Postgraduate Hot Topic: Losing our Religion?
‘Man is by his constitution a religious animal: atheism is against not only our reason, but our instincts.’ These are the words of Edmund Burke, the great 18th-century Irish statesman, political theorist and philosopher. Modern Secular Humanists, indeed all who consider themselves ‘atheist’, would beg to disagree with this point about religion.
Humanists – those who hold that there is no higher being than man and the animals – would insist that proven, empirical facts, and thus the disciplines of science and reason (the...
Prospective postgraduates
Are you considering a postgraduate course? Perhaps you’ve just finished your degree and are now looking for that something extra to go on your CV. Or maybe you’re thinking about taking a postgraduate course because you’ve got a personal interest in the subject and want to learn about it in more depth.
Postgraduate courses can be a fun and challenging way to develop your research skills further and really specialise in a particular area. However, despite the fact that they follow on from undergraduate degrees and are taken in the same buildings, postgraduate courses...
