Is art history under threat? UK universities see 28.5% drop in the subject in past decade

Art education

Education

Art history

University

There has been a 28.5% drop in the number of UK-based first year university students taking art history degrees over the decade 

'Taking us back to the dark ages': UK-Europe exchange programme Erasmus hangs in the balance

Art schools

Brexit

UK politics

It is estimated that around 73% of people under 24 voted to remain in the European Union 

Courtauld lecturers take eight-day strike action over pay inequality and the ‘strain’ of working conditions

Courtauld Institute of Art

London

Courtauld Gallery

Courtauld Institute of Art staff on strike 

Professor David Harris, outgoing director of the Institute of Archaeology, London, discusses the work of one of the world’s leading research departments

Antiquities & Archaeology

Institute of Archaeology

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