The government’s drive for ‘vocational’ education is accelerating the death of the humanities, at a time when the study of literature is more vital than ever.

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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For the time being at least, we have notionally centre-left governments across England, Scotland and Wales.

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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

Research-intensive university told it risks “intellectual stagnation” as 2,700 staff put at risk of redundancy

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

A January survey found 48% of students have gone without food for financial reasons and 23% do so several times a month

Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education

‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

A union claims up to 300 students will see offers withdrawn as a result of the decision.