It has been hard to miss the increasing presence of foreign-language television in the UK in recent years. Regular watching of non-English language television and cinema has increased by 24% among 18-64 year olds, according to Advanced Television. The easy-access provided by streaming on platforms such as Netflix is a...
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Figures show a decline in the accessibility of the humanities and arts over the last few years, with recent research showing that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are most likely to be unable to pursue these subjects. The British Academy found that subjects like theology, anthropology, and languages have experienced...
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Since the announcement that former President and 34-time convicted felon Donald Trump was running for a second term in the White House, and following his success in the election on November 5, the internet has been lively with debate over the future of human rights in America and the impact...
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Universities have been tasked with increasing academic misconduct reports since the launch of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, such as ChatGPT. ChatGPT was initially released for public use at the end of 2022, and students have been quick to use it to aid their studies. However, the use of such programmes...
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The University of Nottingham has come under fire after issuing a trigger warning for “expressions of Christian faith” in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The classical text, which centres on a group of Christian pilgrims, is well known in the subject of English Literature, particularly for its exploration of religious themes....
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