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UK Members Of Parliament Want To Ban Arts Internships, Calling Them “Curse Of The Arts Industry”

ISSUES Posted: January 19, 2017 3:01 pm

The report draws on the evidence submitted from people including outgoing Arts Council England chair Peter Bazalgette, who warned that unpaid internships were “the curse of the arts industry”. He said there was an expectation that young people will work for less than the minimum wage, which he added was a “major barrier for disadvantaged young people interested in accessing jobs in the creative industries”.

ISSUES Published: 01.19.17

Read the story in The Stage (UK) Published: 01.19.17

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