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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

'Meanwhile, a Financial Times report by...Gillian Tett offers an early sign of a return to...connective thinking...: one finance firm has shifted its hiring away from “AI-native” STEM graduates toward humanities students. In the financier’s words: “We want critical thinking, not just AI.”' 2/3

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Humans still matter more than AI in finance

Recruiting digital natives with critical thinking skills is going to be crucial

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It’s 25 years since we lost Douglas Adams. I am happy to have been able to get a reference to him into this piece in the FT about why the humanities are essential www.ft.com/content/fbde...

It is 25 years since the death of Douglas Adams. He was prescient in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in
concluding that finding the answer to life, the universe and everything was not that difficult - it was 42. But the hard part was understanding the question. The humanities are here to help us make sense of the questions of our time.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As #UKHE managers have been falling over themselves to act upon AI bros' 'predicting' the future (i.e.: making their sales pitch and creating the 'need' in one swift action), they'll listen to this one well, right? RIGHT?!?!?! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Given AI’s exponentially growing ability to solve well-defined, data-rich problems, it is plausible that employers will place more of a premium on the skills the humanities offer, such as critical and creative thinking. Anthropic’s co-founder Daniela Amodei recently said: “I actually think studying the humanities is going to be more important than ever . . . this idea that there are things that make us uniquely human — understanding ourselves, understanding history, understanding what makes us tick — I think that will always be really, really important.”

It would be ironic if universities cut these subjects just as demand turned a corner — switching from literature to AI-prompt engineering may turn out to have been a poor trade.

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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hélène Neveu Kringelbach is Associate Professor of African Anthropology at UCL, working to decolonise research & shift the conversation around race, interracial relationships, & African cultures. Find out more about Hélène in Faces of UCL: buff.ly/1ElIiXz #UCL200 #FacesofUCL @uclselcs.bsky.social

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

FLIGHT PATHS: Of Avian Lives and Human Survival 8 June 6–7:30 pm Creative-Critical Readings and Translations in English and German www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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FLIGHT PATHS: Of Avian Lives and Human Survival

Creative-Critical Readings and Translations in English and German

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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

If you're thinking about joining us at UCL Arts and Humanities, join the upcoming in-person UCL Open Days 🏛️ Explore 400+ undergraduate programmes, join taster sessions, tour our Bloomsbury campus and accommodation, and chat with students and staff! buff.ly/nV4DrPr

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Joana Jacob Ramalho @jori-saudade.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Making a SPLAS! Celebrating the past, present & future of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies @ucl.ac.uk. Part of UCL’s 200th anniversary celebrations. @uclselcs.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social #UCL200

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Breaking NEWS!! Federal judge rules DOGE illegally terminated NEH grants last year in a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs AHA, ACLA, and MLA, and orders the restoration of 1400 terminated grants

Federal Judge Rules to
Restore
National Endowment for the Humanities
Funding In Historic Case
This afternoon, May 7, 2026, US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was "unlawful,
unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect."

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

UCL really does boast some of the best science communicators on the planet.

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UCL Dutch @ucldutch.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Making a SPLAS! Celebrating past, present & future of #Spanish, #Portuguese and #LatinAmerican Studies at UCL (and not just the tenses ;). In 1828 Antonio Alcalá Galiano was the first Professor for Spanish here (and in the whole of England). #UCL200 @artshumsucl.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social

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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Don’t miss Voices that Still Speak: Redefining Postcolonial Narratives next Friday, May 8th at 6:30 PM - a powerful multimedia journey with UCL Dutch's 2025 writer in residence Raoul de Jong (Jaguarman) and award winning film maker Ida Does. buff.ly/8HD602V @uclselcs.bsky.social

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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Interested in studying Modern Languages at UCL? 🌍 Join us to learn more about studying Modern Languages at UCL, home to the widest range of language‑based degrees in the UK. Book now to hear from UCL SELCS and SSEES: buff.ly/22XZDaS @uclssees.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social

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UCL Dutch @ucldutch.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

StellaBruzzi, Dean of UCL Arts & Humanities introducing Prof Florian Mussgnug's inaugural lecture "Loving Apocalypse too much" @UCLSELCS.bsky.social #CompLit

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UCL Dutch @ucldutch.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

What a joy! A full house at koffie-uurtje today for our Sinterklaas celebrations. All students had written poems for each other, including the beginners after only 8 weeks of Dutch. Very impressed. 🤩 @uclselcs.bsky.social

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