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	14-19 Diplomas Support Programme The Diploma support programme is now in its second phase, offering the educational training and expertise to support you as you prepare to deliver the Diploma. The Diploma support programme is delivered on behalf of the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) and partners: Learning and Skills Network Pearson Education the Workshop The programme offers a comprehensive package of training workshops, bespoke consultancy, materials and online support. The offer is designed to be flexible and easily customised to suit the various needs of different consortia and practitioners. For the most up-to-date event schedules, online booking and to access all aspects of the programme, please visit this site.
	ADM-HEA ADM-HEA is the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Art, Design and Media. Established in 2000 to support and enhance learning and teaching in higher education art, design, media theory and practice, the history of art and design and cultural studies subjects. The ADM-HEA works with people in further and higher education institutions, subject associations and professional bodies, to explore and identify opportunities to develop effective practices in learning and teaching in art, design and media.
	Artifact Artifact is the arts and creative industries hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN). The term hub is synonymous with gateway or simply guide and at its most basic Artifact is an Internet Resource Catalogue (IRC) providing searchable access to a collection of high quality online resources and web sites. Each site has been chosen by subject specialists for its relevance to further and higher education teaching, learning and research in the arts and creative industries. Each site is then evaluated and catalogued by the Artifact cataloguers along with a description of the site and its key features. Artifact is a free service. However some resources Artifact describes require a subscription and/or id and password in accordance with the Publisher or Content Provider’s subscription policy.
	Artists Access to Art Colleges The AA2A project is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project, using workshop and supporting facilities in fine art and design departments of Higher and Further Education institutions. This gives participating artists and makers the opportunity to use equipment which otherwise might not be available to them, as well as benefiting the institution by bringing in ideas and techniques which may not otherwise enter the college environment.
	Arts Awards Arts Award aspires to support any young person aged 11-25 to enjoy the arts and develop creative leadership skills. Offered at levels 1, 2 and 3 on the National Qualifications Framework Arts Award can be achieved at three levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold.
	Arts Council England Arts Council England and the 10 Regional Arts Boards joined together in April 2002 to form a single development organisation for the arts. The new organisation is responsible for developing, sustaining and promoting the arts in England.
	Artscape The artscape directory features organisations and individual artists who undertake educational work. All artforms and regions are covered and many more artists and organisations are currently being added.
	Artsmark Artsmark - recognition and reward for schools dedicated to the arts an Artsmark is awarded to schools who show a commitment to the full range of arts -music, dance, drama and art & design. It is a national award scheme available to all schools in England. Schools can apply for one of three levels - Artsmark, Artsmark Silver or Artsmark Gold. Application form and guidance materials available on this website.
	Axis Axis is a resource for teachers and students of art and design to discover the work of contemporary artists, both locally and nationally. * Opens a door to artists and artworks created in the UK * A catalyst for further research and discovery * Helping to foster collaborations between visual artists and schools * Links to further resources, both local and national Search for artists and their work according to themes, techniques and approaches, and see case studies demonstrating good practice involving artists in schools, as well as live projects on the site.
	Campaign for Drawing The Campaign for Drawing has one aim - to get everyone drawing! Visit Drawing Power for information on the Campaign and the Big Draw (over 600 events in October across the UK, most of them free). The education programme, Power Drawing, is investigating, with over 200 schools, how drawing can support learning across the curriculum. Many schools take part in October's Big Draw or promote it to their pupils as a half term activity. 'Start Drawing!' shows the importance of drawing in the intellectual and emotional development of young children and can be obtained from NSEAD (£4 incl p&p).
	Crafts Council The Crafts Council is the United Kingdom’s national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts. Established in 1971, we are an independent body funded by the Arts Council of England, responsible for promoting fine craftsmanship, encouraging high standards and increasing public awareness of contemporary crafts and applied arts.
	Crafts Council Photostore Photostore is the Crafts Council's new online resource which allows you to search quickly and simply for contemporary British crafts. Photostore Online features over 1,000 selected designers-makers and 50,000 images of their work.
	Creative Partnerships Creative Partnerships provides school children across England with the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and to take part in cultural activities of the highest quality. It is not a funding body but aims to establish genuine collaborative partnerships to enable the development of projects that reflect the interests, specialisms and shared vision of those involved
	Creativity Culture & Education Creativity, Culture and Education (CEE) is a new national agency which will deliver, from April 2009, cultural and creative programmes for children and young people from KS1 to KS4. Programmes the agency is responsible for include Creative Partnerships, Find Your Talent and Shine.
