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Academics in Australia have announced Humanities for Life, a new not for profit organisation aiming to champion the value of humanities education. The founders, including Professor Simon Haines, warn that the humanities face a real crisis, marked by falling enrolments and diminishing institutional support. In the United States, the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in […]

The Royal Society of New South Wales (RSNSW) The Royal Society of New South Wales, founded in 1821, is the oldest learned society in Australia [1]. It received Royal Assent from Queen Victoria in 1866 and was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1881 to promote “studies and investigations in Science, Art, Literature and Philosophy”[1].