ALT: a woman is reading a newspaper that says ' aelio life ' on it

Education and culture are worth vastly more to the UK. But you don’t see ministers cosying up to the US to support them, or opposition leaders complaining they’ve been ‘betrayed’, writes Zoe Williams

PhD Project - The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government

As local newspapers transition to digital formats and close their physical offices, many photographs, article cuttings and community stories are at risk of being lost.   To protect these historical re...

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

Jim Dickinson examines strategic change in universities from a student perspective - and finds the protections on offer wanting Jim Dickinson examines strategic change in universities from a student perspective...

Platform is offering grants of up to £3,000 for artists to explore creative approaches to archives, with a focus on climate and environmental justice.

The value of local journalism is a pressing question for society because of the challenge posed to established business models by digital platforms However, while local journalism is understood to be...

The National Humanities Lecture is a major new annual event that celebrates the vital role of the humanities in public life. We are honoured to welcome historian, author, and award-winning filmmaker David Olusoga as our inaugural speaker. In his lecture, Professor Olusoga will make the case for the humanities and explore how new ideas about humanities, heritage and institutions are emerging – from virtual museums, to hyper-local history projects and alternative city tours. What is the public role of the historian in an age of populism and digital disruption? How might museums adapt to our more interconnected world and to the phenomenon of 'contested heritage'? How can the humanities adapt to an era of Podcasts and Substack? And what are the broader intersections between the humanities and public life? Drawing together thinking from history, political culture and public humanities, he will ask what new forms our cultural institutions might take, and how they might support a more equitable, connected society.

Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

The rise of AI is making a degree in humanities more valuable than ever