The role of creativity in education...

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2009 /Change Schools: Researching Creative Practice/ Working with a team of academics from design, literature, dance, music and art backgrounds to research, analyse and streamline notions of creative practice encountered throughout the education system. Students were directly engaged as researchers of creativity, empowering them to make change happen in their school. Commissioned by Wade Deacon Secondary School, Merseyside

2009 /The Relationship between Young People and the Creative Industries in Merseyside/ Mapping the extent and effect of discreet and official arts partnership work, concluding with a series of recommendations on effective practice, further research and resource-sharing. Commissioned by The Bluecoat and Find Your Talent

2009 /Gun and Knife Crime Prevention/Evaluationof a three-year crime prevention project in North Liverpool schools, focusing on the effective use of creative practice and how to produce meaningful evaluation evidence within low literacy workshops. Commissioned by The Aspire Trust and Merseyside Youth Association

2009 /Creative Business Training / Access to University - gifted students from deprived areas/Working withstudents to realise a creative project from scratch with a real budget and public audience, whilst familiarising themselves with the university environment. For Ideas Tap and L'Ouverture at Goldsmiths, University of London