Sandra Booth, Director of Policy and External Relations, spoke alongside partners from UAL, BFI, IPA and ScreenSkills to 100+ creative sector colleagues, media professionals, government representatives, and policymakers at Westminster Insight's UK Arts and Creative Industries conference in London on Wednesday 6th May alongside Caroline Dinenage DBE MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and Baroness Shriti Vadera, Industry Co-Chair of the CIC and Baroness Margaret Hodge DBE, Chair of the Arts Council review.
The subject of Art and Design is at the forefront of transformational change, where evolving paradigms and emerging technologies are reshaping how we create, communicate and engage with visual, material and digital culture. These shifts are offering opportunities for new modes of Art and Design practice, expanding creative possibilities, and introducing innovative forms of exploration and expression across different disciplines. The practice of Art and Design shapes contemporary cultural and societal values through creative research, making, empathy, storytelling, critical and speculative thinking, engagement with complexity, and the building of meaningful connections. QAA Subject Benchmark Statement 2026.
Responding to the prompt - With the wholesale review of the apprenticeship levy and skills reform, and the curriculum assessment review, are there meaningful changes in education pathways available into the creative sector?
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