Arts, humanities and social sciences

By neglecting to adequately fund university teaching, the UK government is undermining its own growth ambitions for the creative sector, say Goldsmiths’ interim vice-chancellor David Oswell and, separately, Creative Industries Skills Audits co-author Heather Carey

Academics welcome coalition’s commitment to expanding STEM places, but warn hard-hit humanities subjects have been ‘hardly’ mentioned

In the four years since its commercial launch, generative artificial intelligence has had a profound impact on personal and professional life. But are academics enthusiasts or sceptics? Five scholars explain how the technology has affected their own practice – for good and bad

Hertfordshire’s announcement of course closures is the latest example of a dynamic that narrows access and deepens inequality, says Dragan Plavsic

University to shutter course less than a year after it launched, despite vice-chancellor’s commitment to training next generation of black academics

University says programmes no longer financially viable owing to drops in recruitment

EU focus on fields most closely linked to economic gains a ‘growing threat’ to other disciplines, leaders fear

Lacking profile or career reward, higher doctorates are being mothballed by UK universities. That is a pity for a credential that helps scholars build on the research potential of their PhD, says Andrew Shenton

Historians say their ability to study material held in ‘mother lode of all 20th-century archives’ diminished by long suspension of vetting requests

Institutions face tough choices, as Tertiary Education Commission warns of ‘challenging fiscal environment’

New president of leading Singaporean arts college discusses how creative industries are helping cities grow and importance of thinking differently and impact of moving into federated model

Newly crowned winner of Holberg Prize raises alarm over job losses and shuttering of courses across UK

Scorned for their employability metrics and students’ experimental outputs, Britain’s art schools should be seen as seedbeds of innovation that can help graduates thrive as white-collar jobs are replaced by AI, says J. Harry Whalley

Interdisciplinary research hub focused on arts and humanities will shut in July amid financial sustainability issues

From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

Universities must provide a counterweight to a government whose aid policies and public statements have been hostile to Africa, says Noam Schimmel

Exclusions from government funding pots exacerbating a challenging financial climate for creative institutions, which say talent pipeline for Labour’s priority sector at risk of being jeopardised

Asian universities achieve new milestones in STEM subjects, but they are rising fastest in humanities and social sciences, reports Patrick Jack

Encouraged by surge in interest in learning Gaelic, Skye’s Sabhal Mòr Ostaig looks to branch out on its own despite pressures on language courses and specialist providers

Joint projects require academics to ‘show up and feel a bit uncomfortable’, argues theatre maker who is taking up a new position at the University of London

Former administration’s tuition fee reforms undermining Albanese government mission to promote equitable enrolments

Lack of career rewards for impact and institutional focus on publication metrics highlighted in Sage survey

Esteemed practitioner and defender of the humanities Graeme Turner dies months after seminal treatise on the state of the academy

The government needs to signal its demand for elite foreign language skills before more universities leave provision to inferior alternatives, says Ian Proud

Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists

Minister Noha Kattan says Riyadh University of Arts will provide talent for a Saudi arts economy likely to employ 300,000 people by end of the decade

New building that brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world

Decline set to accelerate, as government puts block on over-enrolments

With the veteran BBC presenter leaving the landmark Radio 4 show, some say the job should next go to one of a growing breed of academic broadcasters

The London School of Economics philosopher speaks to Matthew Reisz about following up her best-selling memoir Free, the state of academic freedom in the UK and the US and the misogyny faced by women academics

Religious studies under threat as universities close courses to save money

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

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