Dr. Kathryn Telling, lecturer at the University of Manchester, discusses the rise of liberal arts degrees in England and the challenges of inclusion and prestige in higher education. Topics include interdisciplinarity, institutional status, employability, and inequality, as well as the complexities of liberal arts education, ideal cosmopolitan students, and decision-making analogies in admissions.

Dr. Kathryn Telling, a lecturer in education at the University of Manchester, discusses the rise of liberal arts degrees in England, exploring issues of interdisciplinarity, institutional status, employability, and inequality in higher education. The podcast delves into the complexities and paradoxes associated with liberal arts education, including the influence of cosmopolitanism on universities and the societal expectations surrounding this educational path.