speakers

Paul Collard

Paul has 25 years experience of working in the arts and is an expert in delivering programmes that use creativity and culture as drivers of social and economic change. Paul is the founding Chief Executive of CCE, a new national agency created by the British Government to deliver a range of cultural programmes for young people. This includes: 

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  Creative Partnerships, the Government"s ?agship creative learning programme, designed to develop skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and achievements 
• ?Find your Talent? pilots, which are exploring how to offer every young person 5 hours of quality arts and culture a week. 

Paul joined Creative Partnerships from Culture10, where he had worked as a creative director, in January 2005. Other positions held include General Manager at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Deputy Controller of the British Film Institute in London, Director of the UK Year of Visual Arts in the North East of England and Director of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in Connecticut.

In his presentation, Paul Collard will explore the ways in which schools in England have been adapting to changes in the world outside. Using evidence drawn from research into the impact of Creative Partnerships, he will show how schools will need to change to prepare young people for adulthood in the 21st century and the impact, such changes can have on their behavior and attainment. He will consider whether creativity is limited to the teaching of certain specific subjects and explore the impact of such strategies on the engagement of parents in the children"s learning.

Link:

www.creative-partnerships.com