DEFEND the ARTS and HUMANITIES is another campaign started in the UK by Arts and Humanities academics. The campaign started as a Facebook group. They have developed a set of positions in answer to the question “Why Defend the Arts and Humanities?”

• The Arts and Humanities are useful
• The Arts and Humanities promote a just society
• The Arts and Humanities make money
• The Arts and Humanities consrve our best traditions and sustain what is best in our way of life
• The Arts and Humanities are open to everyone
• The Arts and Humanities are an essential arena for experimental thought

Read their full answer to the question here, Why Defend the Arts and Humanities?