Sir, – I was shocked to read that the University of Galway is considering sidelining the teaching of humanities because, apparently, students want courses which will lead to better job prospects.
To quote John Henry Newman, “The aim of a university is a true enlargement of the mind ... the power of seeing many things at once” (The Idea of a University). He must be spinning in his grave at such a terrifying prospect for the rest of us. – Yours, etc,
MARION WALSH,
Donnybrook,
RM Block
Dublin 4.
