The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular and highly influential nineteenth century artist known for her fine children’s...
World Book Day this year takes place on 1st March 2018, and 2018 is the 21st year of World Book Day. The aim of this day is to encourage children to explore the pleasures...
Explore how Much Ado about Nothing is performed and interpreted, from original stagings to the modern day, with this free course. Shakespeare’s much loved play, Much Ado about Nothing, is read and studied all over...
Learn about Meyerhold’s form of physical theatre, biomechanics, and understand and perform ‘The Slap’. This course introduces you to world-renowned Russian director Meyerhold’s technique of biomechanics. It invites you to study and experience first-hand his revolutionary...
Are you a student who has been happily using books in the library when writing your assignments? Have you heard of journals? Would you like to use them? They contain up-to-date research in your...
The National Archives hosts the monthly Big Ideas seminar series, open to academic and research communities as well as the heritage and archival sectors. On Tuesday 20th February 2018 (13.00-14.00) Professor Andrew Prescott, University...
Come and join us – apply for an AHRC funded PhD opportunity in Applied Art Ceramics and Glass. Check out the details online – deadline is 5th March 2018. Successful candidates will have access...
Find out about inspiring projects created by Chinese artists to address important social issues, with this free online course. You can register now to be alerted when the course next runs. Topics included in the...
One of the world’s largest collections of work by Glasgow Style designer Talwin Morris is available online by the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) for free use in education and research at https://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/GSATM.html Morris was...
The Catalogue of the Library at the National Gallery in London is now available online. It contains nearly 49,000 records, for approximately half of the Gallery’s Collection – this number will increase as more...
The Library are very pleased to announce that we now have the Archive of the International Research Centre for Calligraphy. The collection belongs to the International Research Centre for Calligraphy, and is shelved on...
Join a free online course to learn to use digital skills to develop your career, being run by Accenture. They are running a series of free interactive courses which will help you build digital...
A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters. Some of these, such as the 1908 film The Robber...
Have you considered entering the 2018 D&AD Awards? Check out how to enter. These awards recognise ‘beautiful ideas’ – they are coverted worldwide and give credit for craft and creativity.
Enjoy some relaxation time over Christmas, knowing that you have a plan for tackling your thesis reading/writing in the new year! Queen Mary, University of London, have several retreats coming up in January and...