Theology and religious studies in British higher education are suffering a major decline, according to an educational group that specializes in humanities and social sciences, the Christian Post website reports today (May 29, 2019).
The London-based British Academy recently released a report titled "Theology and Religious Studies Provision in U.K. Higher Education," which found there were approximately 6,500 fewer students enrolled in theology and religious studies courses in higher education during the 2017-2018 academic year than in 2011-2012.
Since 2012, the number of students studying theology and religious studies degrees has fallen by a third, the report noted.
"Fewer students means additional pressures on schools and departments to demonstrate their worth or face closure. The U.K.'s specialist theological institution, Heythrop College, founded in 1614, closed its doors in 2018 after over 400 years of teaching," the report states.
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