Cardiff University has reversed its controversial decision to scrap its music course as part of wide-ranging cuts affecting a range of courses and the potential loss of some 400 jobs.
Wales’s largest university backed down in the face of protests from staff, students and musicians, including Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Sir Elton John.
Vice-chancellor, Wendy Larner, announced that the executive board had approved a proposal that would see music now being offered within its new School of Global Humanities, but with revised entry requirements and content, and a smaller staff base.
However, across the rest of the UK creative courses are continuing to face potential cuts in the face of a challenging financial environment. These collectively amount to tens of millions of pounds worth of cuts and include:
- Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA)
- Liverpool Hope University
- The University and College Union (UCU)
- Plymouth University’s Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business
- Arts University Bournemouth
- University of Edinburgh which includes Edinburgh College of Art
- Dundee City’s university, which includes Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.
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