伦敦艺术大学副校长 Nigel Carrington 在《泰晤士》报上发表文章,呼吁英国政府重视创意教育,伦敦艺术大学北京招生代表处微信公众号文章

伦敦艺术大学副校长 Nigel Carrington，爵士 John Sorrell，以及 21 名艺术机构的管理者和艺术家们，于 11 月 11 日在泰晤士报上刊登了自己的联名信。对英国中学的创意课程削减提出了质疑。
联名信的内容如下：

创意中心岌岌可危
敬启者，创意产业每年为英国的经济创造了 770 亿的价值。但强调所谓的“基础学科”，已经导致大批学生选择不去修读创意类课程。从经济角度出发，文化产业已经成长为英国经济体中增长最快速的元素以及英国为全世界亮出的名片，但政府却仅仅关注于科学、技术、工科、数学以及学生的成绩，这本身就是自相矛盾的。
在其它国家把艺术和创意产业定位为经济发展，以及文化和社会取得成功的关键时，我们似乎在使得创意类课程在学校变得边缘化。

英文原文如下：

Creative hub at risk

Sir, The creative industries contribute ￡ 77 billion a year to the UK economy, yet the emphasisi on so-called “basic subjects” has already led to a sizeable drop in the number of students taking GCSEs in creative subjects.

It is economically self-defeating to be focusing exclusively on the limited STEM(science, technology, engineering and maths) and Ebacc agendas when the creative and cutural industries are the fastest-growing sector of the UK economy and our calling card to the world.

To argue, as David Cameron did at prime minister’s questions, for the arts to be put in place after the “basic qualifications” have been acquired, risks perpetuating existing problems with skills shortages and jeopardisng Britain’s position as a global cultural powerhouse.

We seem to be marginalising creativity in schools just as other countries have identified the arts and creative industries as the route to economic-as well as cultural and social-success.