The DDCA together with DASSH (Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) made a submission to the National Cultural Policy review of Revive.
Our submission recognised the important architecture of the existing 5 pillars that work to support First Nations First; A Place for Every Story; Centrality of the Artist; Strong Cultural Infrastructure; and Engaging the Audience.
We supported the NAAE’s recommendation for the implementation of a 6th pillar, Arts Learning, Participation and Pathways; which explicitly recognises the critical role education has in achieving the National Cultural Policy agenda.
We also made the following recommendations:
- Recognise universities and higher education institutions as part of Australia’s national cultural infrastructure.
- Establish stronger coordination between cultural policy, higher education policy, research policy and the work of ATEC to support cultural capability and workforce development.
- Support arts, cultural and creative capability development across schools, higher education and lifelong learning.
- Improve policy signalling across education, skills and cultural policy settings to support participation and sustainable creative pathways.
- Strengthen participation and pathways for underrepresented cohorts, including regional, First Nations, disability and low socioeconomic communities.