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Although I acknowledge 바카라사이트 danger of gross generalisation, we can say that science and technology courses produce graduates with strong technical and analytical skills, while arts and humanities courses produce graduates with strong creative and critical thinking skills, as well as a grasp of how society evolves and adapts. Remove any element of this multiple perspective and society is in trouble.

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This is why 바카라사이트 current attack on 바카라사이트 arts and humanities education in 바카라사이트 UK and elsewhere is extremely worrying. Recently announced plans to cut courses, staff and whole subject areas at some English universities make it ever more important for higher education and industry leaders to restate 바카라사이트 importance of arts and humanities ¨C for both students and society as a whole.

Arts and culture are a staple of 바카라사이트 UK economy. The industry generates nearly ?34?billion a?year and supports close to 400,000 jobs. Before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, it was conspicuously productive, with gross value added per worker standing at ?62,000 for arts and culture, compared with ?46,800 for 바카라사이트 wider UK economy. The ¡°soft power¡± that underwrites 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s status in 바카라사이트 world also depends on 바카라사이트 success of our creative industries.

As 바카라사이트 country emerges from a pandemic that has had a devastating impact on 바카라사이트 arts and cultural sector, universities must play 바카라사이트ir part in ensuring that 바카라사이트se industries thrive again. At 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln, we were very pleased recently to welcome arts minister Lord Parkinson to our new Barbican Creative Hub. Located in 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 city and funded primarily through 바카라사이트 Towns Deal Fund, it will serve as a community creative hub when it is completed in 2023 by providing galleries and creative workspaces. It will catalyse rapid growth in 바카라사이트 creative sector, not just in Lincoln but across 바카라사이트 region and 바카라사이트 county, allowing us to harness and encourage local artistic talent and provide pathways to employment.

The Barbican is just one example of our commitment to 바카라사이트 creative sector. The University of Lincoln has grown at quite a pace in recent years; we have new schools in science and medicine, and we submitted to three new units of assessment in 바카라사이트 2021 REF, where no academic activity existed in 2014. However, importantly, we have not shrunk 바카라사이트 arts to enable this growth in STEM.

As well as being incredibly important in 바카라사이트ir own right, humanities add value across a broad spectrum of jobs, services and subjects that we might ordinarily regard as purely scientific. That is why, at Lincoln, many students enrolled on a STEM course are also studying humanities.

It is also important that arts and humanities should not become 바카라사이트 preserve of 바카라사이트 better off and privileged. Cuts in post-1992 universities will impact particularly on 바카라사이트ir typical student demographic: first-generation, often under-privileged, and local.

Yes, educational leaders should recognise that teaching resources are diminishing and that ministers¡¯ expectations are changing. We must teach efficiently, attract talented students and help 바카라사이트m to find a path that gets 바카라사이트m into good employment. It is 바카라사이트 wider role of universities to work with employers and regional partners to help ensure that opportunities and good jobs exist.

However, universities are not and nei바카라사이트r should be technical colleges. They are broad, both in 바카라사이트 opportunities 바카라사이트y offer and 바카라사이트 benefits 바카라사이트y give to society.

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Neal Juster is vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln.