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Why humanities?

As academic faculties come under pressure to justify their work and their levels of funding, this series examines the role of humanities. It follows a one-day conference at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities held on 5 November 2010

17 December 2010

  • The death of universities

    Terry Eagleton

    Terry Eagleton: Academia has become a servant of the status quo. Its malaise runs so much deeper than tuition fees

1 December 2010

  • science students

    Science geeks of the world unite

    Stefan Collini
    The coalition's proposals will eliminate all direct funding for humanities teaching, but will continue to support science subjects. Stefan Collini imagines how the case would look if these priorities were reversed ...

30 November 2010

  • Kate Soper

    Humanities can promote alternative 'good life'

    Kate Soper
    Kate Soper: Our work-driven economic model needs the humanities to encourage more talk about the things that matter most in life

29 November 2010

  • Why the humanities remain highly relevant

    Iain Pears

    Iain Pears: The humanities can't compete with the sciences for research funding. But they could help restore the status of teaching

26 November 2010

  • Humanities need to get off the back foot

    Joanna Bourke
    Joanna Bourke: Making sense of geopolitical upheavals, terrorism and transformative sciences requires an education in the humanities

25 November 2010

  • Simon Jenkins

    Napoleon Gove can dictate its terms but the school curriculum is bogus

    Simon Jenkins

    Simon Jenkins: Like his predecessors, the education secretary must fiddle. Yet his list will mean just as little for life beyond the school gate

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