	Cultural Learning Alliance Sign up to the Cultural Learning Alliance and help to create a community that promotes, protects and builds access to culture for all children and young people.
	Department for Culture, Media and Sport The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has policy responsibility for museums, galleries and libraries, the built heritage, the arts, sport, education, broadcasting and the media and tourism, as well as the creative industries, the Millennium and the National Lottery.
	Department for Education Northern Ireland The Department for Education Northern Ireland is responsible for all aspects of the education service in the province.
	Drawing Research Network The Drawing Research Network is for anyone involved in some way with drawing research. It includes artists, designers, scientists and engineers. Many are also teachers, lecturers or research students. The web site presents information on people who have become associated with the Network; recent drawing projects; pointers to institutions engaged in drawing research, and links to organisations involved in the promotion of drawing. It also explains how to join the drawing research email discussion list.
	Gallery Finder Gallery Finder is a unique UK-wide resource for teachers, parents and pupils to explore the exciting opportunities on offer in art museums and galleries. Gallery Finder helps you find out: which galleries are in your area details of the collections they offer the kinds of exhibitions or collections they offer how to make contact other details important for a school visit. Gallery Finder is managed by engage, the national association for gallery education, on behalf of the Clore Duffield Foundation, and is regularly updated.
	General Teaching Council for England: The General Teaching Council for England: · A professional voice on teaching · Supporting and upholding existing high standards · Raising the status of teaching · Listening to and working with teachers.
	General Teaching Council for Scotland The General Teaching Council for Scotland aims to: · To contribute to improving the quality of teaching and learning; · To maintain and enhance professional standards in schools and colleges in collaboration with partners including teachers, employing authorities, teacher education institutions, parents and the Scottish Executive Department; · To be recognised as a voice and advocate for the teaching profession; · To contribute to the development of a world class educational system in Scotland.
	InSEA Europe The International Society for Education for Art is the representative body for visual arts educators worldwide. This is its web site for the European Region. InSEA promotes cross-cultural understanding and co-operation and catalyzes joint research and teaching projects in art education among specialists from different cultures.
	International Society for Education through Art The websites of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) include general information about the Society, the International Baccalaureate gallery and IDEA curriculum resources. The NSEAD is the United Kingdom affiliate of InSEA.
	Learning and Teaching Scotland The Learning and Teaching Scotland website has been planned to be a significant tool in its strategy for communication with the educational community in Scotland. LT Scotland is a national public body that provides support, resources and staff development for early years and school education, and promotes learning throughout life. Our role is to advise the Scottish Executive and to support development in learning and education, including the use of information and communications technology (ICT).
	London Schools Arts Service LONSAS is London's online resource supporting educators, facilitators, arts and cultural practitioners working with children and young people in both formal and informal education in London. There is also a West Midlands (EASWM) arts service.
	Museum Network Funded by the DCMS/DfES this site has been created by the members of the Museum Network: the Wallace Collection (London), The Bowes Museum (County Durham), Compton Verney (Warwickshire), The Holburne Museum (Bath) and Waddesdon Manor (Buckinghamshire). The website includes three exciting online resources that draw on the collections of all five museums and cover the key curriculum topics of Portraits, Landscapes and Greek and Roman Myths. The sites allow each of the five museums to make their collections more accessible to all, whilst facilitating fun but informative learning for teachers and pupils at Key Stages 1-4.
	National Arts Education Archive The National Arts Education Archive was established in 1985 at Bretton Hall College. It is now a branch of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). The Archive is housed in the Lawrence Batley Centre at the YSP and comprises over 100 separate collections relating to the arts in education. The database catalogue of its contents contains records for over 28,000 collection items of many different kinds, from paintings and drawings to photographic slides and sound or video recordings, and includes also many printed and manuscript collection items.
	Open College of the Arts The Open College of the Arts is a vibrant community of artists, writers and designers dedicated to unlocking the creative potential of individuals. It is a charitable trust at the forefront of arts education in the UK. Our aim is to give you the skills to express your creative talents. Our inexpensive, arts-based courses are structured, progressive, practical and pleasurable. Our 300 tutors are all practising artists/designers or writers. We foster individual creativity, developing technical expertise and stimulating critical awareness.
	Open frequency Open frequency shows an ever-evolving selection of current artists' projects, exhibits, events and bodies of work, chosen by a network of over fifty advisors across the UK. Open Frequency is a dynamic, virtual catalogue. It compiles a range of links and images for each artist. Artists nominated for presentation will show recent material including images, audio and video clips, biographical and bibliographical information, links to reviews, media articles and further exhibition information from gallery websites, as well as the artists' own sites.
