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The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. @andyburnham, the arts and culture MUST be part of it. We've launched an urgent petition to make sure the arts can play their part in revitalising the nation 🌱 Add your name ✏️ campaignforthearts.org/petit…
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🚨 BREAKING: UK national museums & galleries "will remain free, to all of us, forever". Speaking at Tate Liverpool yesterday, Culture Sec Lisa Nandy put the debate to bed, pledging to defend free access for everyone 🏛️ 🌍
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🎂 This December marks 25 years of universal free admission. Recently, the govt considered changing the policy to charge intl visitors in England. This would've impacted everyone’s visits to national museums & galleries and could've influenced choices in other UK nations too.
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I was present & can confirm Baroness Mackenzies maiden speech was brilliant. @UKHouseofLords
🎥 In her maiden House of Lords speech, the new Arts Minister reiterated the Government's pledge to revitalise arts education. We warmly welcome @ruthmackenzie's commitment to that pledge. Our research continues to highlight the scale of the crisis in arts education [...]
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🎥 In her maiden House of Lords speech, the new Arts Minister reiterated the Government's pledge to revitalise arts education. We warmly welcome @ruthmackenzie's commitment to that pledge. Our research continues to highlight the scale of the crisis in arts education [...]
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🥀 47% drop in the arts' share of GCSE entries in English state schools since 2010 📉 Sharpest drop in arts A-levels in 5 years ⚖️ Students in deprived areas are 3x less likely to take GCSE Drama We look forward to monitoring the Government's progress in reversing these trends.
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🎙️ In June, our Director gave evidence in Parliament on the future of the BBC. 📬 Last week, @LordsCommsCom wrote to Lisa Nandy, and we are delighted to see them call for a "bold, confident and unapologetic" approach. CFTA's response ⬇️
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Right now, anyone can walk through the doors of any UK national museum or gallery and experience their permanent collection for free – with no barrier, booking, ID or fee. 🎉 On 1 December, we celebrate 25 years of this landmark policy.
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Recently, the government has been considering whether to change the policy in England by charging international visitors. 🔮 That would impact everyone’s visits to national museums, including UK residents – and could influence future choices in other UK nations too.
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There is now less than one week left to respond to the Government's important consultation on National Lottery funding ⬇️ If you have already submitted your response – thank you. If you haven't had a chance yet, please do so before noon next Weds. 🔗 campaignforthearts.org/news/…
The Government is reviewing National Lottery funding for the first time in almost 25 years – including the 1/5 share that goes to the arts. Shares have shrunk before, and could again. 📸 Lamar Francois 🖼️ @derbytheatre Block Party 📍 Stockbrook Park, Derby
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And when he says that he loves the arts in his life, he means they are not essential. That is the thing to fight. Arts and literature are not things to love (Kafka anyone?) They are about thinking harder about things that matter.
“Science and maths degrees offer most value to the nation, says minister.” In some cases that is true. But don’t you have to think more carefully what “value to the nation”. means. Some value isn’t measured in money thetimes.com/article/42df946…
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"The crisis in arts education is not just a story of falling enrolment, but widening inequality." 🗣️ CFTA Director in The Stage today on how the raw figures on exam entries hide an even more serious injustice. Whoever we are and wherever we live, we need the arts in our lives.
Students in England’s most deprived areas are about three times less likely to enter GCSE drama than those in the least deprived areas, new data analysis suggests. Read more 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/students…
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🗣️ More funding, more teachers, and more space for the arts in schools 🚀
“More funding, more teachers, more space." Jack Gamble knows what the government must do for the arts in schools. Sign our open letter if you agree ➡️ tinyurl.com/OpenLetterAM @_CFTA
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The Government is reviewing National Lottery funding for the first time in almost 25 years – including the 1/5 share that goes to the arts. Shares have shrunk before, and could again. 📸 Lamar Francois 🖼️ @derbytheatre Block Party 📍 Stockbrook Park, Derby
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🦠 Arts GCSEs: stagnant Down 47% since 2010, and this year shows no sign of recovery. Every subject we track has lost ground since 2010.
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🌱 Children deserve an arts education. The Government has pledged to revitalise it. We cannot allow that to stall. Sign the petition to help put the arts in the new PM's 10-year plan. Now just a few hundred names away from 30,000. campaignforthearts.org/petit…
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The number of pupils taking arts subjects continues to fall. Let's tell the government what it needs to do now to fully restore the status of arts subjects in schools tinyurl.com/OpenLetterAM
Arts A-levels: still vanishing 🚨 In 2010, roughly 1 in every 6.5 A-level entries was in the arts. Today, it's 1 in 10. Every single subject we track now accounts for a smaller share of entries than it did in 2010 👇
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