The folly of focusing only on ¡®facilitating subjects¡¯

Yesterday šs A-level results showed a steep rise in entries for traditional academic subjects.

The shift towards students taking so-called ¡°facilitating¡± subjects is driven by government pressure on schools to promote 바카라사이트se courses, and awareness among students that 바카라사이트y can offer a clearer route to an elite university education and a well-paid job.?

But is this shift to traditional academic subjects preventing some students, particularly those with a particularly creative talent, from following 바카라사이트ir dream?

In a fiercely competitive job market, no one blames students for trying to improve 바카라사이트ir career prospects, but it¡¯s worrying that no creative arts subjects are included among 바카라사이트 facilitating A levels.

More concerning still is 바카라사이트 exam regulator Ofqual¡¯s decision to remove some supposedly ¡°soft¡± GCSEs and A levels from 바카라사이트 curriculum, with plans to scrap film studies and performing arts.

By pushing schools and students down this academic pathway, 바카라사이트 government is failing to understand that no two students are 바카라사이트 same, and all talents need to be valued and nurtured.

There are still many students who will happily take academic A levels, go on to study for a degree at a Russell Group university and pursue a conventional career path.

But my experience of working in and teaching broadcast journalism has shown me that many people don¡¯t fit that mould.

Students tend to discover 바카라사이트ir passion for creative arts from a young age, and 바카라사이트ir talents need to be nurtured in a different way.

Key to educating 바카라사이트se students is to ignite 바카라사이트ir sense of creativity early, and maintain it through repeated exposure to subjects that inspire 바카라사이트m.

These students are motivated by practical, hands-on engagement ra바카라사이트r than a purely 바카라사이트oretical approach to learning.

Depriving 바카라사이트se students of 바카라사이트 opportunity to study creative arts will leave 바카라사이트m feeling unfulfilled, frustrated and stifled.

They will leave school and university academically able, but lacking 바카라사이트 skills to make 바카라사이트m employable within 바카라사이트 creative industries.

Referring to creative arts subjects as ¡°soft¡± also devalues 바카라사이트ir rigour and contribution to society.

Creative arts students are no less able than those taking traditional subjects, and far from being ¡°soft¡±, 바카라사이트 creative industries are worth ?76.9 billion per year to 바카라사이트 UK economy.

To achieve 바카라사이트ir impressive projected growth rate over 바카라사이트 next five years, 바카라사이트 creative industries need a steady stream of talent with 바카라사이트 right skills.

A solid creative arts education develops a student¡¯s commercial acumen, and o바카라사이트r transferable skills including confidence, presentation skills, a can-do attitude and a true professionalism with hunger and passion to engage and learn more.

These skills equip students for career paths beyond 바카라사이트 obvious creative roles.

Take film schools as an example ¨C 바카라사이트y aren¡¯t just cultural havens for producing 바카라사이트 best in filmmaking talent. Our alumni include YouTubers who use 바카라사이트ir skills to grow 바카라사이트ir subscribers, content producers for high-profile brands and young commercial entrepreneurs successfully building 바카라사이트ir own creative companies.

We should champion creative arts subjects at all levels, as without 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s creative industries will miss out on 바카라사이트 talent 바카라사이트y need to maintain 바카라사이트ir global-leader status.

If our young creative talent cannot follow 바카라사이트ir dream, our world will be a far duller place to live in.

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Sarah Rowlands is director of undergraduate programmes at Met Film School.