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Geneticist warns of the dangers of ‘fetishising’ DNA and turning a blind eye to racism

Universities should ensure all students, including in sciences, can access ‘great humanities education’, Berkeley dean tells THE summit

The problem – amid a general mood of satisfaction – may trace to unrealistic expectations, American Academy of Arts and Sciences says

A public exhibition during COP26 hopes to engage policymakers with the slow-burn issues that science doesn’t address, says Gerald Taylor Aiken

University libraries are changing in major ways, but there are important lessons to be learned from the past, argues author of new book

With contention about diversity adding to concerns about employability and declining student numbers, does Classics in the US need rebranding or rethinking? Paul Basken reports

Questioning and rethinking how and where we live will determine whether we go on living at all, says Ulrich Loening

Academic and author honoured for ‘uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’

Google Translate’s limitations spell out why we must revisit old questions about artificial intelligence, says Lionel Tarassenko

Increased digital literacy will also help boost employability and finally end the crisis narrative, says Jo Fox

Report argues that embedding digital and numerical education would improve employability of graduates

A new consortium will embody the spread of liberal arts beyond the West, say Bryan Penprase and Thomas Schneider 

Ambitious AHRC-funded programme should help break down barriers and enable scholars to ask difficult questions about heritage

College’s defenders say its demise will dilute free expression, but education minister says its original critics opposed it for the same reason

Johann N. Neem enjoys a sharp historical analysis of why the humanities always seem to be overpromising on what they can do

Uncritical and misinformed imitation of physics or biology is a misconception of collaboration, says Harvey J. Graff

Fait accompli shutdown ‘a metaphor for the decline of Western liberalism in Asia’, say experts after Singapore decision

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton tells THE summit that non-science disciplines are vital to shaping how tech is used

The narrative that the humanities are haemorrhaging students, funding and political favour is deeply felt around the world. But the evidence of the disciplines’ decline is considerably more nuanced, finds Simon Baker

Resistance to the knowledge generated by science will only be overcome with the help of the humanities. But what can universities do to bridge C. P. Snow’s famous divide between these fields, which endures to this day?

The pandemic highlighted UK creative industries’ innovative capacity. Public research spending choices should reflect that, says Andrew Thompson

Shutting off the talent pipeline into the creative industries risks the UK’s reputation for creativity and its potential for growth, says Anne Carlisle

University council backs shuttering despite widespread opposition

Scholars say that the new institute, whose remit describes the genocide as ‘baseless’, will lack credibility

THE forum hears Manchester v-c spotlight social sciences and humanities, plus universities’ local roles, in vision for post-pandemic future

Report looking at hidden aspects of admissions data finds some universities and courses are faring better than others

Fields essential to country’s development could become ‘unviable’ as faculty are forced out, observers say

Professors and institutions admit worry as at least 20 US states move to block curricula exploring systemic biases

As post-92 departments close, non-traditional students and scholars risk being shut out – again, says Panikos Panayi

Public confusion is one thing, but some subjects provoke quizzical and sometimes dismissive frowns even among colleagues from different departments. Here, nine academics set the record straight about what they do – and why it matters

Robert Eaglestone finds much to admire in an unapologetic attempt to justify the humanities in their own terms

Even in a post-pandemic era of STEM and vocational education, the study of history must remain an option for all, says Sir Keith Burnett

Aston and London South Bank are latest institutions to shutter humanities and social sciences degrees

Attacks on the disciplines are ‘source of alarm’, as they are central to employability in teaching ‘how narratives fool us’, THE event hears

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Covid-19 have buried the idea that learning for learning’s sake is enough, says Nancy Gleason

Holberg Prize winner wants major reforms in college drinking culture and elite university sport

Committee praises commitment to ‘making a real and lasting difference’ as well as ‘unquestionable academic eminence’

This isn’t the 18th century. Email and phones exist. So why is so much academic discussion still left to journals, asks Julian Baggini

Academics must emphasise that thinking critically does not mean dismissing everything as biased, say Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren

Executive chair says scholarship from non-medical subjects will be vital for post-pandemic society

Invaluable Mao era materials will be digitised on an open-access platform

Robert Peckham’s faith in the value of his medical humanities training was gravely tested as his father lay in intensive care

Committee will identify potential partnerships and funding sources to support field in a possible victory for campaigners against closure

High-profile figures criticise university’s plans for large cuts to arts and humanities, which it says are necessary because of the pandemic and low student numbers

Expert views conflict on humanities graduates’ employment prospects, and whether Australian funding changes will make arts the preserve of the elite

If we can’t find the narrative forms to make the world real to one another, we risk losing our politics to the fantasists and cynics, says Lyndsey Stonebridge

Staff criticise proposals to shutter Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Institute of Latin American Studies

The economics are murky but the damage that closing departments will do to universities’ missions is crystal clear, says Peter Tregear

Editor of new collection showcases neglected major female thinkers going all the way back to ancient Greece and ancient China

White House wants ‘patriotic education’ and directly threatens Princeton

India’s National Education Policy aims to establish a seamless connectivity between humanities and science, says Rup Narayan Das

Critics underestimated the human imagination’s capacity to render concepts flexible, says Frank Furedi

Latin American university leaders tell THE summit that countries will need skills of non-science graduates as they recover from coronavirus

Universities are in a powerful position to help societies address history in a way that informs the present and shapes the future, says Andrew Thompson

Scholars put the case for experts in philosophy, narrative, literature and culture to work along the scientists in fighting Covid-19

In contrast to other countries, philosophers, historians, theologians and jurists have played a major role advising the state as it seeks to loosen restrictions

We should not be apologising for the way the humanities have been used in the Trump era, but striving to harness their force, says Sara Guyer

Even as medics scramble to address the coronavirus, research into its social and political entanglements is vital, says Robert Peckham 

Academics estimate that 32 language degree programmes have closed in the past five years

The humanities can embrace certain forms of vocationalism without betraying their essential nature and value, argues Kevin Vanzant