CreaTech Report published: How the fusion of emerging technologies and the Creative Industries can transform the UK’s approach to skills, innovation and business.
The Royal Anniversary Trust have published their Coronation Challenge CreaTech report, a year-long research initiative commissioned by Department of Culture Media and Sport emphasising the importance of the creative industries with technology and how they inter-relate. The report called for more time for the arts in primary schools. In the Summary Policy Recommendations, it says:
“[1.] To drive a CreaTech skills revolution, Education reform is needed to build a robust skills pipeline, starting with the integration of creative and technical subjects from primary to secondary school education and progressing through targeted, CreaTech-specific programmes in further and higher education. There is a need to build new models to ensure that universities and colleges can bring in those working in industry to upskill those in formal education. Additionally, ensuring that people from all backgrounds can access these educational pathways as part of lifelong learning opportunities is essential for building a workforce which benefits from the full diversity of the UK population.”
The report calls for moving towards a minimum four-hour Arts entitlement within the school week to the end of Key Stage 3, and provision at Key Stages 4 and 5 outside of exam syllabuses.
Let’s hope those organising primary school curricula and funding are listening!
