UK: Call for more holistic approach to HE

by E Wayne Ross on February 10, 2008

The Guardian: Call for more holistic approach to HE

Universities will be urged to nourish students’ souls as well as their minds and wallets at the Guardian Higher Education summit in London next week.

Today’s students are as interested in their own personal development as they are in learning about their subject or getting a well-paid job, university and student leaders will say. chairwoman They will argue that students are disillusioned with the consumerist society they have grown up in and want learning environments that emphasise sustainability and value human interaction.