1. Professor Ken Robinson & the importance of creativity Jen Farrant

2. About me Creative & strategic thinker Arts manager & consultant Arts Award Adviser Arts Award Supporter Consultant Trinity College London Shakespeare Schools Festivals Pop Up Festival Royal Opera House Bridge

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4. What are we going to do? Talk about creativity Listen to Ken Robinson – my education hero Discuss his ideas No wrong answers Often isn’t a right answer Which is the point......

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8. What am I talking about? Why have I started my presentation like this? What am I trying to get you to think about? CLUE – think of the title of my presentation!

9. What can you do with this?

11. What do you think? In your groups discuss this Do you agree? Disagree? Any personal experience you are happy to share?

12. Creativity The creative industries are the UK’s fastest growing industry This includes gaming, media, film, theatre, etc. But! There is more to creativity than just the creative industries....but before we move onto that...

13. UK Film Industry directly generating 43,900 full time jobs contributing £1.6 billion to national GDP. In employment terms, the industry is larger than fund management and the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.

14. contributed over £4.6 billion to UK GDP £1.3 billion to the Exchequer (2011) UK film industry has been very positive with GDP growth consistently outstripping the UK as a whole Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of the UK film Industry Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of the UK film Industry

15. Kate Winslet Worth £60m to the UK economy Inc tourism Her revenue Jobs generated ‘general promotional effect’ Guardian Article

16. Danny Boyle Did drama at university Worked at joint stock theatre Royal court theatre Old Vic Trainspotting Slumdog millionaire Olympic opening ceremony Wikipedia article

17. How does Ken Robinson’s speech relate to this....

18. STEM Science, technology, engineering and maths All requires creativity Thinking outside of the box Think of Star Trek and the first tricorder...

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20. Creativity How would you encourage creativity within schools?

21. You are not just teaching dance, drama and music You are teaching so much, much more

22. Conclusion Education is stifling creativity Creativity is vital to our futures You are providing young people with amazing skills and experiences which will last them the rest of their lives

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