Motion
- Motion title
- Composite: ‘Arts and Minds’ - defend the arts in post-16 education
- Session
- 2024-2025
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 24 May 2025
- Status
- Carried
- Motion
- 2
- Motion text
The UK arts industry employs 2.4 million workers. Arts education is a route for
marginalised people to have a voice in society and challenge discriminatory
narratives. Funding cuts have lessened working-class access to the arts. GCSE
entries to creative subjects have fallen by 42%. It is vital that funding for arts
and culture subjects is improved as part of a new funding settlement.
Congress welcomes the launch of the “Arts & Minds” Campaign, led by the NEU
and supported by multiple unions and activists who are fighting to restore arts
education as a core part of the curriculum.
We must fight for the future of arts education.
Congress resolves:
a. To affiliate UCU with the “Arts & Minds” campaign.
b. To develop regional strategies to expand the campaign within UCU.
c. To promote the campaign via the UCU website.
d. To send UCU representatives to campaign meetings to influence strategic
direction.
- Proposing body
- London regional committee, London Metropolitan University (City)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Education committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2025/C/05-24/002/2