All Blog Posts Tagged 'DCMS' (5)

Arts Council heavily criticised and arts community accused of ’scaremongering’ during heated inquiry into funding of arts and heritage by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.



Alan Davey, Chief Executive of Arts Council England (ACE), has been told he should be 'embarrassed' by his answers after criticism of the organisation's handling of public money.



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Hi All,

I'm a researcher who is currently seconded to DCMS working on a project about measuring the value of culture. I'm very interested in many of the conversations and blog posts going on here as much of it seems to relate to how we talk about and understand the value of culture.

The way the value of culture is narrated changes (unsurprisingly) given the context of the conversation. Thus much of the discussions in the media have used ideas about the contribution of…

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From the Guardian:



Up to half of all staff at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport are to be made redundant as part of the cuts programme submitted to the Treasury by the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt.



Hunt has also proposed moving out from the well-appointed departmental headquarters in Cockspur Street, just off Trafalgar Square, with the remaining staff finding room in a different, existing government departmental building.



In a move that will send a… Continue

From BBC News:



The leaders of Britain's most prominent cultural bodies are to appeal directly to the prime minister not to cause irreparable damage to the arts.

The coalition government has asked all major arts funding bodies to show how they would manage cuts of 25% or 30%.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has said everybody has to take their share of cuts.

Arts Council England will join organisations like the National Theatre and Tate to make the appeal later.

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Arts under further pressure as Department for Culture, Media and Sport makes savings of around £73 million as part of the department’s further contribution to reducing the fiscal deficit.



The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, and his ministerial team have examined recent spending decisions, pilot schemes and other commitments, and decided that a number of projects should not now go ahead.



Projects for which funding is being cancelled… Continue