| ▲ | lysace a day ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/14/university... Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned. [...] The subjects with the biggest staff cuts were social work (-9%), English and classics (both -8%), anthropology (-7%) and linguistics (-6%). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | pjc50 a day ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
https://www.centreforcities.org/reader/town-and-gown/univers... "Universities brought in an estimated £24 billion to the UK economy from abroad in 2022. They provide services (education) to international students who bring money to the institutions from abroad through international fees. These students also bring money to the local economy by spending on goods and services while they are studying" (presumably there's an attempt to imply that those are bad courses in some way, but you haven't shown your working) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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