Theology and Religious Studies disciplines must confront significant challenges or risk ‘disappearing from our universities’ at a time when they have never been more needed, says the British Academy in a new report showing a steep decline in student numbers

The British Academy today supports calls for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to reconsider the wording of questions in the Census which collect data on the languages spoken in the UK

The British Academy has awarded £3.5 million in Mid-Career Fellowships to 30 outstanding academics whose research will contribute towards public understanding of the humanities and social sciences

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Bonny Hartley (University of Greenwich) co-presented findings from two studies into gender-stereotyped perceptions of effort and achievement by boys and girls, at the British Psychological Society’s annual conference in Harrogate.

UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences continue to overachieve in European Research Council funding rounds, despite uncertainty about the UK’s status post-Brexit

Today the British Academy announces the 15 humanities and social sciences research projects chosen to exhibit at its annual Summer Showcase, a free festival of ideas for curious minds, to take place on 21-22 June in the Academy’s central London home.

The British Academy has announced 20 writing workshops awards to support the development of promising early career scholars in the Global South

Leadership team update