The 30.06.23
It’s never been a more important time than now to support the #SaveOurSubjects campaign, which focuses on ensuring that every young person has access to a diverse and wide curriculum, inclusive of arts, technology and more. The Commercial Educational Trust (CET) are a grant-giving charity that supports organisations working with young people across the UK to help develop their commercial ability – the knowledge of how the world of business and work operates, alongside the successful application of skills, attitudes and behaviours. We do this by funding charities, supporting the development of research and convening partners.
I understand first-hand how important the #SaveOurSubjects campaign is. I was given good advice at the age of 14 by my form tutor to pick an arts subject to go alongside my other course choices like double science. She felt it could play an important role in helping me to develop critical skills like creativity and problem solving. Fast forward to 2023 and we can now see how important a diverse curriculum is in an age where the interdisciplinary nature of subjects is so crucial to a student’s future prospects. A games designer needs the creativity of art as much as the mathematics of coding.
At CET we have focused on the remit of helping the commercial ability of young people so they can go on to have sustainable careers, including in the arts. This is illustrated by Emily Carewe a theatre-maker, founder and director of the #LAMDAMishMash Festival at the London Academy of Music and Drama Art (LAMDA), part-funded by CET:
‘The permission to take a risk, potentially fail, but have another opportunity to try is rarely granted. Platforms and resources that focus in on your own artistic entrepreneurship are vital in ensuring the ecology of the theatre industry continues to grow and is reflective of the world we live in today.’
We must develop a curriculum today which is future-proof for the workplace of the future. What Emily’s quote alludes to is that all too frequently our curriculum does not inspire the creative or entrepreneurial skills that students often lack when leaving an educational institution. At a time when Arts Council England (ACE) is facing difficult decisions on the future of funding, our schools remain a vital place where students can experiment, be creative, take risks and make mistakes.
Going forward as a Trust we will use our resources to support students to develop that commercial ability inside and outside of the classroom, so that young people are better prepared for the world of work, which in turn will mean that the UK has a more efficient and productive workforce who experience greater prosperity and well-being in life.
It’s never been a more important time than now to support the #SaveOurSubjects campaign, which focuses on ensuring that every young person has access to a diverse and wide curriculum, inclusive of arts, technology and more. The Commercial Educational Trust (CET) are a grant-giving charity that supports organisations working with young people across the UK to help develop their commercial ability – the knowledge of how the world of business and work operates, alongside the successful application of skills, attitudes and behaviours. We do this by funding charities, supporting the development of research and convening partners.
I understand first-hand how important the #SaveOurSubjects campaign is. I was given good advice at the age of 14 by my form tutor to pick an arts subject to go alongside my other course choices like double science. She felt it could play an important role in helping me to develop critical skills like creativity and problem solving. Fast forward to 2023 and we can now see how important a diverse curriculum is in an age where the interdisciplinary nature of subjects is so crucial to a student’s future prospects. A games designer needs the creativity of art as much as the mathematics of coding.
At CET we have focused on the remit of helping the commercial ability of young people so they can go on to have sustainable careers, including in the arts. This is illustrated by Emily Carewe a theatre-maker, founder and director of the #LAMDAMishMash Festival at the London Academy of Music and Drama Art (LAMDA), part-funded by CET:
‘The permission to take a risk, potentially fail, but have another opportunity to try is rarely granted. Platforms and resources that focus in on your own artistic entrepreneurship are vital in ensuring the ecology of the theatre industry continues to grow and is reflective of the world we live in today.’
We must develop a curriculum today which is future-proof for the workplace of the future. What Emily’s quote alludes to is that all too frequently our curriculum does not inspire the creative or entrepreneurial skills that students often lack when leaving an educational institution. At a time when Arts Council England (ACE) is facing difficult decisions on the future of funding, our schools remain a vital place where students can experiment, be creative, take risks and make mistakes.
Going forward as a Trust we will use our resources to support students to develop that commercial ability inside and outside of the classroom, so that young people are better prepared for the world of work, which in turn will mean that the UK has a more efficient and productive workforce who experience greater prosperity and well-being in life.