The Enterprise Practitioners Association welcomes individuals from across education, and employers, who are interested in enterprising practice. It aims to bring together educators alongside partners in the public, private and third sector who have an interest in both education and skills development. This new association will be running a series of CPD events. The first is on 27 August in Edinburgh, for programme details visit: http://events.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk/events/show/4003
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Youth Music Initiative Funding for Youth Music Forums
YMI have announced that they will be continuing to fund the development of youth music forums. Information on how local authorities can apply to a number of funding streams will be released over the next couple of months – individuals/music networks within CLNs would be eligible to apply.
Please see guidelines attached and a link to information on the Creative Scotland website below: http://www.creativescotland.com/investment/investment-programmes/youth-music-initiative <http://www.creativescotland.com/investment/investment-programmes/youth-music-initiative>
Partnership for Learning Award presented to Cathkin Community Nursery
Scottish Education Awards 2011 http://www.creativescotland.com/news/scottish-education-awards-2011-150611
Creative Scotland was delighted to present the Partnership for Learning Award to Cathkin Community Nursery on 14 June 2011, at the Scottish Education Awards. The awards celebrate the hard work and success which takes place in Scottish education. The Partnership for Learning category recognises the partnerships within the education sector that work together to make an outstanding contribution to children and young people’s learning through Curriculum for Excellence.
Young Writers Awards – 14-17 years – mentoring by a professional writer
Young Writers Awards http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/young-writers-awards
Do you love to write? Ever dreamed about getting published? Would you like to work with a professional writer?
Scottish Book Trust is currently on the lookout for three enthusiastic writers between the ages of 14 and 17 to participate in our Young Writers Awards.
They could have the chance to be mentored by an established teen writer over a period of six months as well as meeting industry professionals and visiting a top London publisher.
Opportunity for creative school leavers! – Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund
Sky Arts is offering five young artists £30,000 each to fund their work for a full year as part of the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund – in association with IdeasTap.
Sky Arts recognises that there’s an incredible amount of young talent in the arts today – but finding a way to get your work made is an ever-present challenge. The fund is designed to help bridge the gap between formal education and becoming a working artist.
So, whether you want to direct a piece of theatre, choreograph a new dance piece, write a novel, record an album, create a sculpture or produce a live art performance, Sky Arts will give you the time and money to make it happen. We’ll also pair you with a mentor from Sky to help you develop your networks, skills and knowledge in the arts and the commercial sector.
The Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund is open to individual artists working in visual art, theatre, performance art, film, music, dance orliterature. To apply, you must be an IdeasTap member aged 18-30 on 19 September 2011 and be based in either the UK or Ireland. It’s free to become an IdeasTap member and just takes a few minutes – sign up here.
Tell us how the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund bursary can help take your work to the next level and you could be in with the chance of receiving one of five £30,000 bursaries, as well as an opportunity to showcase your work on Sky Arts – be it on TV, online or on demand.
Two winners will be selected during this round of funding. The next round will open in early 2012 from which three further winners will be chosen.
The Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund is part of the Sky Arts Ignition Series, which seeks to collaborate with six arts organisations over the next three years in the creation of brand new works, and further expanding Sky’s support of the arts in the UK and Ireland.
About Sky Arts
Sky is the only broadcaster in the UK and Ireland with channels dedicated solely to the arts, with 48 hours of the best arts content from around the world across Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2 daily. Recent highlights include the latest season of the Met Opera, Chekhov Comedy Shorts, a season of brand new plays starring the cream of British comedic talent, Tim Marlow on Sculpture 3D and The South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
Sky Arts also seeks to connect with culture on the ground; creating and collaborating with the best of the arts in the UK and Ireland to bring new experiences to life.
For more information on Sky Arts, please visit www.sky.com/arts.
Download the terms and conditions here.
Read an interview with Sky Arts Channel Director James Hunt.
Applications close at 5pm on Monday 19 September 2011.
