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The UK is a creative superpower. Tailoring policy that plays to people's perceptions / prejudices; rather than facts is where the UK has gone wrong since 2016 and earlier.
Restricting access to the University courses that drive our creative industries is both economically harmful but also goes against what the Conservatives claim that they stand for - a belief in freedom / not legislating in a way that would reduce the rights of individuals.
Surely people should be allowed to make their own decisions on the paths that they wish to take - especially given that students are paying for their own education(!) (subsidised by foreign students)
If someone wants to study to become an Artist, or Sound Mixer or something. They are adults and funding it themselves. Leave them to make their own decisions.
Students already get a raw deal paying 8% interests on student loans, due to the Tories privatising the Student Loans company. It just reinforces how disconnected the modern Tories are from younger generations, and often, reality.
In 2022 the creative industries generated £126bn in gross value added to the economy and employed 2.4 million people. Disney earned £185bn in 2024. There's a lot of value in working with mice. #creativeindustry #mickeymousedegrees #rishisunak #creators
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