Summer volunteering in Fiji
October 18, 2019
Bula! Dancing gracefully across the woven grass mats, soft shafts of light spill through the rectangular openings in the aluminium shell of the house, as the worn wooden shutters are propped open revealing a dense rain-forest unfolding beyond. A thick mist clinging to the horizon cloaks the scene, yet the penetrating symphony of birds and …
Summer in China
August 9, 2019
Can you understand business in China from a Liberal Arts perspective? Sophia Gillet did: Nǐ hǎo! My name is Sophia and I was fortunate enough to be awarded a fellowship through Liberal Arts to attend a three week summer school at the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus studying ‘Understanding Business in China’. It was a …
What does Liberal Arts in the UK look like?
July 25, 2019
Over the last few years Liberal Arts degree programmes have really taken off within British universities. There are now courses provided across universities with different focuses on humanities, sciences and languages. What brings them all together is a focus on how an interdisciplinary approach allows students to explore, develop new ideas and to think differently …
What to do with a Liberal Arts degree
July 24, 2019
With graduation just finished for this year, we can think about what people go on to do after university and specifically what you can do with a Liberal Arts degree. As a Liberal Arts student, you work across a range of subjects. This prepares you to take advantage of a variety of career opportunities. Your …
Liberal Arts in a Global Context: A Tri-Campus Conference
June 19, 2019
Over the past twelve months, colleagues in the UK, China and Malaysia have been working on developing Liberal Arts degrees and pedagogical approaches. The experiences of faculty, ideas for future developments and the work of students were shared and discussed during a tri-campus conference in Ningbo held on May 23rd and 24th. The meeting brought …
Using field trips as learning labs!
May 2, 2019
As part of the Liberal Arts degree, we will engage with the following issues over the course of the three years of the programme: Time – an introduction to Liberal Arts Cities – space, place and belonging in the city Objects – understanding design and communication Identity – exploring migration and citizenship Power – assessing …
Digital Tools and Interdisciplinary Skills
March 8, 2019
Over the last few months, Liberal Arts students have been working on a range of assessment exercises that develop their interdisciplinary skills. This is more than just knowing about English, History, Politics or Philosophy, for example. It is about joining up all those approaches to think across subject areas to create new solutions. We do …
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