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Is it the end of history in universities?
Peter Purton urges academics to challenge the government’s views on the purpose of education. Plus letters from
Jude Wilkinson,
Nigel Knowlman
‘Developing the ability to think critically and question established norms, achieved through the study of history and other humanities, is valuable in any career.’ Photograph: Russell Boyce/Reuters
‘Developing the ability to think critically and question established norms, achieved through the study of history and other humanities, is valuable in any career.’ Photograph: Russell Boyce/Reuters
Letters
Mon 3 May 2021 11.42 EDT
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Among mountains of depressing news, your report on the further removal of history from core university subjects may appear just a hillock, 1 May) (Studying history should not be only for the elite, say academics. The statement that those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it has rarely been shown to be