If funding for arts subjects is slashed, the country will not only be culturally poorer but will also lose skilled and highly motivated graduates, writes Martin Dove
The fact that education comes down to strategic value indicates to me that the people who think about these things do not properly understand education (Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities ‘catastrophic’, 6 May). It is obvious that, for some of the needs of society, we need strategic choices in education, because society needs medical staff, vets, architects, lawyers accountants and the like.
But on top of vocational training, what the UK desperately needs is people who can think critically and analytically, who can use their imagination, and who can communicate. We get such people when they are allowed to study the subjects they really enjoy, because all subjects will teach such important and transferable skills.
