Parliamentary business: HC 743 support for the creative economy: written evidence submitted by Josie Barnard [SCE 088]

Evidence submitted to the government's DCMS on the position of the pedagogy of FE and HE Creative Writing within the creative industries.
The written evidence considers how the pedagogy of Creative Writing makes a vital contribution to the creative economy, contributing to the creative economy’s skills base in two main ways:
(i) Creative Writing courses supply other creative industries with students, graduates and post-graduates who can write content;
(ii) Creative Writing courses aid the buoyancy of British industry including by supplying students, graduates and post-graduates with transferable skills that include:
a) enhanced abilities in clear communication;
b) enhanced abilities in creative thinking.