	Royal Academy of Arts cReAte Programme ‘The best INSET training we have had!’ Is drawing as much about thinking and behaviour as skill and if this is the case is it possible to identify stepping stones to help young people find a greater depth of interest in the subject? Drawing on the expertise of the RA Outreach Programme, this practical one-day workshop offers KS2 and KS3 teachers the opportunity to explore, discuss and reflect on ideas about drawing and creativity. Combining both learning from drawing and facilitated discussion, participants are encouraged to look at the way they currently teach drawing and explore how this can be strengthened. ‘Being able to see practice that you can translate into the classroom’
	Royal Academy of Arts Outreach Programme ‘I felt challenged to make something more unique than I would ever consider’ Since 1989, the Royal Academy of Arts Outreach Programme has travelled across the UK, from Guernsey to the Shetlands Islands, annually taking 100 dynamic, day-long, creative drawing workshops to secondary and primary schools. With the life model at the centre of the day's activities, the Programme provides a unique opportunity for young people to explore a wide variety of approaches to drawing as a vehicle for developing their own creativity. Artist and model encourage initiative, curiosity and contemplation, whilst generating a relaxed atmosphere in which students can explore their personal perceptions free from judgement. Exercises are designed to stretch the students’ notion of what drawing encompasses and how it’s a creative process in which risks are taken, responses explored, potential solutions compared, instincts acted on, mistakes made and exciting results achieved.
	RTKids A national online gallery for school children's artwork - a free service to all schools allowing Art Departments to exhibit their pupils work at the Art Teacher's discretion. Unlimited gallery space allows teachers to also create albums of exemplar work that can slideshow on their electronic white boards as they discuss new projects.
	Saatchi Gallery - The Portfolio Schools Prize All Primary and Secondary schools are now able to create school profiles and display artwork created by all pupils between 4-18 years old. The Portfolio Schools Prize has also been launched, and is open to all schools around the world. A panel of art critics will choose their favourite works each year. A first prize of £10,000 will be awarded to the winning school’s art department. A further £2000 will be given to the winning pupil to be spent on computer and art equipment. There will be two runner-up prizes of £5000 each awarded to the second and third place schools with a further £1000 to each of the winning pupils. The three winning works will be displayed at the new Saatchi Gallery which opens early 2008.
	Scottish Executive The Scottish Executive is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.
	Scottish Qualifications Authority The Scottish Qualifications Authority is the national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment, and certification of qualifications other than degrees.
	Specialist Schools and Academies Network Specialist Schools and Academies Network - The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust website dedicated to supporting the people who work in Specialist Schools and schools affiliated to the Trust. The site aims to focus on schools’ needs at subject and regional levels, and offer advice and resources relevant to current educational issues. It includes information about specialist schools such as the Visual Arts Colleges.
	The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) is an executive body of the Welsh Assembly Government. It is responsible for education, training and children's services in Wales under powers devolved from the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK government.
	The Global Dimension Global Dimension is an essential website for teachers, bringing together the best in global dimension publishing. The site has a searchable database of hundreds of resources, many of which are free. New sections added to the website include news features, additional case studies, updated curriculum information and a global calendar. The global dimension is not a subject. It permeates everything we think and do. Including the global dimension in teaching means drawing links between local and global issues, and that what is taught is informed by an awareness of international matters and our role as global citizens. This useful site is provided by the Development Education Association and the Department for International Development in the UK.
	Visual Arts Data Service VADS is the online resource for visual arts and has built up a considerable portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching, learning and research in the UK. VADS offers advice and guidance to the visual arts research, teaching and learning communities on all aspects of digital resource management from funding, through delivery and use, to preservation.
	Visual Learning Foundation The VLF was founded in 1994 by a group of Art Advisory Teachers who were former members of the White Lion Arts in Education Team in the London Borough of Islington. For fourteen years (1980 - March 1994) the Arts in Education Team developed a philosophy and practice of resource based Art Education for primary children and successfully provided in-service training for teachers. The VLF holds an extensive archive documented over 18 years which exemplifies the high levels of creative achievement possible through a structured, progressive art education.
	What Works Well What Works Well is a growing knowledgebase of case studies describing learning improvement, where teaching practitioners share practice that has improved learning and teaching. Browse and search for case studies; register to add your own.
	Working Papers in Art and Design Working Papers in Art and Design is an international peer-reviewed journal. It has a core interest in the fundamental principles, philosophies, and problems that underpin studio-based research in art and design. Its scope includes understanding how research contributes to the development of the discipline; and the problem of the relationship of the image, the object, the presentation and the word.