The British Academy has awarded its 2023 President’s Medal to a podcast: The Rest is History, for the first time ever. The prize recognises the podcast’s work to promote and popularise history to a global audience.
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- We are delighted to award the British Academy's 2021 President’s Medal to historian and broadcaster Professor @DavidOlusoga in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
- The British Academy today responds to proposals to limit the number of students taking so-called "low-value" degrees in England. The Academy has long argued that graduate destinations and salaries alone are limited proxies for the value of higher education thebritishacademy.ac.uk/the-british-ac…
- The British Academy has today published its manifesto, calling on the next government to urgently bolster the humanities and social sciences in higher education and research to fully address the UK's biggest challenges. Read the full manifesto below:
- From today, we're going to start using #SHAPE – Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy – to describe the subjects that helps us understand the human world. Find out more at: ThisIsSHAPE.org.uk
GIF - “Those taking arts, humanities and social science degrees end up in jobs in eight of the 10 fastest-growing sectors of the economy.” Our 'Qualified for the Future: quantifying demand for arts, humanities and social science skills' report in the @guardian:
- President of the British Academy, Professor Julia Black, has delivered an urgent intervention on the power and value of the humanities during a speech at the University of Birmingham. Read in full here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/humanitie…
- The British Academy has today published a manifesto for the humanities, social sciences and arts, which calls on the next government to use insights from all disciplines to address society’s biggest challenges. Read more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/m…
- On Saturday 17 June, meet the thinkers shaping our world with their social sciences and humanities research through engaging workshops, pop-up talks, film screenings, panel discussions and more as part of our annual Summer Showcase. Book your free place: pulse.ly/51pr47m20h
00:00 - Are you an overseas researcher in the humanities and social sciences interested in collaborating with UK partners? Apply for the Visiting Fellowships to work with a UK-based higher education or other research institution for up to six months. Apply now: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiti…
- A new report from the British Academy on the relationship between teaching and research in UK universities indicates that large workloads and research-favouring higher education policies have made it difficult for academics to do both well. Read more:
- Our President, Sir David Cannadine, has written to UUK to share the concerns of British Academy Fellows that the ongoing pensions dispute will make academia a less attractive option for the next generation of scholars: britac.ac.uk/news/british-a…
- A majority of the UK public would support making modern language learning compulsory in primary and secondary school, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the British Academy:
- We are still inviting applications from overseas researchers in the social sciences and humanities for the Visiting Fellowships 2025. Awards of up to £40,000 in value are available for international and collaborative research projects. Find out more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiti…
