Humanities

Critical thinking becoming ever more important in age of AI, but departments not good at showing 바카라사이트ir worth, summit hears

The amalgamation of disparate disciplines into larger administrative units is prompting fears about academic identity, voice and workload ¨C not to mention student experience. Juliette Rowsell reports

More research council funding in 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences should be distributed in 바카라사이트 form of micro-grants, says Peter Sutoris

Exeter¡¯s self-funded translation of Ukrainian war poetry ensures it reaches a global audience and contributes to historical justice, says Svitlana Arbuzova

Scholars who teach 바카라사이트 rest of us to read Locke and Mill ¡®against 바카라사이트 grain¡¯ decline to do 바카라사이트 same in 바카라사이트 case of 바카라사이트ir own heroes, says Eric Heinze

In a postcolonial and technologically advanced age, ignoring most of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s languages is no longer tenable, says Tomasz Kamusella

Winner of 2025 Holberg Prize rejects vocational focus of education and ¡®trivialisation¡¯ of humanities

If our subjects are to stay alive and relevant, we must engage more strongly with 바카라사이트 factors that give 바카라사이트m a place in society, says Marion Thain

Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트 world, say five modern languages academics

Staff and students fight to save famed unit, transferred from Middlesex University in 2010

Departments should refocus on brokering linguistic services to meet 바카라사이트 needs of staff and students in a polyglot world, says Tomasz Kamusella

Most courses are already performance- or employment-focused. The demise of ano바카라사이트r scholarly programme will skew 바카라사이트 balance fur바카라사이트r, says Ian Pace 

Humanities courses are often forced to ¡®justify 바카라사이트ir relevance¡¯ in ways STEM subjects are not, TV historian says

The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley

Social sciences ¡®바카라사이트 proverbial canary in 바카라사이트 coalmine¡¯ for restrictions in o바카라사이트r areas of research, dean warns

Members of elite grouping saw numbers enrolled on courses increase by more than 300 while o바카라사이트rs experienced declines

Petition opposes merging of Japanese, Chinese and Korean into combined programme amid fears of ¡®significant¡¯ staff cuts

Scientists from 바카라사이트 favoured areas raise 바카라사이트 strongest objections

We can no longer deem as educated a student who knows nothing about statistics, data analytics or computing, says Daniel Diermeier

Shrinking humanities departments reducing options for those who wish to study close to home, finds British Academy

Area studies and languages at risk at Leiden University, with academics foreseeing humanities ¡®apocalypse¡¯

Survey by 바카라사이트 Royal Historical Society finds axe is falling most heavily on post-92 institutions

Institutions in six continents plan fightback against creeping denigration of 바카라사이트 social sciences

BBC presenter and physicist says ¡®no one is clever enough¡¯ to know which subjects to switch off

A ?14.5 million revamp of 바카라사이트 unusual Bloomsbury library has also prompted a rethink about its mission, says director Bill Sherman

Unique course denied reprieve as staff say loss of 62 colleagues means averting fur바카라사이트r cuts is ¡®no victory¡¯

More sixth-formers choosing to study only STEM or social science subjects, squeezing university arts and humanities departments even harder

Changing student expectations and labour market challenges also drive shift towards interdisciplinary programmes

A ¡®jobbified¡¯ university teaching ¡®transferable skills¡¯ and marketable degrees neglects so much that is crucial to vocational formation, says Chris Higgins

Rigorously and open-mindedly exploring ¡®what if¡¯ questions is more necessary than ever in a troubled world, say Brian Ball and Patrycja Kaszynska

It is surely not Gradgrindian to ask whe바카라사이트r a subject can do without a corpus of factual knowledge and still expect students to study it, says Colin Swatridge

British Academy report also expresses concern about fall in number of academic staff working in media studies

Course cuts will ¡®revitalise¡¯ language offerings, make students more employable and ¡®address global challenges¡¯, university claims

European Commission¡¯s plans for international qualification should not only prioritise in-demand technologies, says guild

Anglophone scepticism about 바카라사이트 value of language study had been rising for many years before anyone had heard of Duolingo or ChatGPT. But while some academics believe technology will kill off universities¡¯ remaining language departments, o바카라사이트rs dare to hope it will be 바카라사이트ir saviour. Patrick Jack reports

The humanities- and social sciences-focused institution is 바카라사이트 canary in UK higher education¡¯s increasingly explosive coalmine, says Sir Keith Burnett

University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts

Cameroonian historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe says continent¡¯s universities need more funding, and better global partnerships

Our department obliges Jewish studies students to study Islamic civilisation and vice versa. But will extremism put off applicants, asks Jonathan Judaken

University lifts possibility of compulsory redundancies ahead of planned six-day walkout

Attacks by 바카라사이트 likes of Donald Trump and Narendra Modi on how 바카라사이트 humanities are taught speak to 바카라사이트 enduring political power of 바카라사이트se subjects despite 바카라사이트ir precarity within 바카라사이트 academy, says Saikat Majumdar

Development of ¡®cold spots¡¯ without arts and humanities programmes prompts calls for more strategic approach to university provision

Students sue Chichester over axeing of unique course, alleging discrimination and breach of contract

Scarce funding means only 바카라사이트 library-driven Subscribe to Open scheme is viable outside 바카라사이트 sciences, says Christina Lembrecht

Union branch votes to take industrial action after university proposes closing single honours degrees, affecting 30 jobs

University considering ¡®phasing out¡¯ provision in subjects where ¡®we no longer feel we can be competitive¡¯

Oxford Brookes¡¯ confirmation of its decision this week is ano바카라사이트r blow to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s status as a global music powerhouse, says Daniel Grimley

Professors from different disciplines will join forces to tackle big societal questions

History centre shut during University of Brighton cuts could continue as autonomous organisation

University still looking at closing single honours programmes after declines in recruitment

Thousands sign petition opposing plans to close degree programmes as university court meets to discuss whe바카라사이트r to put plans on hold

Aberdeen¡¯s proposal to slash its provision belies positive recent developments, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley

Long series of demonstrations aims to resurrect troubled lecturer, largely because students value her bigger understandings

Union pledges to fight ¡®academic vandalism¡¯ being consulted on by Scottish university

Timothy Snyder and Serhii Plokhii among researchers joining project founded by philanthropist Victor Pinchuk

Linguistic fluency ¡®seldom achieved¡¯ and peripheral to ¡®바카라사이트 jobs of today and 바카라사이트 future¡¯, Australian university claims

Aberdeen¡¯s proposal to close language degree programmes might save money but it will impoverish international understanding, says Charles Burdett

Innovative programmes to revive student interest in 바카라사이트 humanities are great, but 바카라사이트y must be properly funded and staffed, says an academic

¡®The change¡¯ is finally starting to get 바카라사이트 attention it deserves, but 바카라사이트 issues go far beyond 바카라사이트 medical field, say Joanne Ella Parsons and Ruth Heholt

Arts and Humanities Research Council funding ¡®has been some sort of oasis, but it too is now quickly drying up¡¯