4.5e What type of evidence exists on the economic and social value of cultural education that also aligns with government appraisal guidelines as outlined in the Culture Heritage Capital programme and Green Book? What methods are effective for social cost benefit analysis, to value wellbeing impacts, and the contribution of cultural education to skills pipelines and creative economy growth?
Background
The department is keen to understand how cultural education, whether in educational settings or through less formal routes/environments, helps improve children and young people’s attendance and attainment at school. We are also interested in understanding the value of cultural learning, via the approach set out in the Culture and Heritage Capital programme. In addition, we remain interested in whether cultural learning and enrichment supports children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, supports community cohesion, and supports them to develop key life skills like creative thinking, resilience, and teamwork. We are interested in how impact can differ, for example depending on the art form or frequency. We are looking to build our evidence base on how specific cultural education approaches can boost skills, support the growth of the cultural sectors and make cultural professions more accessible and impactful on the lives of children and young people.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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A critical review of the Creative Partnerships archive: How was cultural value understood, researched and evidenced?
Creative Partnerships (CP) was the biggest and longest running arts and education intervention in the world. It operated in England from 2002-2011 and worked intensively with over 2,700 schools, 90,000 teachers and over ...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham
Why might this be relevant?
This project critically reviews the Creative Partnerships archive to understand cultural value and its impact on children and young people's development, aligning with the government appraisal guidelines.
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Centre for Cultural Value
The UK's arts & cultural sector is thriving: it contributes 674,000 jobs and £11.8bn per annum to the economy and remains one of its fastest growing sectors (DCMS, 2018). Yet despite this strong economic perfor...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
Why might this be relevant?
This project focuses on training sector practitioners in key areas of need, including data analysis and evaluation, which partially aligns with the question on effective methods for social cost benefit analysis and valuing wellbeing impacts.
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Navigating Futures: arts education as a route to youth empowerment and pedagogical innovation
This project seeks to enhance engagement with, and impacts from, research and resources produced from a previous project funded under the Global Challenges Research Fund (entitled 'From displacement to development: arts ...
Funded by: GCRF
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
Why might this be relevant?
This project aims to enhance engagement with arts education to empower youth and improve literacy, aligning partially with the question on the value of cultural education and its impact on children and young people's wellbeing.