Gaelic speaking primary pupils now serve as Junior Guides at Edinburgh Castle
Historic Scotland
Gaelic Junior Guides at Edinburgh Castle http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/news/news_article.htm?articleid=32313
Gaelic medium education pupils from Tollcross Primary School in Edinburgh have seen the culmination of weeks of training to become Historic Scotland’s Gaelic speaking Junior Guides at Edinburgh Castle. The pupils gave a costumed performance in Gaelic of a 16th century royal banquet scene for an invited audience in the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle on Monday 13 June.
At the end of the performance they were presented with their graduation certificates as fully-fledged Edinburgh Castle Gaelic Junior Guides.
During the past few weeks the pupils have also become film stars. Their guided tour of the Great Hall, delivered as a costumed performance, has been filmed to produce an educational DVD about the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle for both Gaelic learners and Gaelic speakers, whatever their age.
Youth Scotland awards 10,000th Dynamic Youth Award
Youth Scotland, the network of youth clubs and groups in Scotland, recently awarded the 10,000th Dynamic Youth Award to a young person from Inverness.
Dynamic Youth Awards is an award scheme for 10–14 year olds. The Awards recognise young people’s involvement in a range of activities that they are already doing, including helping out at youth groups, supporting others to learn new skills and community arts projects.
The 10,000th Dynamic Youth Award was awarded to Liam Bell from Smithton-Culloden Youth Centre in Inverness, who achieved his award for designing and painting the cupboards at his youth club, as part of a group project to improve his youth centre.
Youth Scotland
http://www.youthscotland.org.uk/news/10,000th-dynamic-youth-award.htm
Cluster schools create new mosaic for Charleston Academy
The Highland Council reports that P7 pupils from six feeder primary schools have helped to create an eye-catching mosaic which will go on display at Charleston Academy. 122 pupils from Kinmylies, Muirtown, Dochgarroch, Kirkhill, Tomnacross, Teannassie and Beauly primary schools have worked with ceramic artist Kira Brown and the Highland Council’s Youth Development Officer, Nicola Rasdale to produce a new piece of artwork.
The Highland Council
New mosaic for Charleston Academy unveiledhttp://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2011/June/2011-06-15-02.htm
‘Bronze-age’ artwork goes on display at John Muir House
East Lothian Council
The Bronze Age residents of Haddington have inspired pupils from King’s Meadow Primary to get creative – and their artwork is going on display at John Muir House.
Primary four pupils from Kings Meadow researched the different people who have lived in Haddington over thousands of years. Through working with Archaeology Scotland and the Council’s Museum Service, the classes discovered more about the lives of Romans, Celts and Bronze Age people. The pupils also visited Traprain Law and discovered more about Celtic hillforts.
http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=885
RSAMD becomes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
On 1 September 2011 the RSAMD changes its name to become the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
This is a significant new chapter in the story of one of Europe’s leading conservatoires. Founded in 1847, the RSAMD now provides specialist learning to the highest professional level in dance, drama, music, production, screen and education. As these can’t all be listed in one name the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland better expresses this unusually rich breadth of artistic disciplines.
http://www.rsamd.ac.uk/ <http://www.rsamd.ac.uk/>
Alongside undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, the Academy is rare in that tuition is provided across all disciplines to people of all ages and stages. The range of evening, weekend, short courses, summer schools and Continuing Professional Development available is extensive and will be further developed. The well-reputed Junior Academy of Music for talented 9-18 year olds will become part of the Junior Conservatoire which will also embrace Modern Ballet. Contributions to Youthworks music centres across Scotland will continue.
As part of this evolution towards a new-model of conservatoire, one which is fit for the 21st century, in 2012 an innovative new curriculum will be introduced, which is designed to meet the need felt by professional companies round the world for confident, reflective, adaptable artists. The curriculum will create the space for disciplinary excellence, choice and transdisciplinary co-creation. This has been supported through ongoing investment which sees facilities becoming the best in Europe.
To find out more, please visit www.rsamd.ac.uk <http://www.rsamd.ac.uk>
