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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Anna Bawden and Sally Weale

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Humanities among degrees being extinguished by hard up universities | History Defined

A group of graduates wearing gowns throw their caps into the air.
Analysis by the British Academy found some subjects were now virtually impossible to access at less selective universities. Photograph: Yuri Arcurs/Alamy

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.

Universities’ finances are so precarious that redundancies are also occurring in business studies, law and English – subjects considered strategically important and traditionally popular courses.

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