The humanities are labouring under a culture of managerialism – could the answer lie in reconnecting old traditions to post-1960s progressivism?
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As we observe with the war in Ukraine, humanities skills are crucial for understanding 21st-century problems.
Big data analysis has unveiled startling links between seemingly unrelated things, such as how a person’s physical elevation above sea level might influence their personality.
Teaching entrepreneurial skills is a staple in business schools. But it can benefit all students – including majors in engineering, agriculture and even the arts.
History isn’t just learning facts. Students learn about the past by researching information and synthesising it to form an evidence-based argument. This skill is useful for a range of careers.
Instead of focusing solely on what managers do, management and business education needs to provide students with people skills. Here’s how the arts can help.
Government plans to defund arts higher education are detrimental to both the UK’s economy and its future.
A history professor describes how student-designed video games have transformed his classroom and provided a substitute for academic essays.
The lead role of public health researchers continues to be important. But there is growing acknowledgement that social scientists have to be present from the very beginning.
A veterinary scientist by training, Massey University Vice-Chancellor Jan Thomas has turned to the humanities to learn more about Māori. Here she explains why.
Graduate programs can be rich in scholarship and still prepare students for real-world careers.
Is it time for some scientists to turn back to pre-COVID-19 research?
Three key policy errors in the legislation mean the Morrison government is unlikely to achieve the stated goals of its package.
Today’s urgent inequality and environmental crises mean that more, not fewer, students should be studying history.
Demand is high for teachers with expertise in STEM subjects like maths. But students also deserve expert English, history, civics or geography teachers. Maybe your favourite teacher did an arts degree.
Experts in the humanities and social sciences add nuance to the debate about how to respond to COVID-19.
Doubling the cost of degrees in the humanities and social sciences has a disproportionate impact on women because they account for two-thirds of the students.
Developments in the 80s set the parameters for much of the political discourse around the humanities since.
The reduced rate of funding to universities (of up to 17%), per place, for national priority courses sends perverse messages to universities.
The implications of the government’s announcement are about more than incentivising the career trajectories of students. They are a direct assault on the premise of universities.
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