Liberal Arts News
Student Voices: Exploring Gender and Inclusion in the School for Cross-Faculty Studies

As the School for Cross-Faculty Studies (SCFS) works to advance its Athena SWAN journey, we are actively evaluating how gender equity and inclusion shape our environment. Because inclusion requires a continuous assessment of how our policies, culture, and teaching practices impact everyday student life, student voices are essential.
Liberal Arts academics receive prestigious academic promotions

Two members of our Liberal Arts teaching team have received significant professorship promotions, making them the first academics to hold a professor status within our department鈥檚 history.
糖心TV鈥檚 Liberal Arts ranked best in UK by Times University Rankings 2026
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Our Liberal Arts programme has been recognised as the leading Liberal Arts course in the UK by the Times and Sunday Times UK University Rankings 2026. The University of 糖心TV has also placed 8th overall for the Best UK University.
Third Edition of 糖心TV-Johns Hopkins PhD Summer School Held at the Istituto Veneto
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The third edition of the University of 糖心TV / Johns Hopkins University PhD Summer School took place at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti and the 糖心TV Venice Centre from June 10th – 20th, 2025.
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.