September 2013 saw publication of Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan which was developed with a range of partners...

As "one of the 25 most important people in American arts education" Eric Booth has influenced our own thinking about creativity across teaching and learning here in Scotland...

Education Scotland Development Officers share good practice and current events as they work with practitioners across Scotland...

In Spring 2011, Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) commissioned the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL) at The University of Winchester to undertake research to establish the viability of creating an assessment framework for tracking the development of young people’s creativity in schools...

Out-of-school-time programmes typically provide children with additional academic lessons outside of school hours and/or recreational and enrichment activities...

Research demonstrating that children who play musical instruments, act, dance or sing are around three times more likely to engage in creative activity, such as art, writing and performing, as an adult...

The Creativity Crisis - For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining...

The National Parent Forum of Scotland nutshell guide, with a focus on Creativity, Enterprise and Employability, is aimed at parents with children of all ages...

A New Yorker article on how psychologists and neuroscientists have examined the mental state of daydreaming, revealing the ways in which mind-wandering is an essential cognitive tool and a piece of the creativity puzzle...

Powerpoint Presentation by Stephen Bullock, Development Officer for Creativity with Education Scotland, delivered to the Education Scotland & Renfrewshire Council national event: Tackling Prejudiced based bullying & Promoting Equality and Diversity It argues that the creativity skills, especially open-mindedness, are central to tackling prejudice and prejudice based bullying and are a means of embedding this agenda across the curriculum and challenging prejudice at its root, in the habits of mind of the individual...

Again and again I see talented people with ideas they want to share – books they want to write, talks they want to give, businesses they want to launch – holding back because they think they "don't know enough" about their topic...

What will jobs in the UK look like in 2030...

The Data generator is an online service designed to help individuals and businesses in the creative sector to access the latest industry research and analysis...

Engineering needs to emphasise its creative side to encourage more young people to take it up as a career, says a leading member of the profession...

The World Economic Forum released its Human Capital Report with the subtitle “Preparing People for the Future of Work”...