In this section you can find about the UK’s approach to education and training in the arts. If you want to study arts in the UK then our artform education pages will provide you with lots of useful information and directions to many of the best places to study, whether it be music, film, drama, dance, visual arts, literature or design.

We have also provided some details of the UK's training and lifelong learning initiatives, where to go to find these and why they are important for the development of Britain's creative industries.

Devolution for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has meant that UK education and cultural policy is now determined by the national assembly in each country. In England policy continues to be developed by the UK national departments. For more information, then please check our UK Government Education links below.