Creative Leaders Urge Government Support for Arts Education
Since Brexit was announced, practitioners and recruiters at creative companies of all sizes have lamented a skills shortage within the UK - something exacerbated by reduced candidate pools due to Brexit. Unfortunately, however, talent pipelines do not produce instant solutions due to where their journey starts: school. After years of austerity and the defunding of arts and design subjects in state schools, a group of "concerned leaders from UK's creative industries" have written an open letter to Jeremy Hunt prior to this week's Autumn Statement urging him to invest in arts and design subjects which are becoming available only to...