For a long time, the creative arts were losing ground in schools and universities to skills considered to be more useful and lucrative in competitive global markets. However, that tendency is beginning to reverse and educational establishments are changing their approaches to learning, sometimes quite radically, by giving more room to arts, sports and creativity in the curriculum. It is now being realised that encouraging creativity contributes greatly to producing balanced citizens who are capable of thinking independently, challenging conventional wisdom and understanding others. Moreover, creativity is not a hermetic faculty but a multi-disciplinary resource, inspiring ingenuity and originality in all realms of life. This session examines some of the leading practices in educational establishments throughout the world alongside innovative practices which have developed in other contexts.

Moderated by: Prof. John Tarrant, former Secretay General, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK