While tackling stress is important and has wide-reaching benefits, creative practice such as music could do so much more. Applying the creative skills gained to STEM subjects can unlock even greater learnings. It’s a test of the essential nature of the ‘A’ in STEAM. Playing and practising music brings a range of health and educational…
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Too often, albeit with the best of intentions, we can be guilty of prescribing when it comes to young people and their future. Even indirectly, popular culture, science fiction and the news dictates what adults think is important for the next generation. This piece from Nominet is about a fifteen-year-old who’s changing this narrative. It…
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Exciting news about our 2019 Cultural Residency, exploring the Imagination Matters theme – Empathy. Each year here at the Institute of Imagination we run a residency inspired by one of our Imagination Matters themes. Through our Imagination Lab in Lambeth, the residencies deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with visitors. Following 2018’s Places to Imagine residency and the wonderful…
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STEAM in action with a fantastic article from The Stage. James Doeser takes us through the explosion of collaborations between science and theatre. An element of daily life, like medicine, seems removed from ourselves and our understanding, despite us interacting with it constantly. We love how the article recognises the importance of finding ways to communicate…
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We believe that imagination is the essential link between knowledge, creativity, learning and discovery. It’s both the fuel and the path through which ideas are brought to life. This is especially true for STEM subjects, where access, interest and take-up is a battle which continues. Making is part of our philosophy, and as this article…
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