Nothing. I went to Kent and got a great deal out of it. There is plenty of Arts and Humanities at UCL, including the Slade, and their Creative Arts BA (which includes my area, film). I am all for it. However, I looked at Imperial the other day and it seemed to have zero Arts and Humanities. So less of university by the liberal and traditional conception of a university. I don't have a problem with specialisation, but this ought to be balanced by a connection with other disciplines. I really valued hanging out with the philosophers, and scientists, and historians as an undergraduate at university.
Nothing. I went to Kent and got a great deal out of it. There is plenty of Arts and Humanities at UCL, including the Slade, and their Creative Arts BA (which includes my area, film). I am all for it. However, I looked at Imperial the other day and it seemed to have zero Arts and Humanities. So less of university by the liberal and traditional conception of a university. I don't have a problem with specialisation, but this ought to be balanced by a connection with other disciplines. I really valued hanging out with the philosophers, and scientists, and historians as an undergraduate at university.
Agree with the sentiment here but why should aspiration be limited to 3 elite universities?
What about aspiration to art college, drama or film school? And what’s wrong with going to Warwick, Essex or Reading Universities?
It is really this narrow aspiration for Oxbridge or Imperial that reinforces why white working class kids internalise failure.