Australia in danger of becoming an ‘artless country’ as enrolments in creative courses collapse
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/09/australia-in-danger-of-becoming-an-artless-country-as-enrolments-in-creative-courses-collapse
Australia in danger of becoming an ‘artless country’ as enrolments in creative courses collapse
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/09/australia-in-danger-of-becoming-an-artless-country-as-enrolments-in-creative-courses-collapse
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Everything is ai. 1st jobs to go.
So they are arguing for people to go into massive debt for a degree that will ensure you are broke forever? I guess the system requires unemployed people.
Sign of the times. Society is slowly collapsing and people know it. They know that a “formal” education in art is no longer a viable way to spend a lot of money.
Makes sense. Students are chasing where the jobs are and if they are anywhere, they definitely aren’t in art, especially with AI replacing what jobs were there to begin with
What the LNP have been working on for years.
Cost of living.
It’s a competitive job market and it’s tough to get a job and pay rent with only a Bachelor of Arts.
Exactly what we all predicted when they changed the fee structure. They made them unaffordable and are now shocked they’re unaffordable.
It has been a great disappointment that the ALP didn’t reverse it in their first term.
Person who directly associated with a university: university enrolments are down and all art will die as a result
I dunno I’ve seen plenty of amazing emerging Australian artists. They don’t have art degrees, most of the people I know with art degrees are hobbyists who predominantly use what they learned from their degree as dinner party trivia.
Creative pursuits tend to fall to the wayside when you need to earn a lot of money just to live.
When in reality, a perfect life balance should really consist of something for the body, something for the mind, work & sleep.