We hope you will be able to join us for the two remaining debates.
Gender and Music Technology (Tuesday 7th June, 7pm, Performance Space, College Building, St John Street, London EC1V 4PB)
Technology is now central to many music-making practices across all sectors. Yet, men greatly outnumber
women in the field of music technology, and because it is vertically separated by gender, men also occupy most of the positions of authority. Higher education courses featuring music technology are also dominated by men and gender segregation in ‘technical’
courses at high-school level is widespread and pervasive. What can be done to address gender balance and gender bias within music technology? What kinds of radical interventions and new ways of thinking about the ways we interact with and teach music technology
might make a difference?
Speakers: Victoria
Armstrong (St. Mary's University), Georgina Born (Oxford University), Simon Emmerson (De Montfort University), Holly Ingleton (London College of Communication), Chair: Aaron Einbond (City University London)
3. Full STE(A)M Ahead? (Friday 10th June, 6pm, Performance Space, College Building, St John Street, London EC1V 4PB)
The Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan MP, has consistently argued that pupils are “held back” by an historical overemphasis on the arts and that this risks restricting their future career paths. How accurate is
this claim? Does this position reflect a downgrading of creativity or simply a necessary economic refocus for future sustainability?
There has been active promotion of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), but would the addition of ‘arts’ to this core be desirable? Where does music fit into this debate? Is STEAM necessary
or just a lot of hot air?
Speakers: Derek
Bell - Former Chief Executive of the Association for Science Education (ASE) and Head of Education at the Wellcome Trust, Pamela Burnand - Professor of Arts, Creativities and Education, University of Cambridge, Nico Macdonald - Chief Executive of the Research
& Development Society, Henry Vann - Head of External Affairs, Incorporated Society of Musicians, Chair: Miguel Mera (City University London)