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The Danger of Homogenisation: Why specialist HEIs are crucial to the success of UK Higher Education and the Government’s priorities

HEPI

Today on the HEPI website, Annamaria Carusi challenges the common assumption that translational research is only relevant to STEM fields, making the case for a broader, more integrated approach that fully values the contributions of the arts and humanities. You can read that piece here.

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Ask not what you can do for engineering…

HEPI

Its closest correspondent is the Design & Technology GCSE. This piece considers how the school curriculum can be adapted to develop creativity, practical skills, and inclusive, real-world learning. Engineering is a UK powerhouse sector, growing in all UK regions and impacting all economic sectors.

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The Intersection of Art and Technology: A Journey from the 1960s to Today

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The following blog post was created entirely by AI (MS Teams/Claude/ChatGPT/DALL-E). The Beginnings: Cybernetics and Art in the UK In the late 1960s, a groundbreaking shift occurred in the UK’s art scene as artists began to integrate computers and artificial intelligence into their creative processes.

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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabelle Hutchinson…is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees. Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study. What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance?

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How leading universities are preparing the future workforce with digital and human skills

Coursera blog

Building on this momentum, nine new universities joined Coursera in 2024, including Clemson University, IMD Business School, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, and Sad Business School – University of Oxford. Notably, 10% of those courses focused on GenAI , the fastest-growing skill for both 2024 and 2025.

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Reconstructing Research Culture from a Critical Perspective

HEPI

There is still time to register for our webinar with UCAS Chief Executive Jo Saxton, taking place at 10am today, Tuesday 13th August – sign up here This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Samantha Ahern , Senior Digital Research Trainer at UCL. Barriers can be one or more of cultural, linguistic, financial or political factors.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., In addition to these cuts, one lecturer was not reappointed.

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