Kate Raworth on LIS

We want to make our curriculum the best it can be. Meeting with academic experts, from across different disciplines, is a huge part of this. The input of a scholar as experienced and esteemed as Raworth is invaluable when thinking about what to include in the economics portion our new undergraduate programme. As such, we were both thrilled and humbled when we found ourselves in a meeting with Raworth, prior to her appointment with a government select committee that afternoon.  

What’s good about subjects - and what’s bad about them

The challenge for the modern university is to balance the competing demands between developing mental schemas and using them.

Two Cultures – but maybe not the ones you are thinking?

A positive meeting of cultures in which there is mutual respect, healthy curiosity and genuine enjoyment in difference and novelty is how we can hope to progress.

New Partner Announcement

A Reading List for Future Polymaths

A recent comment in the LIS office escalated into an excited debate among team members over which books they would recommend to future polymaths...