BBC News – Staff Writer
“Creativity and the arts are being squeezed out of schools, a major report has said. Cultural experiences and opportunities were being closed off to youngsters, especially those from poor backgrounds…”There is a general agreement within the cultural and creative industries, and industry more broadly, that the government’s focus on science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) should include the arts (Steam)…”We need creative scientists as much as we need artists who understand the property of materials and the affordances of new technology,” it said.”(more)