Sources of small grant funding in classics & related fields The WCC UK’s Small Grants Scheme provides grants of up to £150 to support members’ academic activities relating to the study of classics (...

Remembering Professor Pat Easterling FBA (1934 – 2026)

The 19th Century bust, which spent more than 70 years outside, could fetch up to £18,000 at auction.

Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. The story of how attention to ordinary things transforms our understanding of the natural world.

For Fredrick Agboma and Andrew Doyle, the question isn't whether students are less committed, but what culture they're asked to inhabit

Applications are sought for three Research Associates to join the Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies (CLAWS), directed by Professor Josephine Quinn. Starting no later than 1 October 2027, you wil...

First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.

University for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

The University of Exeter has recorded sweeping success in the latest prestigious international ranking, reflecting its strong teaching and research excellence. Exeter has recorded significant, double-...

The following is a joint statement from the Historical Association, History UK, Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society following the most recent meeting of this quartet of ...

Dr Ittai Gradel made global headlines after exposing the thefts of many artefacts from the British Museum.

Full and immediate Open Access. Since 2022, that has been the UKRI Open Access policy goal for research articles – and together, we’ve made real progress. #OpenAccess (OA) levels for UKRI articles are...

British negotiators ‘blindsided’ by Brussels’ demand for a reduction that could cost universities £140m a year

This book offers a new history of women's integral contribution to archaeology, history, and heritage in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain and beyond. Born out of the Beyond Notability project...

The University of London is a leading UK provider of distance and digital education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, our community and impact are global.

In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery has officially unveiled its brand-new exhibition.

Christopher Rowe, emeritus professor of classics at Durham University and well-known scholar of ancient philosophy, has died. Professor Rowe was an influential philosopher, classicist, translator, and...

The social and cultural history of modern Britain; the history of feeling and everyday experience; life histories, life writing and Mass-Observation.

The rapper is awarded an honorary degree for helping black students get into higher education.

Nature Computational Science - Many humanists are skeptical of language models and concerned about their effects on universities. However, researchers with a background in the humanities are also...