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British academics launch private university in London | British academics launch private university in London |
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A new British university aiming to rival Oxford and Cambridge has been launched by leading academics. | A new British university aiming to rival Oxford and Cambridge has been launched by leading academics. |
New College of the Humanities (NCH) offer the "highest-quality" education to "gifted" undergraduates, its creators say. | New College of the Humanities (NCH) offer the "highest-quality" education to "gifted" undergraduates, its creators say. |
The privately-owned London-based college will open in September 2012 and is planning to charge fees of £18,000. | |
The 14 professors involved include biologist Richard Dawkins and historian Sir David Cannadine. | The 14 professors involved include biologist Richard Dawkins and historian Sir David Cannadine. |
Professor Dawkins is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, as well as being the author of The God Delusion, and Sir David is a professor at Princeton University in the United States. | |
Based in Bloomsbury, central London, the new college will offer eight undergraduate humanities degrees taught by some of the world's most prominent intellectuals, officials said. | |
Professor AC Grayling, the philosopher who will be the college's first Master, secured millions of pounds of funding from investors to set up the institution. | Professor AC Grayling, the philosopher who will be the college's first Master, secured millions of pounds of funding from investors to set up the institution. |
He said: "Our priorities at the college will be excellent teaching quality, excellent ratios of teachers to students, and a strongly supportive and responsive learning environment. | He said: "Our priorities at the college will be excellent teaching quality, excellent ratios of teachers to students, and a strongly supportive and responsive learning environment. |
"Our students will be challenged to develop as skilled, informed and reflective thinkers, and will receive an education to match that aspiration." | "Our students will be challenged to develop as skilled, informed and reflective thinkers, and will receive an education to match that aspiration." |
Prof Grayling is a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. | |
The college will prepare undergraduates for degrees in law, economics, history, philosophy and English literature. | |
Students will also take three "intellectual skills" modules in science literacy, logic and critical thinking and applied ethics. | Students will also take three "intellectual skills" modules in science literacy, logic and critical thinking and applied ethics. |
The college claims to offer a "new model of higher education for the humanities in the UK". | The college claims to offer a "new model of higher education for the humanities in the UK". |
Students can apply immediately and assisted places will be offered to 20% of the first year's intake. | |
The government has set fees in England's public universities at a maximum of £9,000 from September next year. |