Understanding Cultural Capital

How Arts and Culture can enhance Southampton School Curriculums

Connecting Culture, 2021.
A student at Mount Pleasant Junior School, Bevois, Southampton, with their Arts Award Discover certificate.
Connecting Culture Research Project, 2021.
A student at Mount Pleasant Junior School, Bevois, Southampton, with their Arts Award Discover certificate.

The SCEP is a consortium of diverse organisations working together, hosted by the University of Southampton, to nurture creative and cultural education for all children and young people in the City.  

This workshop, held online on Monday 4 July, is part of the SCEP Transition Programme training offer of Southampton Cultural Education Partnership (SCEP), in partnership with Artswork.  

Colleagues listened to five presentations given by cultural leaders and educators from the Cultural Learning Alliance, Mount Pleasant Junior School, The Polygon School, Redbridge Community School and Regents Park Community School, that discussed how they defined cultural capital in their own setting and how we could all work together across Southampton to ensure every child has an arts-rich education that develops their potential.  

Below is the introductory presentation to Cultural Capital. Additionally SCEP Members can view three of the five event presentations via the SCEP Sharepoint Site.*

What is Cultural Capital?  

Sam Cairns, Co-Director, Cultural Learning Alliance 

 *SCEP Membership is free and open to individuals and organisations engaging in cultural education for children and young people in Southampton. For more details and how to join, visit our Members page.