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The Guardian view on a much-needed boost for the arts: rebuilding England’s cultural landscape Dazzling new additions like V&A East are a source of national pride, but so are much-loved regional institutions

The 'Arts Everywhere Fund, a £1.5bn package for cultural organisations over five years, announced in 2025. This week £130m was awarded to more than 130 of England’s museums, theatres, venues and libraries – the largest cash injection into the arts for a decade.'

Universities must ‘speak up more about value of humanities’ EU focus on fields most closely linked to economic gains a ‘growing threat’ to other disciplines, leaders fear

'Verlaeckt said universities and academics must play a more active role in defending the humanities and social sciences in a policy environment that is increasingly focused on competitiveness' 1/2

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Schools day! Think Human Festival events for Year 12 on Shakespeare, creative writing, philosophy - and a how-to guide to campaigning for young people. Great to meet enthusiastic students from 6 local Oxford schools. Future of humanities looking good! 💫
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Don't worry - you haven't missed it! There's still time to attend some fabulous Think Human Festival events. Come along to celebrate the Humanities with Oxford Brookes. Schedule below.
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#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Dr Sarah Olive shares the final part of her series on teaching 'diverse' literature in the UK: 'English poses problems in terms of varieties and diversities. It also creates resources to articulate, explore and overcome them.'

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Last chance to sign up for the ‘Oxford Quartet’! Discover how four women philosophers reshaped moral philosophy. Actress Annette Badland will read from their work.

📍 Oxford Friends Meeting House
🗓️ Friday 17 April
⏰ 6:30pm

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Second day of Think Human! 💫Brilliant thinking humans from Oxford Brookes sharing expertise freely with local communities. Events today on the history of treasure, HIV stigma, Labour politics, and Harriet Jacobs’ experience in Oxfordshire. Humanities in action 👏👏👏 www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum...

Still think humanities and social science knowledge and expertise are irrelevant in today’s world?

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Wonderful first day at our Think Human Festival. Today was an eclectic mix of events on motherhood, grassroots football, mental health and Russian opposition to Putin’s war machine. A reminder of what the humanities offer to everyday life. Many events sold out 👇 www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum...

Another important event at the Oxford Brookes Think Human Festival. Free and everyone is welcome 👇

EA Conference 2026 Come together with colleagues to explore English across language, literature, and creative writing

💫Booking is open for our Conference!

📅Sat 13 June 2026, 10:00 - 18:15

🏢Senate House, central London

🎁£70 members; £90 non-members (free for trustees/committee members)

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🎉 Join us this week for the Think Human Festival 2026! Sign up for one of our free events taking place across the city from 15-18 April.

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Sign up before it’s too late! Join us for a talk about the healing power of nature and the history of mental health care.

📍 Main Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building
🗓️ Wednesday 15 April
⏰ 5pm

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It’s Think Human week at Oxford Brookes! Bold and thought-provoking events on art, politics, wellbeing, literature and life. Completely free. And everyone is invited. Sign up below - many nearly full, so be quick! 👇

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Iris Murdoch's lost poems to be read at Oxford Brookes festival Recently discovered material from the Oxford novelist will be included in the Think Human festival.

A few tickets left! Oxford Brookes Think Human festival runs this week, 15-18 April 👇

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Step inside the lived experiences of motherhood. This Virtual Reality environment features excerpts from the play Three M’others and poems by Kate Thirlwall.

📍 John Henry Brookes Building
🗓️ Wednesday 15 April
⏰ 11:30am

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Call for ministers to curb ‘excessive risk-taking’ at universities - Research Professional News Former government adviser says Office for Students should be given “significant new powers”

Broken record here, but we cannot fix, save, improve, renew or whatever English universities if we only attend to taught students, DfE and OfS. Universities are major engines of research, innovation and civic good. Minimally DSIT must also be centrally in the frame.

They're not big schools.

Check out the Think Human Festival 2026!

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UK job cuts hit English and modern languages staff hardest ‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

"The issue is the system, not the subject.”

Professor Charles Forsdick FBA on higher education funding cuts hitting language courses hardest and the wider risks to skills, research and opportunity in Times Higher Education:

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BBC Four - Art of Persia Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed reveals the remarkable story of Iran.

I made a whole BBC TV series (2020) about the remarkable resilience of the people of Iran and their culture over centuries of threat and callous rule. You can watch it right here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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One week to go! Free events on campus and across the city, celebrating the value of arts, humanities and social sciences in everyday life. Events on Ukraine, wellbeing, poetry, motherhood - and much more. Sign up here (but be quick!) 👇

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UK job cuts hit English and modern languages staff hardest ‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

'The number of English language and literature academics fell by 8 per cent to 4,680 – among the largest decrease of all disciplines.

And the number employed in modern languages dropped 7 per cent to 4,890. This is 17 per cent below peak levels in 2015-16.' 1/3

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Oxford people! This one is selling out quickly (although it’s free) - sign up below 👇

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Vacancy: 2 PhD positions in a research project on early The Sarton Centre for History of Science and Humanities (Ghent University) and research group Histories of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture (VISU) (Vrije

Vacancy: 2 PhD positions in a research project on early modern astronomical culture in the Habsburg Netherlands
Deadline: May 1

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