Who’d be an artist? Student fees, art schools and the future of Higher Education

The news last night made me ponder – yet again – how universities are going to make the case for Arts & Humanities degrees under the new fee regime.

Listening to David Willetts insist that universities should give students more information about contact hours and employment prospects (as if they don’t do that kind of thing already), I found myself additionally wondering about the future of our art schools.