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Rewilding the curriculum!
On 14th June 2023, we had our final arted International Conference in collaboration with the OECD Futures of Education.
Sep 4, 20236 min read


Visit to the Interplay Theatre company in Armley, Leeds
This Erasmus+ project has come to an end with our last meeting, which took place in the lovely city of Leeds. It was a pleasure to visit...
Sep 1, 20233 min read


Meet the Partners: Interplay
Interplay Theatre, the National Centre for Sensory Theatre, has storytelling at its core, and uses the five senses to unlock narratives...
May 31, 20231 min read


Warm welcome in Greece: Teaching and learning event and multiplier event in Thessaloniki
From the 25th to 28th of April the partners from arted met at the premises of Stimmuli in Thessaloniki Greece for Teaching and learning...
May 3, 20232 min read


Forging Creative Futures: Trainee Teachers Give Promising Feedback in Leeds
On the 9th and 10th of January, Steve Byrne and I piloted our teacher-trainee workshops with Lisa Stephenson’s students at Leeds Beckett....
Feb 17, 20233 min read


Collective Creativity and Wellbeing through story
Collaborative story making experiences can offer children the opportunity to experience different ways of seeing as they navigate shared...
Feb 15, 20231 min read


Sicilian Skies: Transnational partner meeting in Palermo
On the 9th and 10th November partners met at the premises of CESIE in Palermo, Sicily for the 4th transnational partners’ meeting, as...
Nov 15, 20222 min read

New Connections: Creating International Landscapes of Practice through the Expressive Arts
On the 26th April 2022 we visited colleagues in the University of Iceland for our first face-to-face meeting as part of a three-year...
May 19, 20226 min read


Story making: Drama in primary with the Story Makers Company
How can we integrate drama into primary learning in a meaningful and impactful way? Founder of the Story Makers Company, Lisa Stephenson,...
Mar 2, 20221 min read


Meet the Partners: University of Iceland
We are Dr Rannveig Björk Thorkelsdóttir, who is an associate professor in drama and theatre education and Jóna Guðrún Jónsdóttir who is...
Feb 14, 20222 min read

arted events: #LearningPlanet Festival 28.01.2022
On the 28th of January 2022, Stimmuli for Social Change participated in the international #LearningPlanet Festival at the Session...
Feb 4, 20222 min read


Meet the partners: Leeds Beckett University
Dr Lisa Stephenson and Dr Tom Dobson from Leeds Beckett University are the project leads for arted and they are supported by their...
Feb 4, 20222 min read


Meet the Partners: World University Service
We are Tobias Schnitzler and Sabine Petrovits, both working at the World University Service (WUS) in Graz. WUS Austria is a politically...
Dec 1, 20212 min read


How can we build back better arts education?
Read our recent article published in Schools Week.
Nov 23, 20211 min read


Meet the Partners: Stimmuli
Konstantina Karameri, Ioanna Garefi and Sofia Kantsiou discuss their practice.
Nov 3, 20212 min read


Meet the Partners: CESIE
Martina Romano and Irene Pizzo discuss their practice and being part of arted.
Oct 5, 20211 min read


Meet the Partners: YoungArts
Cora Guddat and Katie Lee Dunbar discuss their practice and being part of arted.
Sep 16, 20212 min read


Drama in troubled times
Drama and theatre have had a rollercoaster existence in curriculum policy, often side-lined as a non-academic subject – the poor relation...
Mar 2, 20211 min read


NEW PROJECT TO BOOST CREATIVE LEARNING IN SCHOOLS ACROSS EUROPE
Education experts at Leeds Beckett University are collaborating with artists and organisations across Europe to develop teachers’ skills...
Nov 2, 20202 min read
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