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The UK's creative industries contributed £115.9billion to the economy in 2019, according to the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
This is a 43.6% increase since 2010 and means the sector makes up just under 6% of the economy as a whole.
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Scrapping BTecs shuts down a key entry route into higher education for those that don't take A levels and will seriously harm attempts to widen participation, as Black, Asian and working class students are more likely to use them to get into university
https://t.co/4tcUr6t8CA
Deeply worrying but also counterproductive - why would any gvt cut an area of activity where it is genuinely world-leading? Madness https://t.co/JJyegaMZuX
Creatives! My students really need to take a break this half term and have some downtime, what are the best ways for them to do it, and what do you think the benefit is?