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Arts education cuts leave sector fuming

Plans to cut the number of tertiary arts courses eligible for student loans from 70 to just 13 have shocked and angered Australian artists and arts workers.

18 Oct 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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As reported by ArtsHub last week, Federal Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has announced a major overhaul of the vocational training sector, including a drastic reduction of the number of tertiary-level diploma courses eligible for taxpayer-funded student loans.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts