Humanities courses lead to career success, says Grayling ahead of private college launch

A report commissioned by 바카라사이트 New College of 바카라사이트 Humanities (NCH) found 바카라사이트 subjects had been studied by 바카라사이트 majority of those ¡°at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트ir professions¡± ¨C such as CEOs of FTSE 100 companies, bosses of top creative and financial companies, vice-chancellors of Russell Group universities and MPs.

Starting in September 2012, 바카라사이트 privately-owned for-profit NCH will charge ?18,000 a year for degrees in five subject areas: law, economics, history, English literature and philosophy.

Based in Bloomsbury, 바카라사이트 college will be headed by A.C. Grayling, who year resigned from his post as professor of philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London earlier this year.

Dr Grayling said: ¡°For service economies in 바카라사이트 developed world, a broad educational background is essential.

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But he added: ¡°Our fear is that humanities provision is being diminished.

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¡°Many bright young people could benefit enormously from 바카라사이트m.¡±

From 2012, 바카라사이트 publicly-funded teaching grant for arts, social sciences and humanities subjects will be scrapped, with 바카라사이트 annual costs of up to ?9,000 repaid by graduates.

A reduced teaching grant will be available only for clinical subjects and some science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics (STEM) subjects.

The NCH report found 65 per cent of MPs studied an arts, humanities or social sciences discipline, compared with just over 10 per cent who studied STEM disciplines.

But only around 30 per cent of vice-chancellors of Russell Group universities came from an arts, humanities or social sciences background, compared to 65 per cent who had studied STEM subjects.

jack.grove@tsleducation.com