The Future of the Humanities: Crisis or Opportunity
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Open in new tab What are we doing in the Humanities to speak to a new generation, to recruit and retain and ultimately train them for life? Are we overlooking the needs as well as the value of nontraditional students, who are drawn to our subjects and a less obviously and rigidly academic environment? Are we in danger of winning the money battle but losing the war for our own survival? And are the Humanities in Crisis or is the Crisis really an Opportunity?
Gavin James Bower
Bath Spa University, England
A Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, I was born in Lancashire and graduated from the University of Sheffield. The author of two novels and one non-fiction work, I have contributed as a journalist to the Guardian, Independent and Independent on Sunday, and The Sunday Telegraph. I joined the writing team for EastEnders in 2014.
