Dr Ian Shirley and Dr Anna Mariguddi Music is all around us. The power of music and benefits of music education  are well documented (see for example Hallam, 2010; Hallam and Himonides, 2022). In England, the teaching of music is a statutory requirement between the ages of four and fourteen. Although a large proportion of this…

Professor Jo Crotty The Institute of Social Responsibility started a blog in March 2020 in response to the first Covid lockdown. With the aim to critically examine broad conceptualisations of social responsibility across all disciplines, the Institute was committed to exploring the opportunities for cross sector collaboration and co-operation and to draw on the experience…