On the value of STEAM and arts education
Tuesday 30 May 2023
With this position and campaign, we urge the European Commission, especially the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, to engage in dialogue with the higher arts education sector and cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSIs) in order to adopt a more holistic view on STEAM and interdisciplinarity, to be integrated in future Horizon Europe Work Programmes and other strategic plans and policies. Additionally, to be an advocate, through its policies and funding, for the importance of creativity and other transversal skills provided by arts education. Most immediately, to reconsider the narratives and focus areas presented in calls HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01, HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-08, and related documents, and finally, to come up with alternative strategies to address the gender gap in STEM. We ask you to join the undersigned networks ELIA, AEC, CAE, and EMC by endorsing the position paper. Launched on 29 May 2023 by the signatory networks.
Image credit: Culture Action Europe Members' Forum, Barcelona, Spain 2022.
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