UCL launches new Centre for Humanities Education

The Centre for Humanities Education aims to act as a catalyst for new ideas and ways of doing education in the Faculty and beyond. It strives to explore and implement innovative Humanities education that will directly impact and improve students’ learning experiences and will play a pivotal role in enabling UCL's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to deliver on our ambitious goal of being at the forefront of future-oriented, global education in the Humanities.

Speaking at the launch event, Professor Kathleen Armour, UCL Vice-Provost (Education & Student Experience), presented a motivational speech to the staff and students gathered in the Jeremy Bentham Room that challenged us to be ambitious about the role and need of innovative humanities education also beyond our own disciplines and the walls of the university.

Our second speaker, Professor Stella Bruzzi, Executive Dean of UCL Arts & Humanities, provided us with insights into the legacy of Lord Randolph Quirk, whose Endowment Fund generously supports the Centre for Humanities Education. She also spoke to the exciting transformations witnessed by the Faculty in recent years including new applied and multidisciplinary programmes at the UCL East campus.

Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, funding director of the Centre for Humanities Education, concluded the formal proceedings by thanking the speakers for their support and leadership and thanking the Faculty Education and support team for their collaboration in making the Centre come alive. Following the introduction to the Centre’s stream leads for EDI, assessment, interdisciplinarity, languages, and technology, Stougaard-Nielsen ended his opening talk on the assurance that the Centre will thrive on our common investment of care, fun, creativity and our vast educational expertise into Humanities education at UCL.

The event took place on the same day as the More than Words symposium, which featured a panel discussion about languages at UCL with representatives from different departments involved in language teaching and learning; a panel discussion on language teaching and learning in schools with invited guest speakers from primary and secondary schools, and other stakeholders. Both roundtable discussions were followed by networking workshops to encourage future collaboration across the institution and the sector.

The Centre is funded by generous support from The Lord Randolph Quirk Endowment Fund at UCL.

Links

• UCL Centre for Humanities Education
• UCL Centre for Humanities Education Blog
• Professor Kathleen Armour profile
• Professor Stella Bruzzi academic profile
• Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen academic profile