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Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities 'catastrophic'

by Lanre Bakare Arts, Culture Correspondent

Artists and musicians speak out against proposal by education secretary and Office for Students Artists and musicians have accused the government of neglecting the country's "cultural national health" by pursuing a "catastrophic" 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities, which could come into effect from this autumn. A consultation by the Office for Students (OfS) and education secretary Gavin Williamson sug…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:36am on May 6, 2021