The number of students studying languages, including English, at British universities fell by 35% in the decade to 2017; history and philosophy saw a reduction of 21%. While some humanities subjects have seen increases – art and design, for example, is 6% up – these are tiny compared to huge rises in the numbers studying maths , biology and medicine .
No doubt this Editorial was written by a holder of a humanity degree. If so, a bit self serving.
It used to be held, in a time less fraught with change, that ALL educated ppl ought to be grounded in the 'humanities' not as separate fields, but as a world of awareness, in which one could feel at home, fathom hist change, embrace deep questions, and belong to the human story.
El hombre no acaba de creer que es una de tantas especies de este planeta. nytimes lemondefr el_pais