Right-wing attacks underline the power of humanities education

Arts degrees ‘more lucrative than working in trades’

Australian study finds that philosophers outearn motor mechanics – on average

1 October

‘Essential’ humanities to be championed by author in new role

Professor of public humanities position for Birmingham City University’s Islam Issa comes amid pressure on humanities courses and threat of AI

By Jack Grove

13 August

Sign reading 'Ici on parle francais; English spoken here; Se habla espanol'

‘Critical moment’ as Danish reforms add to pressure on languages

Enrolments drop by a fifth in a year after business school opts to close programmes in response to government squeeze on undergraduate intake

By Emily Dixon

5 August

‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

By Jack Grove

21 July

Will the global culture wars save the humanities or destroy them?

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

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