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Creative Partners
WE Schools
WE Schools is a unique, four-step active citizenship programme that inspires young people to identify the local and global issues that spark their passion, and empowers them with the skills and tools to make change...
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Quotes
“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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Research and Policy
Coffitivity
A team of researchers, led by Ravi Mehta at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tested the effects of varying levels of noise on participants’ creative thinking skills, proving that moderately loud background noise boosts creative thinking...
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Research and Policy
Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Creative Industries sector
The influence and impact that the Creative Industries sector has on Scotland – both economically and culturally – is deep and varied...
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Creative Partners
National Theatre of Scotland
Our mission is to make exceptional, audacious, collaborative theatre that represents the complexity of modern Scotland, and to take that theatre to our communities and to the world...
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Research and Policy
The Creativity Post
The Creativity Post is a non-profit committed to sharing the very best content on creativity, in all of its forms: from scientific discovery to philosophical debate, from entrepreneurial ventures to educational reform...
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Videos
Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect
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Creative Partners
Dundee Rep Theatre
Dundee Rep Theatre is a vibrant, world class, award winning performing arts organisation made up of Dundee Rep Ensemble, Scottish Dance Theatre and Dundee Rep Creative Learning...
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Online Teaching Tools
BBC Blast - Creating a career
Listen to Blast's three-part audio programme on turning your hobby into a business...
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Creative Partners
Eden Court Theatre & Cinemas - CREATIVE
Eden Court is the Theatre for the Highlands and Islands and presents a wide and varied programme of music, drama, dance, comedy and film to appeal to all residents of the Highlands and visitors to the area...
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Online Teaching Tools
TED - The Creative Spark
Over 300 filmed talks on a broad range of creative themes by some of the leading speakers and innovators...
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Creative Partners
Edinburgh Art Festival
Edinburgh Art Festival is the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art offering an unrivalled programme of exhibitions, commissions and special events...
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Quotes
“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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Quotes
“"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
The Source of Creativity - TED Radio Hour
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Quotes
“Science and arts are not an either/or...”
—Creative Industries Federation
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Videos
Doodlers, unite! - TED Talk by Sunni Brown
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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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Online Teaching Tools
Get Into Live Music
Get into live music is all about working in the live music industry This site hopes to open your eyes to the huge variety of careers in the industry – and the different ways to get there...
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Creative Partners
Scottish Youth Theatre
From weekly drama and dance classes, tailored education projects and workshops, performances for all the family to our flagship Summer Festival there is something for everyone...