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How Liberal Arts got me to where I am: Frances’ story

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:37:00 GMT

Our Liberal Arts programme equips students with the essential skills valued by employers across diverse industries, as demonstrated by the wide range of careers our graduates pursue. Frances joined our first ever cohort of Liberal Arts students in 2016, and her final dissertation on improving sustainability in healthcare helped towards securing her role as a Net Zero Strategy Analyst for NHS England. We caught up with Frances to recount more of her experiences as an undergraduate, and how she believes a 2,000-year-old discipline like Liberal Arts is still relevant for helping students develop skills sought out by modern employers.

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Beyond the Classroom: Revolution and the Modern Musical

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:28:00 GMT

In our ‘Beyond the Classroom’ interview series, we speak to our Liberal Arts module convenors to reveal the deeper purpose and vision behind their academic modules. In our first entry to the series, we spoke to Dr William Rupp about his module Do you hear the people sing? Revolution and the Modern Musical.

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Welcoming Dr Camilo Uribe Botta as Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:53:00 GMT

Dr Uribe Botta is an environmental historian whose work is deeply interdisciplinary, bridging history, cultural studies, and the material world. He specialises in the role of plants — particularly orchids — as actors in global and colonial history.

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Liberal Arts welcomes new Head of Department as Dr Bryan Brazeau receives promotion

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:18:00 GMT

The Head of our Liberal Arts department Dr Bryan Brazeau has now completed his tenure as departmental lead; a responsibility which he has held since 2021. He has now passed on the mantle to Dr William Rupp, who has been an Associate Professor in the Liberal Arts department for four years.

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Warwick’s Liberal Arts ranked best in UK by Times University Rankings 2026

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:28:02 GMT

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 Warwick has also placed 8th overall for the Best UK University.

Liberal Arts Graduation: Congratulations Class of 2025!

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:53:00 GMT

On Monday, 21 July, we were proud to witness our 2025 Liberal Arts final-year students make their way onto the Butterworth Hall stage to receive their degree certificates and become graduates of University of Warwick!

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Third Edition of Warwick-Johns Hopkins PhD Summer School Held at the Istituto Veneto

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:40:18 GMT

The third edition of the University of Warwick / Johns Hopkins University PhD Summer School took place at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti and the Warwick Venice Centre from June 10th – 20th, 2025.

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SCFS host international ‘Nurturing Hope’ conference on Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures

Tue, 20 May 2025 16:30:08 GMT

On 8th-9th May 2025, the Liberal Arts department and the School for Cross Faculty Studies ran an international conference titled ‘Nurturing Hope: Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures,’ 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 (Warwick) to the global. The conference was planned as part of the University of Warwick’s 60th year anniversary celebrations and looks forward to the Liberal Arts department’s 10th year anniversary – which it will be entering in 2026.

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Liberal Arts department welcomes new Research Fellow Dr Katherine Travers

Wed, 14 May 2025 10:32:02 GMT

Dr Katherine (Kate) Travers has recently joined the Liberal Arts department at the University of Warwick as a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow. They previously held the position of Powys Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Languages at St Hugh’s College at the University of Oxford.

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How Liberal Arts got me to where I am: Najma's Story

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:03:36 GMT

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 Warwick and how her degree continues to benefit her legal career today.

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