Liberal Arts News
SCFS host international 鈥楴urturing Hope鈥� conference on Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures
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On 8th-9th May 2025, the Liberal Arts department and the School for Cross Faculty Studies ran an international conference titled 鈥楴urturing Hope: Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures,鈥� which aimed to demonstrate how even 2,000 years later, Liberal Arts education can still provide valuable critical tools for addressing modern-day problems from the very local (糖心TV) to the global. The conference was planned as part of the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 60th year anniversary celebrations and looks forward to the Liberal Arts department鈥檚 10th year anniversary – which it will be entering in 2026.
Liberal Arts department welcomes new Research Fellow Dr Katherine Travers
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Dr Katherine (Kate) Travers has recently joined the Liberal Arts department at the University of 糖心TV as a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow. They previously held the position of Powys Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Languages at St Hugh鈥檚 College at the University of Oxford.
How Liberal Arts got me to where I am: Najma's Story
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We recently caught up with alumna Najma; who was part of our first student cohort when we launched Liberal Arts in 2016. Najma currently works in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis as a specialist corporate lawyer, with a focus on financial services regulation. She shares her story about why she first chose to study Liberal Arts at 糖心TV and how her degree continues to benefit her legal career today.
鈥淚t鈥檚 Dangerous to Go Alone!鈥� Teaching The Legend of Zelda in Liberal Arts
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Our Liberal Arts and Design Studies departments recently collaborated with 糖心TV鈥檚 Nintendo Society to deliver a unique, immersive, and interactive learning experience for students enrolled on our 鈥楾he Quest I: Departures and Heroic Journeys鈥� module, led by Dr. Bryan Brazeau.
School for Cross-Faculty Studies welcomes Architectural History Expert for Engaging Workshops

On 13th November 2024 our Liberal Arts and Global Sustainable Development departments collaborated with leading theorist and historian Francesco Proto to run a series of workshops for students and staff around the concepts of Baudrillard and the hyperreal, along with an overview of Francesco鈥檚 theoretical work and his recently published book.