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Horrific news. Our orchestras, theatre and dance companies are some of the finest in the world. Now the Government tells us “music, dance, drama and performing arts, art and design ... are not among our strategic priorities.”
Funding for those courses is to be cut by 50% https://twitter.com/wearethemu/status/1388124434071003138
Funding for those courses is to be cut by 50% https://twitter.com/wearethemu/status/1388124434071003138
Presumably the government feel that arts cuts will play well to their base before the elections. A new front opens in the culture war.
But we don’t train artists or musicians based on where they live or how much their parents earn. Because talent is no respecter of postcodes.
But we don’t train artists or musicians based on where they live or how much their parents earn. Because talent is no respecter of postcodes.
The talent pipeline works. These cuts will narrow and eventually choke it.
At the moment we train rich talented students and poor talented students. If this cut isn’t reversed, we’ll soon be training rich talented students and rich untalented students.
At the moment we train rich talented students and poor talented students. If this cut isn’t reversed, we’ll soon be training rich talented students and rich untalented students.
I can’t tell you how good it feels to be told that the industry I’ve worked in, lobbied for, all my life, is not a priority.
It’s hugely profitable. We’re very very good at it. But it produces empathetic people, fluent in critical thinking, who work collectively. It’s got to go
It’s hugely profitable. We’re very very good at it. But it produces empathetic people, fluent in critical thinking, who work collectively. It’s got to go
Do you remember *that* Fatima advert?
The government rowed back from it immediately. But it turns out they didn’t need to. Ballerinas retraining in cyber is now official government policy.
I wrote about it here: https://forthearts.org.uk/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/
The government rowed back from it immediately. But it turns out they didn’t need to. Ballerinas retraining in cyber is now official government policy.
I wrote about it here: https://forthearts.org.uk/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/
Thanks for your anger and your support of this thread.
If everybody who’s amplified and liked it could sign and RT this from @Public_Campaign, that would be excellent https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop-the-50-percent-funding-cut-to-arts-subjects-in-higher-education/
If everybody who’s amplified and liked it could sign and RT this from @Public_Campaign, that would be excellent https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop-the-50-percent-funding-cut-to-arts-subjects-in-higher-education/
I spoke to @TheStage about the proposals. I was quite cross.
Here’s the full article. Please do sign here if you haven’t already https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop-the-50-percent-funding-cut-to-arts-subjects-in-higher-education/ https://twitter.com/thestage/status/1389541900877803524
The Cultural Learning Alliance has done a great guide to these horrific cuts, and how to respond: https://culturallearningalliance.org.uk/office-for-students-consults-on-49-cuts-to-he-arts-courses-funding/ Here's the consultation: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/8610a7a4-0ae3-47d3-9129-f234e086c43c/consultation-on-funding-for-ay2021-22-finalforweb.pdf & the response form https://survey.officeforstudents.org.uk/s/RecurrentFundingConsultation2021-22/
OfS will accept any submission before 23.59 tomorrow (Thursday)
OfS will accept any submission before 23.59 tomorrow (Thursday)
Please, if you have time, put your anger, fear, disgust and disappointment into words and respond to the Office for Students before tomorrow night. They rely on our silence to get things through.
And meanwhile sign this: https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop-the-50-percent-funding-cut-to-arts-subjects-in-higher-education/ Thank you x
And meanwhile sign this: https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop-the-50-percent-funding-cut-to-arts-subjects-in-higher-education/ Thank you x
Fight these cuts. Respond to the OfS consultation by midnight tonight. Great advice and a step-by-step guide to filling in the form from @Public_Campaign https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop-the-50-percent-funding-cut-to-arts-subjects-in-higher-education/respond-to-the-ofs-consultation/
