The Royal Anniversary Trust

2007
University of the Arts London
Educating the world’s creative shoe and accessory designers
The University’s Department of Footwear and Accessories combines a long tradition of technical manufacturing skills with innovative teaching of design. This has connected the historic reputation of the UK shoe industry to the huge global opportunities of contemporary creative industries. Its graduates occupy leading positions in international fashion. Their work adds value to the UK’s share in the important footwear and accessories market and underpins Britain’s creative image.
http://www.arts.ac.uk

2007
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama
The Opera Programme: training exceptional young singers
In recent years opera has enjoyed a surge of support among the wider public. The graduate programme of the Guildhall School has produced a steady flow of world-class singers who have taken leading roles in opera houses around the world. Widely acclaimed public opera productions are a key part of the programme and involve a unique blend of opera performance and technical and stage skills contributed by students from across the whole School. The programme has attained world interest.
http://www.gsmd.ac.uk

2005
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Guildhall Connect: a large-scale programme using musical creativity to engage and inspire young people
The Guildhall Connect project has been a pioneer amongst music outreach programmes. Designed to develop musical creativity among young people, it involves a large number of schools and community organisations in East London, bringing younger players into contact with gifted young professional musicians in a rich programme of workshops that embrace everything from classical to popular music, western and non-western genres, as well as new works created through collaborative workshops, often involving other arts disciplines. The project is innovative and imaginative in its approach to communal creativity, composition and the fusion encouraged between different musical cultures and experiences, and makes a significant contribution to public policy in support of musical education.
http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/connect

2002
Hills Road Sixth-Form College
Art and design: a community partnership
Artists and architects in residence add much to a highly significant programme in which students improve artistic skills, contribute to the college and to the local community, and develop social awareness. The students undertake commissioned projects, including many murals and sculptures for health centres, primary schools, Cambridge railway station, and a modern shopping centre. Other commissions have involved projects for businesses such as Novartis, public agencies and national institutions. Students transform imaginative thinking into artistic reality and undertake excellent creative work within realistic commerical and other constraints.
http://www.hrsfc.ac.uk

2002
Royal Northern College of Music
International music festivals: education, cultural and community enrichment
Following the success of its first large-scale Wind Festival in 1983, the college has created and sustained a diverse series of imaginative music festivals. They all involve the whole community and include performances not only by internationally acclaimed professionals, but also by students, schoolchildren and local amateur groups, as well as masterclasses and lectures by artists and scholars of international standing. These festivals have helped to break down the barriers between professionals, amateurs, students and children and have made the highest quality of music-making accessible to a wide section of the community, nationally and internationally.
http://www.rncm.ac.uk

2000
Royal College of Art
Conservation of art, craft and design: postgraduate training, education and research
The Department of Conservation at the RCA provides specialist training, education and research opportunities in conservation - a field in which the sciences, humanities, arts and crafts are of equal importance. Under the supervision of experienced professionals, students study, conserve and restore real objects such as stained glass, sculpture or tapestry in a combined working and academic environment. Ongoing research includes digital exploration of museum objects, risk analysis for collections and the impact of lasers on the surface of materials such as marble. College graduates already occupy key positions in major museums and in the private sector.
http://www.rca.ac.uk

2000
Royal Northern College of Music
Wind ensemble music: commissioning, training and performance
The college has transformed the repertoire and performance standards of wind ensemble music in this country. In 1981, the college hosted the first international conference of wind bands and ensembles for composers, conductors and publishers. It introduced British musicians to a vast range of unknown repertoire and to new standards of performance. This extension of the available repertoire has benefited a wide range of performers, from the local community to the international stage and has encouraged composers to explore and develop new ideas.
http://www.rncm.ac.uk

1998
Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Education for the film industry
The Film School makes about twenty-seven films or animated productions each year during its diploma courses. Students experience all aspects of the film production process, encompassing script development, casting, art direction, camera/lighting, sound, continuity, acting to camera, post production and distribution. With a first ever BAFTA nomination achieved by a student in 1985, honours and awards have since been received at international film festivals. The school benefits from the close association of industry professionals and the support of the business community and regional associations.
http://www.arts-inst-bournemouth.ac.uk

1998
The London Institute
Creativity and innovation in fashion education
The Institute, at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, continues to make a massive contribution to the successful growth of the UK fashion industry, nurturing the creativity of students whilst equipping them with the commercial and technical skills necessary to become effective practitioners. Students are invited to show their collections as part of London Fashion Week and regularly win major national awards. The college also provides a launch pad for highly successful careers in the related areas of journalism, production, retailing and marketing which sustain the British fashion industry.
http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk

1998
Royal Northern College of Music
Special courses enabling the teaching of musical instruments to large groups
Recognising an urgent need for more qualified string instrumental music teachers, the college has established an innovative and exciting scheme for training students as teachers of groups. The resulting programme is ideally suited to teaching schoolchildren, and many of the children recruited for college training exercises are from seriously disadvantaged backgrounds, some with severe learning difficulties or who are seriously handicapped. The scheme thus provides a considerable beneficial outreach to local schools, and the children gain immensely in general education and development, in personal and social skills, in teamworking and from the creative opportunities provided.
http://www.rncm.ac.uk

1996
University of Edinburgh
Music in the community: a course for advanced music students
This course breaks the barriers of the traditional academic faculty, bringing the benefits of music to a wider community than usual. The university’s innovative work takes music to people with dementia, encourages prisoners to write operas and promotes music technology for the disabled. Music has also been introduced to children in Bosnia-Herzegovina to treat post-traumatic stress disorders.
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk

1996
The London Institute
Paper conservation: teaching and technology
The London Institute has been at the forefront of paper conservation for more than 25 years. It has made a major contribution to the science and technology underlying the practical techniques of conservation. The Institute advises monasteries on the oldest and most precious books in the world, provides skilled employees to a wide range of the world’s premier museums and libraries, and assists businesses, insurance and legal companies with forensic expertise.
http://www.arts.ac.uk

1994
University of Glasgow
Offering university cultural resources to those outside the university
Britain's first University Visitor Centre serves to integrate the work of the university into the wider community, providing a centre of education for people beyond its staff and students. It aims to show that a university is not an 'ivory tower' but a vibrant centre for learning and study. Over 160,000 visitors a year enjoy important works of art, concerts, lectures and plays.
http://www.gla.ac.uk

1994
Royal College of Art
Design responses for products for an ageing population
The college launched DesignAge, an innovative, cross-disciplinary programme reflecting the growing importance of the over-50s in an ageing world population. Its objective was to alter the perception of designers and manufacturers, and to encourage a commitment to design for this vast segment of society. As a result, the college has worked with internationally known companies like Safeway Stores, Marks & Spencer, Rockware Glass and Royal Doulton on fashion, packaging and household appliances for the mature person, as well as tools and aids for those incapacitated by age and illness.
http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk/programmes/designage/index.html