Government plans to halve funding for music in higher education will be “catastrophic”, Musicians’ Union warns
In a consultation for funding for the 2021-22 school year, the Office for Students (OfS) and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson propose to cut funding for “high cost” subjects by 50 per cent.According to the consultation, subjects including music, dance, drama and performing arts, art and design, media studies, and archaeology are not considered “strategic priorities” by the government.The document added that although the government wants “provision in those subject areas to continue to be widely available, we believe they are a nevertheless lower priority for OfS funding than other high-cost subjects”.In a response on the official MU website, the group said halving funding would be “catastrophic” and would affect “our members’ work, the