'Power Trip' and Energy Studies as a Liberal Arts Major
Is energy an academic discipline? Are there academic departments of energy? Can students at liberal arts institutions major in energy. More...
Oxford Receives $188 Million for Humanities
By Scott Jaschik. The University of Oxford has announced a $188 million gift from Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of Blackstone, to create a center to promote innovation in teaching and research in the humanities. The center will also be home to a new Institute for Ethics in AI. Oxford says the gift is the largest single donation it has received since the Renaissance. More...
TEACHENER Final Conference on "Social Sciences and Humanities at Universities of Technology"
TEACHENER is a transnational Strategic Partnership (2016-2019) that involves 7 organisations from both social and technical sciences dealing with energy issues in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Spain. The goal of TEACHENER is to fill the gap between social sciences and humanities (SSH) and energy teaching at universities in Europe and contribute to enhance the socio-technical perspective in the current education of energy engineers. More...
Media Release: UQ HASS Faculty Board rejects Ramsay Centre – again
At an extraordinary meeting on Monday 20 May, the Board of Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) at the University of Queensland (UQ) voted once again not to approve the proposed curriculum for a program in “Western Civilisation” sponsored by the Ramsay Centre. The meeting was an extraordinary meeting convened especially to consider a revised version of the Ramsay program. More...
« Nous avons renforcé l’enseignement des humanités »
Blog Headway - Olivier Rollot. Et d’abord sur le grand enjeu qui est de travailler sur les nouvelles compétences nécessaires aux managers de 2030 : « sociales et émotionnelles » (leadership, empathie, interculturalité, etc.), « cognitives » (esprit critique, traitement d’informations complexes) et « technologiques » pour maîtriser les nouveaux outils. Sa vision de la business school des années 2020. Plus...
If we don't protect arts education, we'll lose the next generation of performers
The UK has long enjoyed a global reputation as a centre for excellence in the performing arts, both as an exporter of talent and a destination of choice for lovers of culture. We gain a lot emotionally from the industry, which boosts our mental and physical health. More...
If we don't protect arts education, we'll lose the next generation of performers
Funding cuts risk undermining the performing arts, but they deserve our support. More...