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6 May, 6 tweets, 3 min read
#URGENT - please sign.

The corrupt authoritarian philistine Tory Govt wants to impose a catastrophic 50% cuts to our genuinely world-beating Creative Arts subjects, Media Studies & Archeology at higher education level in England.

#NeverVoteConservatives

campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop…
The deadline for the formal consultation is TODAY (6th May).

Anyone can respond, so please do so.

Below is the main section of my response - feel free to use it to inform your own response.

officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/c…
Imposing a catastrophic 50% funding cut to our genuinely world-beating Creative Arts subjects, Media Studies & Archeology at higher education level in England is a philistine act of purely ideologically motivated vandalism that makes zero economic sense.
Our Arts sector is genuinely world beating and is a vital component of Britain's 'soft power', and provides economic growth, jobs and tax revenue.

Media studies is essential for giving people critical thinking skills in a media saturated world by facilitating media literacy.
This enables better mental health and makes people less likely to be victims of misinformation, disinformation and propaganda which can result in, for example, rejection of expert health advice, and dangerous polarisation in an already divided country.
Media studies provides applied skills in Britain's world beating media & communications sector. Students go on to work in all sectors, undertaking important comms work in areas including public relations, media, lobbying, business, finance, sport, health, policing & education.

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In January, Gavin Williamson announced that our increasingly authoritarian Govt of philistines intends to cut University funding by 50% to performing & creative arts, media studies & archaeology, with further reductions sought in future years.

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