New College of the Humanities
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| Type | Private, undergraduate, postgraduate |
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| Established | Incorporated 2010; announced 2011; offering tuition from September 2012 |
| Endowment | £2.5 million (2014/15) |
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Officer in charge
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Rob Farquharson (COO) |
| Chairman | John Singer |
| Master | A. C. Grayling |
| Students | First intake Sep. 2012 |
| Undergraduates | 170 students |
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London, UK 51°31′15″N 0°7′19″W / 51.52083°N 0.12194°WCoordinates: 51°31′15″N 0°7′19″W / 51.52083°N 0.12194°W |
| Ownership | New College of the Humanities |
| Affiliations | Independent (Students registered as International Programme Students with the University of London, and some of its degrees validated by Swansea University Southampton Solent University) |
| Website | www |
New College of the Humanities (NCH) (legally Tertiary Education Services Ltd) is an independent, primarily undergraduate college in London, England, UK, founded by the philosopher A. C. Grayling, who became its first Master. From September 2012 to September 2015 it offered tuition in economics, English, history, law and philosophy and politics and international relations for undergraduate degrees with the University of London International Programme. It now runs its own degree programmes, modelled on American liberal arts college courses where students study a major and a minor subject, validated by Southampton Solent University. It continues to offer a law degree through the University of London. In addition, it requires all undergraduate students to work towards a "Diploma of New College of the Humanities" by completing courses drawn from applied ethics, critical reasoning, science literacy and LAUNCH, its professional development programme In 2016 NCH announced that it would be offering its first postgraduate qualification, the Historical Research and Public History MA starting in September 2016. This Masters programme has been designed by Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History. It is validated by Swansea University. In 2017 the College launched three additional master's degrees, the MA Economic Policy & Communication, MSc Global Politics, and MA Philosophy The college uses its own building, The Registry, and some of the University of London's teaching and student facilities, including Senate House Library and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, all in the Bloomsbury district of London.
NCH charges students annual fees of £12,000, with its NCH Trust providing students with means-tested bursaries of up to 100% of the annual fees, and scholarships awarded based on academic merit.
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