Save the National Glass Centre

We stand in solidarity with all of the staff and students. We are distraught to hear that like a thief in the night Sunderland University is taking away our glass and ceramic courses leading to inevitable loss of highly skilled staff, valued teachers and of course eventually the

🚨 NEW: the decline in arts education at A-level has reached a new low. Our analysis of today's results finds that arts subjects now account for a smaller proportion of A-level entries than at any time since 2010. Over that period, there's been a 31% drop. #ArtsEducationMatters

"Chancellors pay themselves telephone-number salaries while undertaking madcap schemes and paying academic staff peanuts. Time to reconnect with reality." Sums it up, really.

🗞️🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS🔥🗞️ 'To destroy the attractive mill buildings would further cut the town off from an important part of its history...' @PrivateEyeNews reports on the threatened demolition of Bradley Lane Mills🚨 SAVE press release: shorturl.at/aApn1

Save the NGC youtube.com/playlist?list=… via @YouTube we love all things glass, art and Sunderland ❤️#savethenationalglasscentre

#LoveSunderland #HateRacism

"I think it's even a problem that we're living in a society that we need to ask why the arts matter." Repost if you agree with concert Pianist @IsataKm, who got right to the heart of the matter at #TheStateoftheArts report launch last month! @CCMPSWarwickUni

@LewisAtkinson @bphillipsonMP @KiMcGuinness

Terrible news for our campaign. Julie Elliot was very staunch in her affirmation that the NGC was no good from the beginning. #savethenationalgasscentre

My statement on tonight’s events in Sunderland:

'You don't speak for Sunderland' - North East Mayor slams 'appalling' scenes in city #Echobox=1722630459" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/you…

Cllr Kelly Chequer, deputy leader of Sunderland City Council, has issued the following statement in response to the appalling events unfolding in Sunderland tonight.

Thanks to everyone who has supported the clean up after the unacceptable scenes last night. Sunderland city centre is open as usual – let’s show our support for our Sunderland businesses #SunderlandStandsTogether #ThisIsSunderland #Sunderland

The people of Sunderland are warm, welcoming, hard working and proud. Thugs and rioters will never win. They’ll never be allowed to define Sunderland. Love and pride will always shine through. That’s Sunderland. Thank you to @northumbriapol for standing between communities and violence. Thanks @SunderlandUK Council and communities for a HUGE clean up. Thanks to the people of Sunderland for standing together against hate and division.

I am appalled by the disorder in the centre of Sunderland tonight. Our city is not represented by a tiny minority causing trouble. @northumbriapol have my full support as they respond to criminal thuggery and work to protect all the communities of our city. Tomorrow the people of Sunderland will come together and continue to build the bright future that we have - a future where every community of our city feels safe and prospers.

And a little postscript from another reporter:

Today marks 50 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act. We're proud of all those who step up to help others at their workplace. What does a health and safety rep do? Find out more: unison.org.uk/unison-health-…

Costume making, set design and choreography are just some of the skills that go into making outstanding performances @TheRoyalOpera Culture Secretary @lisanandy met some of the talented people behind the scenes who make up our world-leading creative industries 🎭🎼

Warner Bros Discovery has launched a Waterloo Road directors initiative aimed at supporting women directors in the North of England. Directors are encouraged to apply by 19 August. @WBDAccess ow.ly/kM8l50SNn6E

The LGA commissioned a series of infographics to illustrate the challenges in cultural funding which councils are facing. We ask @GOVUK for a long-term, sustainable and multi-year funding settlement to make lasting positive impact for communities. orlo.uk/tFvTV [1/2]

We’ve announced £7.6m to museums across the UK today! 🎉 New exhibitions will tell the stories of football, cricket, diving, pottery and more, while many of the artefacts will be going on public display of the first time. Find out more 👉heritagefund.org.uk/news/ps76milli…