Agenda item

Report of the Director of Learning & Engagement.

The Board received a report of the Director of Learning & Engagement which summarised recent strategic partnership developments, particularly in relation to the Under 18 offer and City and East London cultural education work.

The Director took the opportunity to highlight the increasingly joined-up thinking and approach being taken, not just with respect to creative learning activities, but to the general educational offering as a whole.

Members commented on the significant cumulative impact of the City’s education work and the role that creative learning played within this; it was urged that more be done to increase the profile of the Barbican and the City Corporation’s work in this area. Highlighting the work to newly-elected Members as part of the forthcoming induction process was also suggested as a helpful way of immediately raising corporate awareness of this activity.

In response to queries concerning the scaling-up of this activity and widening engagement, the Director advised that this was currently being explored; key to this would be setting out a clear narrative and identifying the right projects to work on collaboratively with others, before discussions with key organisations in other regions could begin.

A Member urged that consideration be given to including an element of adult learning, as this was an area that was increasingly being recognised as of real importance.

RECEIVED.