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Quotes
“We work a lot with the arts at the observatory, in many ways...”
—Dan Hillier, Edinburgh Observatory
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Research and Policy
Learning Pathways in the Senior Phase and beyond
National Parent Forum of Scotland guide to the Senior Phase and pathways to work...
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“It goes far beyond the traditional world of art and music...”
—Shantanu Narayen, Adobe President and CEO
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Research and Policy
Data Generator - Creative & Cultural Industries
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...
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Research and Policy
Scientists explain how happiness makes us less creative
Various studies and opinions explore how both positive and negative emotions foster creativity, but that extreme emotions of either kind can hinder it...
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Research and Policy
The Glow Professional Learning Community for Creativity
Engage in conversation around creativity with educators right across Scotland by using the #creativity hashtag in the National Professional Learning Community...
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Research and Policy
This is the one skill your child needs for the jobs of the future
The World Economic Forum released its Human Capital Report with the subtitle “Preparing People for the Future of Work”...
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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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“Our research shows that in an Outperforming organisation, creativity is integral to success...”
—Investors in People
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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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Research and Policy
STEM to STEAM website
STEM + Art = STEAM In this climate of economic uncertainty, America is once again turning to innovation as the way to ensure a prosperous future...
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Research and Policy
Progression in a Nutshell
National Parent Forum of Scotland guide to progression through all levels and the Senior Phase...
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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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Research and Policy
Creative Little Scientists
Creative Little Scientists aims to bring together creativity and science and mathematics in preschool and first years of primary education (up to the age of eight)...
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Research and Policy
Creativity and the Future of Work
Those who started secondary school this year will graduate in 2024...
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Research and Policy
Three Behaviors that will Grow Innovative Teamwork
Innovative teamwork depends first and foremost on the team’s ability to hold constructive conflict...
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Research and Policy
The Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030
What will jobs in the UK look like in 2030...
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Research and Policy
Inequality kills innovation and entrepreneurship
"Our study of 21 OECD countries over more than a 100 years shows income inequality actually restricts people from earning more, educating themselves and becoming entrepreneurs...
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Quotes
“Science and arts are not an either/or...”
—Creative Industries Federation
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“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