Richard Jones

@BBCr4today why not run the train overnight?

A nine carriage train from London to Plymouth has only five cars. Standing room only for some. A bus has a standee limit but does a train? #GWR

@ThomasJPitts @DrLizStafford This looks like a very interesting resource

@DrLizStafford This is really important to me. Music is a huge part of my life. So much so, I curate musicoftheday.co.uk - highlighting a different composer each day of the year (September to December is still in development, however).

I really, REALLY wish we could get beyond the misunderstanding that music education = extra-curricular instrumental provision. Music is a statutory subject of the National Curriculum, and the heart of music education is classroom music lessons.

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@BBCRadio2 Please tell Bob Harris that the show should be about music not him?

@jpjsavage @LCRMusicBoard So is this the Music Hub Lead Organisation board or something wider?

I had an exciting evening in Liverpool on Thursdsay, starting my work on the newly constituted @LCRMusicBoard. Here's the details if you want to know what we are all about! liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/liverpool…

@Music_bod Procurement exercise. If it is all arts who else could apply but ACE? Or it could be a conglomerate of NPOs. National Gallery, Royal Opera House and National Theatre/ RSC.

@jondcarroll @DeborahAnnetts @ISM_music Other thoughts are in a procurement exercise it could be a conglomerate of NPOs. National Gallery, Royal Opera House and National Theatre/ RSC.

Breaking news. Please read DfE announcement below.Not sure what this means for music education hubs. And not sure how this fits with access to music ed and creative subjects in our schools. Thoughts please. Hopefully all will become clear soon @ISM_music gov.uk/government/new…

@jondcarroll @DeborahAnnetts @ISM_music Will it be asked to do more with less or a continued standstill budget? No announcement yet for 25/26

@Johnfinney8 @Music_bod The DfE has always thought in those terms. Crazy!

@Music_bod Odd title. Why not just the arts? More often see music and the arts. Some must find music’s exceptionalism tiresome.

@Music_bod It will be procured.Arts Council must be in pole position given their cross arts remit. The question arises that is there another organisation with such a remit that could tender for it?

Do parents and learners value the arts?

@Music_bod Shame no mention of Dance or little of drama. How should we interpret this?

With the rise of AI is a secure knowledge based curriculum more important than ever? Discuss

Interesting. Does this hark back to the special schools era? What role will there be for the new music hub lead schools? gov.uk/government/new…

Appalled that there is no mention of Dance in the Curriculum and Assessment Review and not much on Drama. Why is it always "Music and the Arts" ? I remember trying to get the DfE to think of just the "Arts" over 15 years ago!

More appalling waste of the licence fee. Last week Clive Myrie was in LA, last night in Washington. Today's R4's Nick Robinson is in Tel Aviv and Justin Webb is in Washington. They don't need to be there. The BBC has local reporters on and shows can be anchored from London.

This is a disgrace. Not sure who is responsible for the day to day ownership of the school, but at the very least the diocese should be hanging their heads in shame. theguardian.com/education/2024…