...”
—CfE Briefing 15 - Sciences for all
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“If we take a moment to really think about the attributes that underlie creativity, its importance in developing these skills becomes clear...”
—Kate Latham, Head of Learning and Community Engagement at the Jupiter Artland FoundationÂ
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Research and Policy
Research to support Schools of Ambition: final report
Provides an overview of the Schools for Ambition programme, which sought to enable 52 individual schools in Scotland to determine their priorities for a three-year period of transformation...
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“The collections of Scotland's museums and galleries are a vital resource for education...”
—Helena Gillis, Museums Galleries Scotland
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Research and Policy
Artists and teachers resource
This ArtWorks Scotland resource has been developed for teachers and artists looking to embed creativity into school plans, offering relevant policy, evaluation and funding information, tips on planning together and case studies from artists and teachers who have worked in partnership...
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Research and Policy
Unlocking Potential, Embracing Ambition - Creative Scotland's 10 year plan
The 10-year plan sets out a shared vision for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland...
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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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“Creativity is the gift which sets human beings apart from the rest of the animal world, a practical exploration of our dreams and ideas...”
—Catherine Cassidy, Associate Director Education, Scottish Ballet
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“Creativity is all about bringing imagined possibilities to life: an idea, a philosophy, a mathematical formula, a work of art...”
—Dougie Irvine, Visible Fictions
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Research and Policy
Beyond insects and robots: designing an education fit for the future
How can we make the most of booming employment rates and improvements in artificial intelligence...
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Videos
Back to School: STEM Skills and Creativity with Dynamic Earth
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Research and Policy
SQA Qualifications - Creative and Cultural Skills
There are approximately 3,000 businesses in Scotland employing 57,000 people within the Creative and Cultural Skills sector...
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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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Videos
Creativity and Social Studies at Woodhead Primary School
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Research and Policy
The National Society for Education in Art and Design
If you teach art, craft or design in primary or secondary schools, or in further or higher education - especially teacher educators - the National Society for Education in Art & Design (NSEAD) site is for you: gallery educators, artists in residence, parents and all those with an interest in arts education...
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Quotes
“True scientific progress relies as much on an excellent specific education as on creativity and an ability to think and venture beyond what appears to be correct and reasonable...”
—Philipp Kukura, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Oxford