Creative writing: a 'con job'?

Perhaps not for much longer, though. Up and down the country, humanities and arts degrees are under threat from an increasingly hostile funding landscape. In a recent, high profile example, the University of Sunderland announced its intention to close a raft of degrees in the humanities. The government, keen to push students towards STEM and vocational training, has confirmed its plans to cut by 50% the subsidies to many creative arts courses. Hard choices lie ahead, and the case will have to be made anew that creative writing has a place in academia.