Move over, Stem: why the world needs humanities graduates
Global
problems can't be resolved without a humanities perspective, so
academics need to get out into the world and make the case for their
subject...
So what's up with our cloistered historians and philosophers, our
literary critics, classicists and scholars of the fine, performing and
otherwise liberal arts? Clearly there's some gathering global anxiety
within the academy and it's mainly around the difficulty of getting
broader social recognition for the two convictions about humanities that
are motivating these discussions.
Paul Smith is director of the British Council in the US. He spoke at Oxford University as part of the activist humanities conference.
Humanities graduates have unique skills
Humanities perspective is needed in all global challenges
From: The Guardian's Higher Education Network, posted by Paul Smith 19 March 2014Paul Smith is director of the British Council in the US. He spoke at Oxford University as part of the activist humanities conference.
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