
Today is the deadline for an Office for Students consultation on the proposals, which were outlined in a letter from education secretary Gavin Williamson in January.
In the letter, which can be read in full here, the MP instructs the OFS to ‘reprioritise funding towards the provision of high-cost, high-value subjects that support the NHS and wider healthcare policy, high-cost STEM subjects and/or specific labour market needs’, reducing funding for those subjects which ‘do not support these priorities’ by 50% for the coming academic year.
Professional association for Drama teachers, National Drama, has responded to the proposals, writing that they are ‘appalled by and extremely critical of the government’s latest proposal to halve funding to drama, music and creative academic subjects at higher education level.’
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